time for marimba

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A recording of Time for Marimba by Percussionist David Lockeridge. Recorded live at the Harold Lobb Concert Hall.
Miki's Time for Marimba (Marimba no toki) was written in 1968, the first of his works for the instrument and an influential one in extending the technical demands made of the percussionist. Time explores some of the characteristics of the gamelan tradition of Java and Bali, but in a more chromatic and pungent harmonic language than the pentatonic effects usually associated with such musical evocations. It is the rapid articulation and subtle shifts of rhythm and melodic pattern of the gamelan style which provides the impetus in the intricate opening passage (which is repeated later), and in an even more dynamic section which follows. But if time passes by it can also stand still and between these three passages of motion there are static episodes, the purely percussive potential of the instrument being exploited in sudden violent outbursts, the more mysterious timbres it can produce in eerie soft tremolos.

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Soft start!!!!!!!!!!!