Sammut-Mirages (SP)-V/M/DS/CL/BCL/CB

Mirages is an original piece with four movements written for vibraphone, marimba, double bass, drums and clarinet/bass clarinet. The composition expresses four different musical moods and personalities. The composer says: "The first movement has a "cool jazz" feel to it. The second movement has been electronically processed and distorted which I think expresses an experimental character. The third movement was inspired by Gary Thomas, a saxophonist. In the fourth movement, I was inspired by the "bluesy flat third" sound that permeates the film score by Bernard Herrmann in Martin Scorsese's 'Taxi Driver'."

Number of players: 5
Difficulty: advanced

Instrumentation
Player 1: Vibraphone
Player 2: Marimba
Player 3: Clarinet, bass clarinet
Player 4: Bass
Player 5: Drum set