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Afrika
Conductor's score and parts on hire
978-0-19-356388-9
27 June 2002
Price: Available on request
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for marimba solo and chamber orchestra Forces or CategoryMarimba solo & chamber orchestraDuration18 minutesDifficultyDifficultOrchestrationmba solo, 2 fl (II+picc), 2 ob, 2 cl (II+bcl), 2 bn (II+cbn), 4 hn, 2 perc (vib, tamb, BD, 4 bongos, 2 congas, log dr, 2 cabacas, xylo, picc dr, TD, sus cym, 5 w blks, marac), hp, str (12, 10, 8, 6,
4)Programme Notespara marimba y orquesta
El título de la obra, Afrika, hace referencia al origen africano de la marimba. Sin hacer referencia directa a un folkore africano en particular, se han tomado como punto de partida una serie de elementos presentes en la música africana, tales como ciertos arquetipos melódicos característicos, ostinatos rítmicos y hemiolas, técnicas de hoquetus, formas responsoriales, así como algunos aspectos de la instrumentación, que adquieren una importancia decisiva en la creación de la obra.
Afrika es una obra concertante que, en un claro intento por dosificar el color, está estructurada en tres secciones con agrupaciones instrumentales distintas, y
que se ejecutan sin interrupción. La marimba, que por la misma razón elabora tratamientos del instrumento altamente diferenciados, se erige como motor principal de la composición bien sugiriendo ideas nuevas, o bien imitando timbres provenientes de otros instrumentos de la orquesta, con la intención de integrarse en el discurso musical.
Más que una obra inspirada en paisajes idílicos, es una reflexión sobre la situación actual en que se encuentra el continente africano, y su creciente desconexión con el vertiginoso avance del mundo civilizado. Este concepto de desconexión aparece reflejado en la música mediante la combinación de diversos materiales musicales: pentatónico, diatónico, cromático, etc ; y se intensifica con la superposición de sentidos distintos e inconexos del
tiempo musical: una combinación de lo estático y el movimiento de una sociedad en constante evolución.
© Gabriel Erkoreka
Reproduced by permission of Oxford University Press
for marimba and orchestra
The title of this work, Afrika, refers to the African origin of the marimba. Without making any specific or particular allusion to African folklore, the starting point of the work has been a series of elements which are present in African music. These include certain characteristic melodic archetypes, rhythmic ostinatos and hemiolas, hoketus techniques, responsorial forms, as well as some aspects of instrumentation, that acquire a decisive role in the creation of the work.
Afrika is a concertante-style work which, exploiting the balance
of colour, is structured in three sections of different instrumental groupings, played without interruption. The marimba, which for the same reason elaborates highly differentiated treatments of the instrument, emerges as the driving force of the composition, either suggesting new ideas or imitating the timbre of other orchestral instruments, with the aim of joining into the musical discourse.
Rather than a work inspired by idyllic landscapes, this is a reflection on the real situation the African nation finds itself in, and its growing disconnection from the dizzying advances of the civilized world. This notion of disconnection is reflected in the music through the combination of various musical materials: pentatonic, diatonic, chromatic, etc. It is intensified by the
superimposition of different sounds that are unconnected with the underlying musical tempo a combination of the static, and the flow of a society in constant evolution.
© Gabriel Erkoreka
Reproduced by permission of Oxford University Press
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Gabriel Erkoreka (b.1969) Gabriel Erkoreka was born in Bilbao, Spain. He studied composition with Michael Finnissy at the Royal Academy of Music, where he obtained the DipRAM and a Masters degree with distinction, and was appointed Fellow of Composition 1997-98.
Erkoreka's work has been performed in the Venice Biennale 2004; the Musikverein in Vienna; the South Bank Centre, Spitalfields Festival, ICA and Wigmore Hall in London. His music has been recorded and broadcast by the BBC, WDR, RAI, RNE and other radio stations from various countries; several of his works are available on CD, edited by Verso, FNAC, LIM records and the Fundación Autor.
Gabriel Erkoreka currently lives in London and teaches composition at MUSIKENE-Basque Country Conservatoire.Gabriel Erkoreka's website
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