The 9s
Percussion Ensemble -
with CD Accompaniment
By Daniel McCarthy
SKU: CN.15940
With CD Accompaniment. Composed by Daniel McCarthy. Percussion Music. Score and CD. Duration 5:50. Published by C. Alan Publications (CN.15940).This piece is a play on the timpani solo excerpts from Beethoven's 9th Symphony, second movement. The characteristic dotted rhythms of the opening timpani solo are accompanied with groove music of hand drummed sounds in the accompaniment and caricatured samples of the orchestral music. At times, the timpani soloist plays duets with the samples of the actual timpani solo
The 9's was written for Brian Frasier of The Boston Conservatory, a timpani student of Keith Aleo, Director of Orchestral Percussion for The Ziljian Cymbal Company in Boston, MA. The piece is a play on the timpani solo excerpts from Beethoven's 9th Symphony, second movement. The characteristic dotted rhythms of the opening timpani solo are accompanied with groove music of hand drummed sounds in the accompaniment and caricatured samples of the orchestral music. At times, the timpani soloist plays duets with the samples of the actual timpani solo.