Links & Chains for Violin and Marimba
Duration: 5'
Performers: Robin Zeh, violin; Robert Paterson, marimba

Publisher: Bill Holab Music: http://www.billholabmusic.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=103_137&products_id=1210

For more information: https://robertpaterson.com/links-and-chains-six-mallet-version

Four-mallet version also available: https://robertpaterson.com/links-and-chains-four-mallet-version

PROGRAM NOTES

The title of this piece reflects the structure: many parts and motives are linked and looped together, forming chains. There are also missing links throughout the piece, spots where notes have been dropped out and placed in other parts of the piece or else lost entirely. The violin part is designed to be a showy and slightly virtuosic, coupled with a solid, ostinato-like marimba counterpart. Both parts utilize flashy, extended techniques.

Six Mallet Marimba

Links & Chains (Violin and Marimba - Six Mallet Version)

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Links & Chains (Violin and Marimba - Six Mallet Version)

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