Mass
Chamber Music, Percussion/12'30"/Difficulty - Really hard/2004
for percussion ensemble
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Excerpts from "Mass," with choreography by Robert Battle
Performed by the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
My latest collaboration with Robert Battle, Mass is for six percussionists — 3 mallet players and 3 “drummers” (bass drum, timpani, etc.). It was my first whole-hearted attempt at writing a minimalist piece, and I learned that it’s a difficult style to do well! (Try to write a 14-minute piece with extremely limited materials, but keep it interesting, and develop some kind of overarching drama!) It starts extremely slowly and quietly, and builds to one final explosion at the end.
Premiered
May 2004
Juilliard Percussion Ensemble and Juilliard Dance Division
Commissioned by
Juilliard Dance Division
funded by Mary Rodgers Guettel