Spinning Plates, version 2
solo vibraphone & mallet keyboard ensemble, re-scored
Composer: Anders Åstrand
Publisher: GPN Publishing distributed by Innovative Percussion
Instrumentation: Vibraphone, orchestra bell, xylophone, vibraphone, 3 marimbas (1 at 5 octaves)
Program Notes: Composed in 2002 for the students of Percussion Department at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. The inspiration for such a large work came directly from the instrumentation found in Finding Fossils. The original music features solo vibraphone accompanied by 14 mallet players. Solo part contain large sections of improvisation.