Melting Point

Leander Kaiser

Leander Kaiser

Subtitle: For Mallet Quartet

General Info

Year: 2012
Duration: c. 7:05
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $29.00; (digital) - $29.00   |   Score Only (digital) - $9.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Percussion I-II-III-IV (4 players), including:

• Glockenspiel (extended low and high range required (low F3, high E-flat6); pedal required)
• Marimba (4.3 octaves)
• Vibraphone
• Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Melting Point begins in a rather cool mood (especially after the four opening bars), and seems to heat up more and more, reaching a high point before ending as icily as it started.

- Program Note from publisher

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

• University of California, Los Angeles, Percussion Ensemble – 2020

Works for Winds by This Composer

• 5f Midland Transit
• Aquanautic Voyage
• Bayon Pearnik
• Desert Express
• Die Sitzgruppe
• Eastern Pacific Liner
• Klassentreffen
• L´Expreso Brazil
• Melting Point (2012)
• Mikado 1254
• Nächtliche Reise
• Queensland Offshore Railroad
• The Rocky Mountaineer
• Southern Pacific Liner
• Trans-Siberian Railroad (2001)
• Union Pacific Liner
• Western Pacific Liner

Resources

• Leander Kaiser website Accessed 3 November 2020