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Timber (2009) 60'

six percussionists playing wooden simantras (2x4s) [all instruments amplified]

Club Guy and Roni, Slagwerk den Haag, Mantra Percussion, with support from The Nief Norf Project

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Timber for six percussionists premieres

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On June 16 at Korzo Theatre in Den Haag, The Netherlands, the Dutch percussion group Slagwerk Den Haag gives the world premiere of Michael Gordon’s percussion sextet, Timber, an evening-length tour de force.

Scored for six graduated wooden 2x4s, or Simantras (Greek liturgical percussion instruments used by French composer Iannis Xenakis), the work brings the physicality, endurance and technique of percussion performance to a new level…

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