Batu Ferringhi

Siegfried Fink

General Info

Year: 1986
Duration: c. 11:20
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Zimmermann
Cost: Score and Parts - $0.00   |   Score Only - $0.00

Instrumentation

Marimba

Program Notes

premiere: 20 March 1987, Peter Sadlo, soloist

Review

An 11:00+, five-movement, 4-mallet work for solo marimba. In the Preface, the composer explains the background of the work--"The dramatic art form of the silhouette theatre... has impressed me considerably during a study trip through Malaysia. For this reason I started on the island of Penang on the beach of 'BATU FERRINGHI' to sketch this composition for marimba solo as an impression of the dialogues, the recitatives and the rhythmic prose of the silhouette plays. Sound and phrasing potentialities of the marimba are especially suited for recreating the main characters of the silhouette theatre, as the demon king Rawana, his brother Laksama, the wore of the ruler Sita, the monkey king Hanaman and the Indian prince Rama. The thematic material of the five impressions is in each case assigned to these characters." Numerous advanced 4-mallet techniques are used throughout the work, induding the mandolin and independent rolls. No mallet choices or sticking indications are given, but certainly some sort of double-wrapped, multi-intensity mallet would be in order. Another of Siegfried Fink's well-written (technically and musically) performance pieces, certain to contribute positively to any university or faculty recital program. -John Baldwin, Fall 1988

Recent Performances

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Works for Percussion by this Composer

Vibraphone

4 Encores Papillon Nr. 1-4
Improvisation und Umkehrung
Vibrafon-Suite

Marima

Batu Ferringhi
Etudes de Lux
Seven Pieces for Marimba

Timpani Solo

Allegretto (Fink)
Allegro Vivace (Fink)
Cadenza - Timpani (Fink)
Divertimento (Fink)
Episode (Fink)
Impression (Fink)
Intern. Soli: Pauken
la valse des timbales - Timpani
Ludi a Timpano - Timpani
Marsch
Pauken-Suite
Recitativ (Fink)
Rockin' Timpani
Rondino - Timpani (Fink)
Rondo (Fink)
Scherzo (Fink)
Sonatine - Timpani (Fink)
Tarantella (Fink)
Toccatina
Varius
Vibracussion II

Snare Drum Solo

Cadenza - Snare Drum (Fink)
Courante (Fink)
Ecossaise
Friska
Gaillarde (Fink)
Gigue (Fink)
Jongo
Marcia
Pa Lux
Rondino - Snare Drum (Fink)
Salut de Geneve
Sonate für Kleine Trommel
Sonatine - Snare Drum (Fink)
Triplet (Fink)
Trommel-Suite

Auxiliray Percussion Solo

Conga Negro (Solo) - Conga
Darabukka Suite - Darabukka
Toccatina für Triangle - Triangle

Multiple Percussion Solo

Alternation: Scenes and Variations
Conversations for Tape and Percussion - Multiple Percussion; With Tape
Etudes in Jazz for Percussion Solo
Horeb
Jasmin I/II (Two Chinese Impressions)
Rondell 1
Percussio Antiqua
Salut de Serdika
Salut de Sofia
silent...vibration
Sixteen (XVI) Etudes
Sudden Change
Test (Fink)
Vier Skizzen

Drum Set

Beat the Beat
Cymbalism
Dance (Fink)
Drum-Set-Suite
Foote Steps
Frame Work
Jobe's Tune
Junior's Beat
Junior's Speed
Junior's Time
Machine-Drums
Signature
Statement
Tom's Dilemma
Variations (Fink)

Concerto Works

Concertino für Vibrafon und Klavier - Vibraphone; Piano
Concertino für Vibrafon und Streichorchester - Vibraphone; Orchestra
Konzert für Percussion und Streichorchester - Multiple Percussion; Strings

With Other Instruments

Dialoge für Gitarre und Percussionsklange - Multiple Percussion; Guitar; (Graphic Notation)
Dialog für Xylofon, Bass-Klarinette und Schlagzeug - Percussion Duo; Clarinet
Duo Concertante (Fink) - Vibraphone; Guitar
Game for Two - Multiple Percussion; Accordion
Images para percusion - Percussion Quartet; Voice
Images para percusion (Flute) - Percussion Quartet; Flute
Impression Nr.1 für Flote und Vibrafon - Vibraphone; Flute
Motion-Pictures - Multiple Percussion; With Tape
Motion-Pictures I & II - Percussion Duo; With Tape
Percussion Improvisation - Multiple Percussion; With Tape
Reflektionen - Multiple Percussion; Guitar; Accordion
Rotation (Fink) - Multiple Percussion; Clarinet
Serenade In Percussione - Percussion Trio; Clarinet; Bass
Spiegelungen à 2 - Multiple Percussion; Flute
Tangents für Orgel und Percussion - Multiple Percussion; Organ
Ti...im Wechsel des Entfaltens und Verschließenstle - Multiple Percussion; Organ

Percussion Ensemble

Até-Logo - Percussion Quartet
Bagatelle (Fink) - Percussion Duo; Piano (2)
Cariblue, Merengue - Percussion Duo
Concerto (Fink) - Marimba Quartet
Conga Brazil - Percussion Octet
Conga Negro - Percussion Duo
Dello-Bar - Percussion Octet
Divertimento für Vibrafon und Marimba - Percussion Duo - Vibraphone/Marimba
Drei (3) Episoden - Percussion Duo - Vibraphone/Marimba
Duo für Vibrafon und Marimba - Percussion Duo - Vibraphone/Marimba
Duo für Drum-set - Percussion Duo; Drumsets
Erinnerung an Zirkus Renz - Percussion Quartet
Fuge (Fink) - Percussion Trio
Interactions - Percussion Quartet - Variable Instrumentation
Jeux pour quatre - Percussion Quartet
Kanonade - Percussion Quartet
Kreuzpunkte - Percussion Trio
Marcha del Tambor - Percussion Sextet
Marche Funèbre - Percussion Septet
Marimbula - Percussion Duo - Vibraphone/Marimba
Menora - Percussion Sextet
Metallophonie - Percussion Quartet
Mini Musik - Percussion Duo
Naphegy Trio - Percussion Trio
Ostinati Machina - Percussion Sextet
Paderissimo - Percussion Quartet
Percussion Improvisation (Duo) - Percussion Duo
Percussion Movie - Multiple Percussion; Percussion Quartet
Pictures for Percussion - Percussion Quartet
Plaisanterie - Percussion Sextet
Ritmo - Percussion Septet
Shadows - Percussion Duo - Vibraphone/Marimba
Spanish Dance (Fink) - Marimba Quartet
Tangents (Fink) - Percussion Quartet; With Tape
Timing for Percussion - Percussion Quartet
Toccatina pour six percussionistes - Percussion Sextet
Top-Kapi - Percussion Quartet
Triga Percutens - Percussion Trio
Trio Oriente - Percussion Trio
Trio Ostinato - Percussion Duo; Clarinet
Trommel - Duo - Percussion Duo - Snare Drum
Trommel - Duo: Variationen uber den Bulgarischen Ratzenizza - Percussion Duo - Snare Drum
Trommeltanz für 4 Tomtoms, Kontrabass, 3 Posaunen - Percussion Quartet; Chamber Ensemble
Two On One - Percussion Duo
Vibracussion - Vibraphone; Percussion Ensemble; Piano
Vier deutsche Tanze - Percussion Sextet
Zulu Welcome - Percussion Sextet
Zwolf Leichte Studien - Percussion Quartet
Stress - Percussion Trio