(b. 1938)
Born in 1938 John Corigliano continues to add to one of the richest, most unusual and most widely celebrated bodies of work any composer has created over the last forty years. Corigliano's numerous scores—including three symphonies and eight concertos among over one hundred chamber, vocal, choral, and orchestral works—have been performed and recorded by many of the most prominent orchestras, soloists, and chamber musicians in the world. Corigliano's newest composition is One Sweet Morning which premiered in September 2011 with the New York Philharmonic and mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe. Other recent scores include Conjurer (2008), for percussion and string orchestra, commissioned for and introduced by Dame Evelyn Glennie.
John Corigliano Composition Timpani and Percussion Requirements
Phantasmagoria (on themes from "The Ghosts of Versailles"), for cello & piano
Timpani + 4 percussion
Orchestral bass drum, castanets, tubular bells, 2 octaves crotales, glockenspiel, floor tom, snare drum, suspended cymbal, tambourine, temple blocks, 4 x tom toms, triangle, vibraphone, 2 x wood blocks, xylophone
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Clarinet Concerto
Timpani + 4 percussion (1 dT)
Wood block, triangle, tam tam, orchestral bass drum, snare drum, 2 x tambourines, 5 x tom toms, temple blocks, 2 x tenor drums, clash cymbals, vibraphone, xylophone, suspended cymbal
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Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (The Red Violin)
Timpani + 4 percussion + celeste
Glockenspiel, 2 octaves crotales, xylophone, vibraphone, tubular bells, bell tree, 2 metal plates, triangle, suspended cymbal, ride cymbal, tam tam, slapstick, ratchet, tambourine, wood block, temple block, castanets, snare drum, 2 tenor drums, 3 roto toms, 3 tom toms, celeste
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Fantasia on an Ostinato
2 Timpani + 4 percussion
1) xylophone, vibraphone, snare drum, clash cymbals, top octave crotales 2) vibraphone, glockenspiel, tubular bells, roto tom, tenor drum, tambourine, ratchet, 3) glockenspiel, tenor drum, orchestral bass drum, brake drum, suspended cymbal, 3 temple blocks, triangle, 4) snare drum, 2 temple blocks, suspended cymbal, tam tam, tambourine, whip
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Gazebo Dances
Timpani + 3 percussion
Xylophone, snare drum, tenor drum, orchestral bass drum, suspended cymbal, clash cymbals, triangle, tambourine, handbell
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Symphony No 2
Timpani + 4 percussion
2 x brake drums, temple blocks, 2 x snare drums, xylophone, vibraphone, 2 octaves crotales, tam tam, whip, tambourine, 2 x glockenspiels, tubular bells, clash cymbals, 2 x suspended cymbals, 2 x tenor drums, orchestral bass drum, triangle, ratchet
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The Mannheim Rocket
Timpani + 4 percussion
1) xylophone, glockenspiel, 2 octaves crotales, musical saw, tambourine, tam tam, triangle, clash cymbals, 2 tuned cowbells, large ratchet, 2) toy piano, vibraphone, glockenspiel, flexatone, metal plate and hammer, police whistle, sandpaper blocks, ratchet, tambourine, maracas, orchestral bass drum, swanee whistle 3) vibraphone, glockenspiel, xylophone, high cowbell, tam tam, clash cymbals, orchestral bass drum, police whistle, swanee whistle, 2 octaves crotales, ratchet, Jews harp, 4) vibraphone, glockenspiel, timpani, tam tam, clash cymbals, snare drum, ratchet, slapstick, cellophane, lions roar, 2 swanee whisltes, glass in bucket
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Three Hallucinations for Orchestra (1981)
2 Timpani + 3 percussion
Snare drum, ratchet, bell tree, suspended cymbal, tenor drum, orchestral bass drum, brake drum, temple blocks, small tam tam, xylophone, glockenspiel, 2 octaves crotales
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Utah Fanfare
No Timpanist + 2 percussion
Timpani (2), snare drum, orchestral bass drum
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