The Dragon
for multi-percussion duet
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The Dragon came to life during the COVID-19 pandemic in winter 2021. This piece is the most collaborative one of all of my previous works in terms of the spontaneous composition process in which I guided another percussionist, Mitchell Carlstrom, to perform the piece along with me. From the starting point, I intended to customize the instruments’ sounds, using extended materials, to distance the sounds from their typical timbre and experiment with new possibilities for performing them.
Instrumentation: (2) Lion's Roar, (1) Waterphone, (2) Wind Gong, (1) Thai Nipple Gong, (1) Chinese Red Drum, (1) Thunder Sheet 20x30'', (2) Crash Ride Cymbal, (1) Large Bass Drum, (1) Timbale Set, (3) kickable percussion: Floor Tom, Cymbal Stack Zildjian Oriental Splash x Sabian Crash, Kick/Bass Drum, mounted percussion: Wind Chimes, Shaker, Tambourine, Goat Nails, Cluster Bells, (2) Wrist Bells, Jingle Taps, and a set of 5 to 10 Cowbell. |
Mitchell Carlstrom & Vahid Jahandari, percussion
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