Vyacheslav Kruglik

Harmoniums — piece for electric harp and percussion, Op.48

Classical/Contemporary • 2016 • Alternative Title: Гармониумы

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Harmoniums — piece for electric harp and percussion, Op.48: Harmoniums — piece for electric harp and percussion by Vyacheslav Kruglik

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Instrumentation	Tubular Bells, Glockenspiel, Gong, Marimba, Triangle, Timpani, Vibraphone, Xylophone, Cymbals, Tam-tam, Tom-tom, Crotales, Mark tree
Scored for	Large ensemble (9 or more players)
Type of score	Full score, Parts, Solo part
Key	C major
Movement(s)	1 to 1 from 1
Arranger	Vyacheslav Kruglik
Publisher	Vyacheslav Kruglik
Difficulty	Difficult
Duration	5'55

I really like to write music for "non-standard" compositions. So when I was approached by the famous St. Petersburg harpist Sofia Kiprskaya with a proposal to write a piece for electric harp and percussion, I immediately agreed. The variety of percussion instruments, their unique colors, and even such an exclusive instrument as the electric harp-all this opened up a boundless scope of creative imagination. But such an "unusual" composition also required an "unusual" approach. I wanted to achieve some "fantastic" sound.
Kurt Vonnegut's novel "Sirens of Titan" there are fictional creatures, harmonium. The author describes them as follows:
"Harmonium is the only known form of life on the planet mercury. Harmoniums are cave dwellers. More charming creatures are hard to imagine."
"These cave creatures are very similar to small, soft,
unframed kites."
The vast expanses of space, planets, stars, fantastic creatures — all these images could not be better suited to this instrumental composition. So the idea of this play was born.

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