TOP SPIN (2011)
TOP SPIN (2011)
for percussion trio
instrumentation: 3perc
duration: 10 minutes
première: June 28, 2011, Hochschule für Musik Mainz, Festival MainzMusik, Germany
Ensemble Modern: Rumi Ogawa, David Haller, Slavik Stakhov – percussion
Commissioned by Ensemble Modern
TOP SPIN
score preview
TOP SPIN
(full recording)
Ensemble Modern: Rumi Ogawa, David Haller, Slavik Stakhov – percussion
Recording published on CD – Changeover by WERGO
Studio recording from the ComputerStudio at the University of Music Karlsruhe
Directed by Rainer Lorenz
Additional performances
Ensemble Oktopus München
Mathias Lachenmayr, Michael Leopold, Wolfram Winkel
SToP percussion group
SToP percussion group
Ensemble Modern: Rumi Ogawa, David Haller, Slavik Stakhov – percussion
Ensemble Modern: Rumi Ogawa, David Haller, Slavik Stakhov – percussion
Ensemble Modern: Rumi Ogawa, David Haller, Slavik Stakhov – percussion
Ensemble Modern: Rumi Ogawa, David Haller, Slavik Stakhov – percussion
Ensemble Modern: Rumi Ogawa, David Haller, Slavik Stakhov – percussion
Ensemble Modern: Rumi Ogawa, David Haller, Slavik Stakhov – percussion
Ensemble Modern: Rumi Ogawa, David Haller, Slavik Stakhov – percussion
Ensemble Modern: Rumi Ogawa, David Haller, Slavik Stakhov – percussion
VIDEO
Ensemble Modern: Rumi Ogawa, David Haller, Slavik Stakhov – percussion
Studio recording from the ComputerStudio at the University of Music Karlsruhe
Directed by Rainer Lorenz
Ensemble Modern: Rumi Ogawa, David Haller, Slavik Stakhov – percussion
Studio recording from the ComputerStudio der Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe
Directed by Rainer Lorenz
ABOUT
TOP SPIN is a continuation of my series of compositions bearing tennis-related titles. As an avid tennis player myself, I attempt in each of these works to portray in music my own personal impressions of the aspect of the game described in each work’s title. In tennis, a topspin describes the forward revolutions imparted upon tennis ball when a player’s shot brushes the ball from below, causing the ball to dip earlier and more dramatically than would otherwise be the case.
TOP SPIN presents the novel setup of three similar sets of percussion instruments arranged on a circular table. Aside from their sizes (one large, one medium, one small), these sets are identical, consisting of the unusually simple combination of three hand drums, three wooden bars and three metal tubes. In addition, a “spring drum” is hung from a stand next to each table-top setup. Three percussionists play these setups, switching at various, defined points from one setup to another, playing the instruments from neighbouring setups and moving at varying speeds around the table. The result is a veritable “match situation” in keeping with the work’s title and the character of the entire tennis cycle.
Vito Žuraj (trans. Alwyn Tomas Westbrooke)
TOP SPIN is a continuation of my series of compositions bearing tennis-related titles. As an avid tennis player myself, I attempt in each of these works to portray in music my own personal impressions of the aspect of the game described in each work’s title. In tennis, TOP SPIN describes the forward revolutions imparted upon tennis ball when a player’s shot brushes the ball from below, causing the ball to dip earlier and more dramatically than would otherwise be the case.
TOP SPIN presents the novel setup of three similar sets of percussion instruments arranged on a circular table. Aside from their sizes (one large, one medium, one small), these sets are identical, consisting of the unusually simple combination of three hand drums, three wooden bars and three metal tubes. In addition, a “spring drum” is hung from a stand next to each table-top setup. Three percussionists play these setups, switching at various, defined points from one setup to another, playing the instruments from neighbouring setups and moving at varying speeds around the table. The result is a veritable “match situation” in keeping with the work’s title and the character of the entire tennis cycle.
Vito Žuraj , trans. Alwyn Tomas Westbrooke
Changeover (2015)
Published by WERGO
Ensemble Modern, hr‑Sinfonieorchester
Slovenian Philharmonic, Matthias Pintscher, Johannes Kalitzke
recorded pieces (SACD+DVD):
HAWK-EYE, RESTRUNG, CHANGEOVER, RUNAROUND, TOP SPIN