Michael Burritt's
Four Movements for Marimba features music of vastly different styles, written for an accomplished marimbist. Several advanced technical skills are needed, including independent rolls, dead strokes, glissandos, and laterals on tight intervals. This piece, or any of its movements, would make for a fantastic addition to any advanced undergraduate or graduate recital. Of particular note is the fact that this piece is written for a 4.3 octave marimba, for those without larger instruments.
- Improvisation (2:30)- sometimes thoughtful, other times foreboding, always pensive
- Perpetual (2:30)- rapid, frantic, and close-quartered
- Ethereal (3:30) - a mystical chorale
- Mecanique (5:00) - complicated ostinati, violent
- Instrumentation - 4.3 Octave Marimba
- Duration - 13:30
- Difficulty - Advanced
