Vivaldi's Violin Concerto in A Minor, arranged for Marimba Orchestra (Digital Download)
This piece is an arrangement of Vivaldi’s Violin Concerto in A Minor. The solo part is copied, verbatim, to a 4-octave marimba; the basso continuo part has only a few minor changes from the original to fit the lower range of a 5-octave marimba, while also avoiding any physical collisions between the two players sharing that marimba.
The instrumentation for this marimba quintet is as follows: the soloist plays a 4-octave marimba, two more players use one 4-octave marimba* each, and two players share a 5-octave marimba. All parts utilize only two mallets per player with the flexibility of changing mallet hardness between movements if inclined.
c. 8’ 00”
* There is a single moment where the player on Part III plays lower than the range of a 4-octave marimba as part of an octave-wide double-stop. Optionally, this player may use a 4⅓-octave marimba, but it is not required for the piece.
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This piece is an arrangement of Vivaldi’s Violin Concerto in A Minor. The solo part is copied, verbatim, to a 4-octave marimba; the basso continuo part has only a few minor changes from the original to fit the lower range of a 5-octave marimba, while also avoiding any physical collisions between the two players sharing that marimba.
The instrumentation for this marimba quintet is as follows: the soloist plays a 4-octave marimba, two more players use one 4-octave marimba* each, and two players share a 5-octave marimba. All parts utilize only two mallets per player with the flexibility of changing mallet hardness between movements if inclined.
c. 8’ 00”
* There is a single moment where the player on Part III plays lower than the range of a 4-octave marimba as part of an octave-wide double-stop. Optionally, this player may use a 4⅓-octave marimba, but it is not required for the piece.
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This piece is an arrangement of Vivaldi’s Violin Concerto in A Minor. The solo part is copied, verbatim, to a 4-octave marimba; the basso continuo part has only a few minor changes from the original to fit the lower range of a 5-octave marimba, while also avoiding any physical collisions between the two players sharing that marimba.
The instrumentation for this marimba quintet is as follows: the soloist plays a 4-octave marimba, two more players use one 4-octave marimba* each, and two players share a 5-octave marimba. All parts utilize only two mallets per player with the flexibility of changing mallet hardness between movements if inclined.
c. 8’ 00”
* There is a single moment where the player on Part III plays lower than the range of a 4-octave marimba as part of an octave-wide double-stop. Optionally, this player may use a 4⅓-octave marimba, but it is not required for the piece.
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Physical Formats:
Physical Format Options:
Booklet*:
The Full Score and Parts II, III, and IV are in booklet format;
Parts I and V are in loose-page format
Loose:
The Full Score is in booklet format
and all Parts are in loose-page format