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SOPRANO AND PERCUSSION MUSIC
This page explores contemporary soprano percussion music. The collection features soprano percussion duets and soprano and percussion ensemble pieces, highlighting unique soprano and percussion repertoire and compositions by modern composers.
DIALOGUES
for soprano and percussion
Duration:
11 minutes
Instrumentation:
soprano and percussion
Year Composed:
1999
Text by:
Lior Navok / Vocalize
Movements:
1. Talking Doll
2. Sargam
3. Twinkles
4. Shadowphobia
Language:
English
Written For:
Matt Masie
Premiere Performance:
17 November, 1999
Boston, Mass., USA
Jennifer Ashe, soprano
Matt Masie, percussion
SOPRANO AND PERCUSSION
Program Notes:
Dialogues for soprano and percussion was composed as a semi-theatrical composition, not to be acted. Talking Doll is a short satire about humans who act like machines for the sake of formality. The word Sargam in Indian music means Solfège. The syllables sa, re, ma, ga, pa, dha (not used here), and ni are equivalent to our do, re, mi. Shadowphobia, as the name implies, deals with the relationship between a person and his or her shadow.
LISTEN
VIDEO
DIALOGUES - Video
Dialogues - Lior Navok
VIEW SCORE
Score of Dialogues for soprano and percussion
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