Score
Tweedledrum : for percussion duo / Holly Harrison.
Library shelf no. 785.6812/HAR 1 [Available for loan]
Work Overview
Tweedledrum sets the characters Tweedledum and Tweedledee against each other in a percussion battle.
Work Details
Year: 2014
Instrumentation: Percussion 1: 2 jam-blocks (medium-high and low), 2 triangles (small and large; large prepared with chain), 2 empty wine bottles (approx. C and C#, or a semi-tone apart), 10" high tom, 2 hand bells (high (ceramic) and low (glass)), 6-8" stainless steel mixing bowl, large cowbell, brake drum, tambourine (with strikable plastic edge), hard mallets, triangle beater, set of keys, plastic brushes (regal tip ultraflex), 10" rubber drum mute; Percussion 2: drum kit, small cowbell, shaker (medium-large), triangle (medium), tambourine (mounted on hi-hat 2), flexatone, hotrods, sticks, timpani mallets, triangle beater.
Duration: 10 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
Commission note: Commissioned by Riot Ensemble.
First performance: by Sarah Mason, James Leveridge — 6 Nov 14. St. Leonard's Church, Shoreditch, London
Videos
Tweedledrum by Holly Harrison |
Performances of this work
17 Jul 2015: at Scale variable: The Sound Collectors (Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA)). Featuring Leah Scholes, Louise Devenish.
6 Nov 14: St. Leonard's Church, Shoreditch, London. Featuring Sarah Mason, James Leveridge.
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