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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...concerto movement. Glennie's arrangement of a Kevin Volans piece, "She who sleeps with a small blanket," is, in her own word, "disconcerting," scored for bongos, congas, bass drum, and marimba. Whoever "She" is, she has nightmares. The concert continued with a virtuoso marimba solo, "Velocities" by Joseph Schwantner. Schwantner, a composer-in-residence at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, has undoubtedly made a fine contribution to the contemporary marimba literature with this visionary piece, which used the entire instrument. At one point, Schwantner asks the marimbist to play on the very end of the bars...

Author: By Matt A. Carter, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Trapped in Classical World: A Boston Weekend | 4/30/1999 | See Source »

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