Music by Daniel Dorff
MUSIC FOR PERCUSSION
Allegro Volante
for Xylophone and Orchestra (or with Band or with Piano)
from Concerto for Solo Percussion and Orchestra (1992) 4½ min.
“An entertaining piece, exceptional well
received by the audience.”— Penn Sounds (Sigal), Winter 1993.
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here to read John Beck’s great reviews from Percussive Notes.
Xylophone part and piano reduction
published by Theodore Presser Company (114-40750).
See audio clip below (Mvt. 3 of
concerto)
Performances include Niel DaPonte,
xylophone, on the Oregon Symphony's Chamber Music On Tap series, April 16, 1997.
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here for program notes on this piece.
Concerto for Solo
Percussion and Orchestra
c. 20 min.
Commissioned by the Polish Chapter of the
Percussive Arts Society for the International Music Workshops in Bydgoszcz,
Poland.
Premiered March 18, 1995 by Haddonfield (NJ) Symphony, Dean Witten, solo
percussion, Alan Gilbert, conductor.
“impressive... highlighted the concert... It exploits the full range of
sonorities and technical possibilities of a whole arsenal of percussion
instruments... most arresting... a joyous finale... bold and extroverted but
also filled with sensitive details.”— Camden Courier-Post (Robert
Baxter), March 22, 1995.
“it is only a truly inventive and inspired composer like Mr. Dorff who is able
to go one step further [than just using many percussion instruments] and create
unusual sounds, textures, and combinations that work for the listener.” —
Maestro Alan Gilbert, Music Director of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic.
Here are some audio clips of Dean
Witten's premiere with the Haddonfield Symphony conducted by Alan Gilbert.
from Mvt. 1 (21 sec., 327K
MP3)
from Mvt. 2 (31 sec., 479K
MP3)
from Mvt. 3 (30 sec., 469K
MP3)
(used by permission)
Click
here to read John Beck’s great reviews from Percussive Notes.
Complete solo part published by Theodore
Presser Company. (114-40751).
Complete piano reduction published by Theodore Presser Company (114-40751A).
Click
here for program notes on this piece.
Say
Hey! Homage
to William Mays, for Percussion Trio with Baseball Bats and Audience
Participation (3½')
Commissioned by
the Haddonfield Symphony for November 2002 in-school programs, southern NJ.
Three Dance Etudes
for Marimba Duo or Ensemble (1984) 17-21 min.
Simultaneously premiered by Hitoshi Maeda
and Brian Prechtl, Philadelphia, and by Nachiko Maekane, Sacramento, November 8,
1985.
Performances include the St. Louis Symphony's On Stage Series, February 8, 1988.
“highly appealing, vigorous... coloristic, lively dances exploited the
instrument's best qualities.” — Philadelphia Inquirer, (Kimmelman),
November 11, 1985.
“in the hands of mature performers, Three Dance Etudes would be suitable for
most any recital or ensemble program.”
— Percussive Notes (Holly), Fall 1987.
“in fact, I feel that they also make good solos.”— Modern
Percussionist (James Preiss), September 1987.
Published by Theodore Presser Company (114-40432, $17.50).
Included on New York State's NYSSMA contest list.
Three Mysteries
for Violin and Percussion (1993)
13 min.
Premiered February 2000 by Terry Vermillion and Marion Judish, St. Cloud, MN.
Published by Theodore Presser Company.
Here are some audio clips from the
premiere:
from Mvt. 1 (25 sec., 394K
MP3)
from Mvt. 2 (24 sec., 367K
MP3)
from Mvt. 3 (26 sec., 418K
MP3)
(used by permission)
last updated 9/21/02