Concertos for Mallet Instruments
Alrich - Jenkins - Rorem
Evelyn Glennie (percussion), City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong, Jean Thorel
Another engaging disc from the ever-compelling Evelyn Glennie with three attractive concertos that should win many friends. From its shimmering opening, Alexis Alrich’s substantial three-movement...
Concertos for Mallet Instruments
Alrich - Jenkins - Rorem
Evelyn Glennie (percussion), City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong, Jean Thorel
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Another engaging disc from the ever-compelling Evelyn Glennie with three attractive concertos that should win many friends. From its shimmering opening, Alexis Alrich’s substantial three-movement...
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This compilation of concertos for mallet instruments features triple GRAMMY Award-winning percussion virtuoso Dame Evelyn Glennie and City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong. Alexis Alrichs Marimba Concerto, a rich amalgam of bold rhythms and exuberance, also explores Mexican and Asian-inspired music. Sir Karl Jenkins traces the 15th-century tune La Folia, furnishing it with refinement and strongly characterised intensity. Ned Rorems Mallet Concerto highlights the contrasting resonances of four different pitched mallets in music of drama and dynamism.
Contents and tracklist
- Evelyn Glennie (marimba)
- City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong
- Jean Thorel
- Evelyn Glennie (marimba)
- City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong
- Jean Thorel
- Evelyn Glennie (vibraphone)
- City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong
- Jean Thorel
Awards and reviews
March 2021
Another engaging disc from the ever-compelling Evelyn Glennie with three attractive concertos that should win many friends. From its shimmering opening, Alexis Alrich’s substantial three-movement Marimba Concerto creates a distinctive lyrical world...Under Jean Thorel, the City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong are evocatively hazy when needed, yet also fresh and beautifully balanced with the marimba, an instrument all-too-easily overwhelmed.
September/October 2021
Evelyn Glennie shows her mastery of all of these instruments, and she is wonderfully supported by the City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong under Jean Thorel. The recorded sound is fine too.
March 2021
The album’s meat is Ned Rorem’s Mallet Concerto in seven titled movements, and it’s the one work in which Glennie can show the range and depth of her artistry across four instruments...The interest in Rorem’s piece is that the solo instruments’ roles extend beyond either colourist or melodist.
