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Bare Ballade for vibraphone with glockenspiel and marimba – based on Ballade No. 1 in G minor (Op. 23) by F. Chopin. Out of all of the pieces in the collection this one involves the most elaborate Chopinistic quotes. It closes the whole collection by bringing together all of the approaches to the treatment of Chopin’s material explored in the previous pieces of the collection: quotation, reworking, arrangement, basis for motivic development, and general inspiration. The whole collection finishes with a slow, peaceful choral on marimba, vibraphone and glockenspiel with a motive that vamps on the Chopin’s favorite progression of the dominant with flat 6 back to tonic.
Chopin - Alter Ego is a collection of nine pieces for marimba and vibraphone based on a body of works by F. Chopin. The work is based on the total of fourteen music examples from Chopin’s repertoire that are quoted, reworked rearranged, used as basis for motivic development or functioning as a general inspiration. Each piece in the collection is based on a different musical form used by Chopin (etude, nocturne, mazurka, scherzo, waltz and ballade). The pieces function as independent entities that can be performed separate from each other but at the same time they all together create a large, closed form with specific dramatic unfolding and movements to be performed in the specified order. In addition, the four Scherzos themselves also create a closed structure and can be approached as a separate four-movement piece.
Bare Ballade
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Instrumentation: vibes + glock, marimba (5 oct.)
Duration: 13’
Difficulty: advanced +
2021, Kraków
