Compendium by Blake Wilkins for percussion ensemble. This aggressive and exciting work features an original, sophisticated structural design and an idiosyncratic harmonic language. Though virtually all keyboard parts can be executed with two mallets, Wilkins pushes two mallet technique to its limit with extended double-stroke passages and wide leaps in rolled, legato melodic lines.Instrumentation:Player 1 - orchestra bells, chimes, timbales, medium gong, medium cymbalPlayer 2 - xylophone, medium cymbal, 3 tuned gongs, bass drumPlayer 3 - xylophone, crotales, medium large gong, snare drum, 2 brake drums, small cymbalPlayer 4 - vibraphone, 5 almglocken, large gongPlayer 5 - vibraphone, 5 concert toms, Chinese cymbalPlayer 6 - 4-octave marimba, temple blocksPlayer 7 - 4.3-octave marimba, large cymbalPlayer 8 - 4.3-octave marimba, bongosPlayer 9 - 4.3-octave marimba 4 log drum pitchesPlayer 10 - 5-octave marimba, 2 congasPlayer 11 - 5 timpani, orchestra bells, small gong
