Concerto for Percussion (Milhaud)
Darius Milhaud (arr. Jerry Neil Smith)
General Info
Year: 1931
Duration: c. 7:00
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Theodore Presser
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown
Instrumentation
Full Score
Solo Percussion
Flute I-II (doubling C Piccolo)
Oboe I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Contrabass Clarinet
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Soloist requires:
- Bass Drum (w/ pedal)
- Castanets
- Crash Cymbals (crash and suspended)
- Gong (Tam-tam)
- Hi-Hat
- Metal Block
- Rattle
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourin Provencal
- Tambourine
- Tenor Drum
- Timpani
- Triangle
- Whip
- Wood Block
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Concerto for Percussion was originally written for solo percussionist and small orchestra.
- Program Note from score
Media
- Audio CD: Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Evelyn Glennie, percussion)
- Audio CD: VanderCook College of Music Symphonic Band (Charles T. Menghini, conductor); Kevin Lepper – 2001
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performance s
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- VanderCook College of Music (Chicago, Ill.) Symphonic Band (Charles T. Menghini, conductor; Kevin Lepper, percussion) – 21 December 2001 (2001 Midwest Clinic)
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Brazileira (arr. LeFebvre) (1937/2020)
- Brazileira (arr. Welzel) (1937/)
- Chamber Symphony No 5 for Ten Wind Instruments (1922)
- Concerto for Percussion (arr. Smith) (1931)
- Deux Marches (1945-1946)
- Dixtuor. see: Chamber Symphony No 5 for Ten Wind Instruments
- Introduction et Marche Funebre (1936)
- La création du monde (1929)
- Musique de Théâtre (1954/1970)
- Overture and Allegro from "Le Sultane" (as arranger) (1944)
- Scaramouche (arr. Di Scala) (1937/2015)
- Suite Française (1944)
- Suite Provençale (arr. Cesarini) (1937/1996)
- Suite Provençale (arr. Frank) (1937/1975)
- West Point Suite (1954)
Resources
- Miller, Stephen. The Wind Music of Darius Milhaud Winds Magazine.