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Instrumentation
Player 1 (bells & xylophone)
Player 2 (3-octave vibraphone)
Player 3 (4-octave marimba*)
Player 4 (4.3-octave marimba*)
Player 5 (4 timpani)
Player 6 (snare drum, 4 concert toms, triangle, wind chimes)
Player 7 (multi-bass drum, concert bass drum)
Player 8 (tam-tam, suspended cymbal, hi-hat)
*Players 3 & 4 may perform on the same 4.3-octave Marimba.
Program Notes
Spiraling Light was inspired by an event that took place in Norway in December of 2009, when a blue mysterious beam of light with a grayish spiral emanating from it appeared in the night sky. Initial speculations suggested it was a fireball meteor, a rare never-before-seen Northern Lights variant, or even a wormhole opening up. Unfortunately, it turned out to be much less exciting than any of those things – a failed Russian missile test. Spiraling Light attempts to capture this brief moment of mystery, uncertainty, and intensity.
