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Mallet Quartet

释义

Structure
Performance
References

{{italic title}}Mallet Quartet is a composition by Steve Reich scored for two marimbas and two vibraphones, or for four marimbas. It was co-commissioned by the Amadinda Quartet in Budapest, on the occasion of its 25th anniversary, by Nexus in Toronto, So Percussion in New York, and Synergy Percussion in Australia. It received its world premiere in December 6, 2009 at the Bela Bartók National Concert Hall in Hungary and its US premiere at Stanford University on January 9, 2010.^[1]^[2]

Structure

Mallet Quartet is in three movements, with its entirety lasting around 14 minutes:

Fast
Slow
Fast

The second movement, slow, is one of his most thinly textured works with acoustic instrumentation, as admitted by Reich himself.

Performance

The piece can either be played with two marimbas and two vibraphones, or with four marimbas.

References

1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.ums.org/assets/programbooks/So_Percussion.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2014-01-07 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613141426/http://ums.org/assets/programbooks/So_Percussion.pdf |archivedate=2010-06-13 |df= }}
2. ^{{cite news| url = http://www.pearldrum.com/News/Concert-News-Article.aspx?id=1021| title = So Percussion records Steve Reich's "Mallet Quartet"}}

3 : Compositions by Steve Reich|Chamber music compositions|2009 compositions

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