A Listing and description of individual compositions of Kerry R. Scott. Kerry R. Scott (1949 - )
The Witches of Macbeth.
THE WITCHES OF MACBETH.
COMPOSITION NAME:- The Witches of Macbeth.
MEDIUM:- Large Antiphonal Percussion Ensemble
INSTRUMENTATION:- Percussion, Piano, and two Harps
WORLD PREMIER DATE:- 10/30/2008
WORLD PREMIER PLACE:- Online at ScottOpus Website and CD ~ The Witches of Macbeth
DESCRIPTION/STYLE:- Contemporary/atonal
SCORE:- Available upon request.
RECORDING:-Available on The Witches of Macbeth CD.The Witches of Macbeth was written in the Fall of 2008. The work is a fantasy celebrating Halloween and is based on the first scene of Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth. This first scene includes Three witches and is thought to be co-written by Thomas Middleton(1580 – 1627), and was perhaps the inspiration for Middleton’s play “The Witch” written in 1609.
The Witches of Macbeth was conceived as a Ballet with the work represented here as an Overture or a Prelude for the first Act. The larger work – the Ballet – is still in the conceptual stage but will utilize the atmospheric, thematic and rhythmic feature found in this work.
Thematic and Rhythmic structures in this work can be broken down into groups of threes. Each structure separately represent one of the three Witches.
The Work is Antiphonal in two groups.
Group I.
Harp Harpsichord Piano Taiko Drum Synth Drum Celeste Timpani Vibraphone Glockenspiel Tubular Bells
Group II.
Tubular Bells Orchestral Bells – 2 different sets. 2 Xylophones 2 Marimbas Harp 5 Tuned gongs Bass Drum Tom—toms 4 Wood Blocks 4 Suspended Cymbals 5 Bell Trees 2 sets of Timpani Celeste
Group I is placed at the front of the performance area “Middle Stage”. The second group is placed at the back of the performing area “stage Left”.
The Witches of Macbeth ~ The CD.
The Witches of Macbeth appear on the CD with the same name but includes "Prelude Fantasia Adagio and Duet for Perscussion Solo." This cover of this CD features the Photo Fantasy's of the composer and the scultpure of "Claudio" see Sculpture ~ The Exhibition.
Recordings of the this works can be found on the CD's The Witches of Macbeth.
THE WITCHES OF MACBETH.
COMPOSITION NAME:- The Witches of Macbeth is a CD that Includs the 1970 Percussion work written for Don Miller -- Prelude, Fantasia, Adagio and Duet for Percussion Solo.
COMPOSITION DATE:- Fall 2008.
MEDIUM:- Percussion, Piano, 2 Harps/Digital Electronic Music
INSTRUMENTATION:- Piano, 2 Harps and Antiphonal Percussion ensemble/Digitally realized (MIDI).
WORLD PREMIER DATE:- see The Witches of Macbeth CD.
WORLD PREMIER PLACE:- see The Witches of Macbeth CD.
DESCRIPTION/STYLE:- Combinatorial ATonal
SCORE:- Available upon request from the composer.
RECORDING:- Available on The Witches of Macbeth CD.SAMPLE:- click on the picture below to hear a complete recording of this work.
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A complete study score is available for download (PDF file format) as part of the ScottOpus online recording and music library. Due to technical limitations the score has been divided into 7 sections each of 15 pages. The measures are, however, numbered for the readers convenience. In addition the score has been reduced to a letter size (81/2" by 11") format and thus suffers a little from reduced resolution. To download please click on the appropriate icon below.
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