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Waiting for the Aeroplane
Suitable for performers of approximately Grade VIII to Diploma-level ability, Waiting for the Aeroplane is Psathas’ response to the emotional experience of contemporary air travel. Interjections of melodic fragments above the work’s alternating two-note ostinato are like the fleeting, distracted thoughts and conversations occupying the individual obliged to wait at the behest of influences outside his or her control.
Cloud Folk
Psathas’ majestic Cloud Folk makes full use of the many timbres and tones available in the percussion world, making it a highly fulfilling work for those ensembles who can master it. Cloud Folk’s soundscape transforms in subtle shades, with the ensemble requiring an excellent grasp of technique to balance the work’s layers of activity. Elsewhere in the work, dynamic passages provide platforms for exciting solo material to shine through. Please note: this publication only contains the score. Performance material may be purchased from 43 Books and Music: http://www.43.co.nz/cloud-folk/.
View From Olympus (Soli Version)
Steeped in Greek mythology and folk music this high energy double concerto for percussion, piano and orchestra is now presented in this new performance edition. Following a request from the commissioner, Dame Evelyn Glennie, a MIDI realisation of the orchestral parts of View From Olympus was created to enable performance by two musicians with audio playback. A digital download also contains various mixes for rehearsal purposes; an invaluable resource for those wishing to perform this concerto. Please note that the digital audio files are not provided with this version of the score from GooglePlay. You may download the files here: https://43.dpdcart.com/product/132278
Planet Damnation
John Psathas’ mighty work for timpani and orchestra, Planet Damnation, takes five-drum solo timpani writing to the edge of technical possibility. This edition is a complete performance package and includes a digital audio download that contains a professionally sequenced orchestral backing track. The download includes a performance mix without solo timpani, a reference mix with the solo timpani part, and practice mixes set at various tempi. It is perfect for extending your skills in the percussion studio and thrilling listeners with Psathas’ high energy music in advanced student recitals, auditions and concerto competitions. Please note that the digital audio files are not provided with this version from GooglePlay. You may download the files here: https://43.dpdcart.com/product/130794
Fragment
Fragment was originally composed as a tribute, on the occasion of his retirement, to the composer's first piano teacher. A gentle and delicate work, its atmospheric textures recall the second movement of View from Olympus, the double concerto for percussion and piano. This version of Fragment is arranged for vibraphone and piano; both parts are included in this publication.
Calenture
Calenture is comprised of four short movements that explore the inherent impressionistic possibilities of the electric guitar and piano duo as much as their obvious rhythmic potential. Harmonics are produced inside the piano, while elsewhere the guitarist employs an EBow (electronic bow) and effects pedals. The ensemble blends together as one through panning sonic motifs, which makes for a highly captivating and visceral listening experience.
One Study One Summary
Psathas’s One Study One Summary (2005) is a cutting-edge work for marimba, with junk percussion & digital audio, that is a favourite among virtuosic solo percussionists. As the title suggests, it is cast in two movements, and while the work exhibits the ‘busy’ motoric textures for which Psathas is well-known, reflective, atmospheric textures predominate throughout. The electronic sounds and beats in the digital audio part provide an evocative palette for the live percussionist to interact with. Please note that the digital audio files are not provided with this version of the score from GooglePlay. You may download the files here: https://43.dpdcart.com/product/110559
Ukiyo
Zen monks and haiku poets spoke of life in terms of a transient 'floating world' (ukiyo), or of a dream that vanishes. In the traditional Buddhist view, our corporeal existence is one in which happening gives way to happening, illusion follows illusion, and all is nothing but a phantasm void of substance.
Jettatura
A great test for advanced pianists, Jettatura (1999) is an uncomplicated moto perpetuo, and another example of Psathas’s gift for creating high-energy, compelling works. Requiring heavy and impassioned fingering, Jettatura is shot through with defiance and aggression. The left hand hammers a stream of ostinatos while the right hand flies almost incautiously over the keys, stretching to the piano’s upper register.
Corybas
In Corybas (2012), John Psathas blends the complex rhythms of Eastern European dance music into a highly dynamic and playful work for piano trio. Corybas is the first of two companion works for piano trio that Psathas wrote with the Mediterranean in mind; the second being a calmer, more serene “postlude” to this work, Aegean. The piano drives much of the forward movement in Corybas by holding a repeating odd-metered groove while the string parts fall in and out of this texture. The strings build momentum throughout by fusing together their melodic lines with the piano’s groove, offering short syncopated accents and uniting for dramatic and thrilling phrases. All of this makes for an exhilarating addition to piano trio repertoire.
