21
STEEL PAN + CELLO DUET VERSION:
1) Cello, Kick Bass Drum, Loop Pedal *
2) Steel Pan, Prepared Pan (Optional), Foot Tambourine
9:50
for 2 players
2008
MARIMBA + CELLO DUET VERSION:
1) Cello, Kick Bass Drum, Loop Pedal *
2) Marimba, Foot Tambourine
9:50
for 2 players
2009
* Cello Part is identical in both versions.
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STEEL PAN + VIOLA DUET VERSION:
1) Viola, Kick Bass Drum, Loop Pedal **
2) Steel Pan, Prepared Pan (Optional), Foot Tambourine
9:50
for 2 players
2020
MARIMBA + VIOLA DUET VERSION:
1) Viola, Kick Bass Drum, Loop Pedal **
2) Marimba, Foot Tambourine
9:50
for 2 players
2020
** Viola Part is identical in both versions.
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"21" is available as both a Cello + Steel Pan duet and a Cello + Marimba duet. The cellist also plays a kick drum, and is in charge of triggering a looping pedal. The steel pannist plays a tambourine attached to a foot pedal and also strikes the skirt of the pan in addition to the normal pan techniques. The prepared pan is optional (chopsticks may be substituted for this section). The optional prepared pan is a bore pan with small rubber bands attached to paper clips through the bored holes of the pan. This is to mimic a Bartok, or snap, pizzicato technique. There is a picture of a prepared pan included with the score.
Audio available on innova Recordings #801
Andy Akiho - No One To Know One
Recorded in December, 2008 at EdAnimate Studios in Brooklyn, NY. (Engineer, Edward Unay)
Andy Akiho - Steel Pan, Prepared Pan, & Tambourine
Mariel Roberts - Cello, Electronics, & Kick Drum
Program notes from the composer:
“21” was written for Mariel Roberts in October 2008 and premiered in Rochester, NY on December 14, 2008. After meeting Mariel at the Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival, I became extremely impressed with her sense of rhythm and effortless mastery of the cello. I first realized her talent when we performed “I falleN TwO” for string quartet and steel pans.
Soon after the premiere of the original instrumentation, “21” was adapted to work for marimba and cello. This version was premiered by New Morse Code (Michael Compitello & Hannah Collins) in New Haven, CT on October 22, 2011.
My goal with this piece was to incorporate techniques and phrases that would offer a unique contemporary sound world rooted in traditional Trinidadian Soca rhythms. The cello part requires the performer to play a kick drum and operate a loop pedal while simultaneously playing the cello. The percussion part requires the performer to play a tambourine with the foot pedal in addition to steel pan/marimba. The title “21” refers to the twenty-first measure of the Fugue movement in J.S. Bach’s Violin Sonata #1 in G minor. The harmonic chords in this bar are the inspiration of the sequence of notes for “21.” Coincidentally, Mariel Roberts was 21 years old when the piece was written and premiered.
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Andy Akiho - Steel Pan, Prepared Pan, & Tambourine
Mariel Roberts - Cello, Electronics, & Kick Drum |
Ian Rosenbaum - Marimba & Tambourine
Mariel Roberts - Cello, Electronics, & Kick Drum |