SoniChroma / Quey Percussion Duo
Details
- Composer
- KOSHINSKI SEJOURNE SILVERMAN
- Artist
- QUEY PERCUSSION DUO
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Innova Recordings
- Released
- Nov 15, 2019
- Catalog #
- INN039
- UPC
- 726708603922
About
For more than 16 years, Quey [“Kway”] Percussion Duo (QPD) has dazzled audiences worldwide with their unmistakable style that blends traditions of Western percussion, “world,” contemporary, classical, and popular music to create colorful sound worlds that often place focus on interlocking counterpoint and musical multi-tasking. In other words, breathtaking and virtuosic.This recording is a small selection of the many works written for the duo over the past 16 years, which have been created through three large com-mission contests and by working directly with composers. Two of the titles represented on the recording are winning compositions from the group’s composition contests in 2005 (In the History of Man) and 2012 (Rhapsody for Vibraphone and Marimba). In addition, many works composed by duo member Gene Koshinski were written specifically for QPD, two of which are represented here on this album. The most prominent composition is the double percussion concerto entitled, soniChroma, recorded here with full orchestra. As the title suggests, soniChroma (meaning “sound color”), is focused on creating unique sonic and instrumental combinations. This can be seen throughout the orches-tra, but prominently in the large percussion solo setup which contains over 80 instruments, including skins, metals, woods, strings (guitars), non-Western instruments, and found objects. The solo parts reflect the diverse performance demands of the 21st Century percussionist, ranging from classical percussionists, drum set players, keyboard soloists, contemporary multi-percussionists, and world music performers. Comprised of members Gene Koshinski and Tim Broscious, Duluth-based QPD has performed in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Jordan, the UK, and extensively throughout the US. They have worked with music festivals, art galleries, chamber music series’, conventions (including 4 PASIC appearances), professional orchestras, and have engaged in more than 50 university residencies worldwide. They also can be heard in the score of the award winning short film The Passage, which was premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2018.
Tracklist 10 tracks
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1 Paper Covers Rock 07:06
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Paper Covers Rock
- Duration
- 07:06
- Composer
- Adam B. Silverman
- Ensemble
- Quey Percussion Duo
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2 Rhapsody for Vibraphone and Marimba 07:48
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Rhapsody for Vibraphone and Marimba
- Duration
- 07:48
- Composer
- Michael Taylor
- Ensemble
- Quey Percussion Duo
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3 I. Chang he Zuo 07:16
- Track
- 3
- Title
- I. Chang he Zuo
- Duration
- 07:16
- Composer
- Gene Koshinski
- Ensemble
- Quey Percussion Duo
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4 II. Nian 03:35
- Track
- 4
- Title
- II. Nian
- Duration
- 03:35
- Composer
- Gene Koshinski
- Ensemble
- Quey Percussion Duo
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5 III. Da 08:17
- Track
- 5
- Title
- III. Da
- Duration
- 08:17
- Composer
- Gene Koshinski
- Ensemble
- Quey Percussion Duo
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6 In the History of Man 06:50
- Track
- 6
- Title
- In the History of Man
- Duration
- 06:50
- Composer
- Ben Wahlund
- Ensemble
- Quey Percussion Duo
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7 Khamsin 06:00
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Khamsin
- Duration
- 06:00
- Composer
- Emmanuel Séjourné
- Ensemble
- Quey Percussion Duo
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8 I. Arylide Spark 07:29
- Track
- 8
- Title
- I. Arylide Spark
- Duration
- 07:29
- Composer
- Gene Koshinski
- Ensemble
- Quey Percussion Duo, Schwob Philharmonic
- Conductor
- Paul Hostetter
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9 II. Nian 12:37
- Track
- 9
- Title
- II. Nian
- Duration
- 12:37
- Composer
- Gene Koshinski
- Ensemble
- Quey Percussion Duo, Schwob Philharmonic
- Conductor
- Paul Hostetter
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10 III. Da 05:30
- Track
- 10
- Title
- III. Da
- Duration
- 05:30
- Composer
- Gene Koshinski
- Ensemble
- Quey Percussion Duo, Schwob Philharmonic
- Conductor
- Paul Hostetter