(2001)
Written for Duo Vertigo
Arranged for Duo Koleva / van Otterloo
Flute, bass clarinet and piano
Arranged for Kaida
Alto saxophone, guitar and piano
Mixed quartet
violin
bass clarinet
contrabass
marimba
Arranged for Non Sequitur
Duration: 8′
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“… the rhythmical quicksilver of Ned McGowan’s Urban Turban.”
– Guido van Oorschot, Volkskrant
Two marimbas:
Score available from Donemus Publishing
Alto saxophone and marimba:
Score available from Donemus Publishing
Flute and marimba:
Score available from Donemus Publishing
Flute and piano:
Score available from Donemus Publishing
Flute, bass clarinet and piano:
Score available from Donemus Publishing
Flute, violin and piano:
Score available from Donemus Publishing
Alto saxophone, guitar and piano:
Score available from Donemus Publishing
Program notes:
Written around ten years ago, Urban Turban contains many compositional ideas I later explored in many works. As with most pieces, the writing process begins with a single idea which, as it is being worked out, leads to the next. With Urban Turban that first idea was to compose a fast theme that passes through various different harmonic and meteric areas. The nature of that material – a burst of notes and rhythms within a short amount of time – asked for a strong contrast to follow it. . . . which became silence, placing a focus on the theatrical aspects of live performance. Throughout, the special color of unisons plays a reocurring role. Some of Urban Turban’s other inspirations are music from the Balkans and India, jazz, John Cage, Loos, Rudiger Meyer, Musicquantics, serialism and the note E.
Available on:
Duo Vertigo One (KLR 009)
Tools (KLR 011)
“Urban Turban (2001), for two marimbas, sets quite strongly contrasted material in a sequence that unfolds unpredictably but that makes its own sense in retrospect. The opening section is a bubbly melody that arises from a mixture of different Balkanesque scales and meters. This stops surprisingly and gives way to a sparse texture of single notes set into floating silences. The music reacquires momentum in the form of a melody over a modulating tone-row, which at one point goes into accelerando mode (the ability to speed up in synch with another player is a virtuoso skill and always enjoyable to witness), eventually reaching fast runs of sixteenth notes. This is followed by an extended recap of the opening material.”
– Bob Gilmore
two marimbas | alto saxophone and marimba | flute and marimba | flute and piano | fl, b.cl, pno | fl, vln, pno | a.sax, gtr, pno | mixed quarteturban turban (2001) Two marimbas Written for Duo Vertigo Alto saxophone and marimba Arranged for Duo Koleva / van Otterloo Flute and marimba Flute and piano Flute, bass clarinet and piano Arranged for Kaida Flute, violin and piano Alto saxophone, guitar and piano Mixed quartet violin bass clarinet contrabass marimbaArranged for Non Sequitur Duration: 8’Available on Tools (KLR 011) “… the rhythmical quicksilver of Ned McGowan’s Urban Turban.” – Guido van Oorschot, Volkskrant Two marimbas:Score available from Donemus Publishing It appears you don’t have a PDF plugin for this browser. No biggie… you can click here to download the PDF file. Alto saxophone and marimba: Score available from Donemus Publishing Flute and marimba:Score available from Donemus Publishing Flute and piano:Score available from Donemus Publishing Flute, bass clarinet and piano:Score available from Donemus Publishing Flute, violin and piano:Score available from Donemus Publishing Alto saxophone, guitar and piano:Score available from Donemus Publishing Program notes: Written around ten years ago, Urban Turban contains many compositional ideas I later explored in many works. As with most pieces, the writing process begins with a single idea which, as it is being worked out, leads to the next. With Urban Turban that first idea was to compose a fast theme that passes through various different harmonic and meteric areas. The nature of that material – a burst of notes and rhythms within a short amount of time – asked for a strong contrast to follow it. . . . which became silence, placing a focus on the theatrical aspects of live performance. Throughout, the special color of unisons plays a reocurring role. Some of Urban Turban’s other inspirations are music from the Balkans and India, jazz, John Cage, Loos, Rudiger Meyer, Musicquantics, serialism and the note E.Available on: Duo Vertigo One (KLR 009) Tools (KLR 011) “Urban Turban (2001), for two marimbas, sets quite strongly contrasted material in a sequence that unfolds unpredictably but that makes its own sense in retrospect. The opening section is a bubbly melody that arises from a mixture of different Balkanesque scales and meters. This stops surprisingly and gives way to a sparse texture of single notes set into floating silences. The music reacquires momentum in the form of a melody over a modulating tone-row, which at one point goes into accelerando mode (the ability to speed up in synch with another player is a virtuoso skill and always enjoyable to witness), eventually reaching fast runs of sixteenth notes. This is followed by an extended recap of the opening material.” – Bob Gilmore