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Aprés Rebonds

for percussion quintet
Level: Advanced
Duration: 6:10
Personnel: 5
Release Date: 2024
Product ID : TSPCE24-021
Price: $44.00
Item #: TSPCE24-021

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Description

Aprés Rebonds by Luis Rivera is inspired by Greek composer Iannis Xenakis and his solo percussion work, Rebonds. Drawing on Xenakis-inspired melodies and grooves (and the familiar bongo drone used in several of his percussion works), Rivera has developed these flavors in a chamber setting for five skilled percussionists. 

Unburdened by the constraints of a soloist having to execute the advanced choreography required of anyone performing Rebonds, Rivera has created a new way to experience the energy and essence of the piece through orchestration, the use of various implements, metric modulations, inventive new rhythms, and changes in texture.


The work was commissioned in 2023 by Dr. John Parks and the Florida State University percussion ensemble for their International Percussion Ensemble Competition showcase concert at PASIC that year. According to the composer, when Dr. Parks approached him about the project, he said, “I want something that shows what Rebonds could have been, something that grooves so hard it melts people’s faces off!” Et voilà!


Aprés Rebonds ships as a fully bound score and includes individual parts in PDF format for either printing or tablet viewing.

Instrumentation

• 3 pairs of bongos

• 3 congas

• 2 toms (medium and medium-large)

• 2 mounted bass/kick drums

• 10 woodblocks/wood slats (graduated low to high)

• 15 metallophones (cymbals, opera gongs, pipes, bowls, brake drums, metal plates, etc.)

• 5 wood crashers (optional, described in performance notes)

Description

Aprés Rebonds by Luis Rivera is inspired by Greek composer Iannis Xenakis and his solo percussion work, Rebonds. Drawing on Xenakis-inspired melodies and grooves (and the familiar bongo drone used in several of his percussion works), Rivera has developed these flavors in a chamber setting for five skilled percussionists. 

Unburdened by the constraints of a soloist having to execute the advanced choreography required of anyone performing Rebonds, Rivera has created a new way to experience the energy and essence of the piece through orchestration, the use of various implements, metric modulations, inventive new rhythms, and changes in texture.


The work was commissioned in 2023 by Dr. John Parks and the Florida State University percussion ensemble for their International Percussion Ensemble Competition showcase concert at PASIC that year. According to the composer, when Dr. Parks approached him about the project, he said, “I want something that shows what Rebonds could have been, something that grooves so hard it melts people’s faces off!” Et voilà!


Aprés Rebonds ships as a fully bound score and includes individual parts in PDF format for either printing or tablet viewing.

Instrumentation

• 3 pairs of bongos

• 3 congas

• 2 toms (medium and medium-large)

• 2 mounted bass/kick drums

• 10 woodblocks/wood slats (graduated low to high)

• 15 metallophones (cymbals, opera gongs, pipes, bowls, brake drums, metal plates, etc.)

• 5 wood crashers (optional, described in performance notes)



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