"These two ritualistic pieces reflect on the one hand the solidity and all-embracing gravity of the Earth itself, and the evanescent flickering of flame, which always seeks to rise upwards and escape into the beyond. These become metaphors for life and death, or earth-bound; spirit-bound forces.
Nevertheless the very concept of fire implies a destruction of that which is physical into a new, re-created form. This process creates energies of both heat and light, and that equal metamorphosis is created by the player through movement and action, in the realisation of this piece. Similarly, "earth" implies immutability, revolving but unchanging, a sub-tempo Rondo of immeasurable spans. This timelessness is a component of of the first movement, in which pulse seems suspended, and silences are more important than sounds."
- Peter Klatzow
0:00 - Movement I
5:55 - Movement II
Dr. Andrew Lynge performs "Dances of Earth and Fire" by Peter Klatzow in the Moody Concert Hall at The University of Alabama. In this video he is performing on an Adams Alpha Series Marimba and using the Innovative Percussion Artisan Series Mallets (IP 5003, IP 5004, and IP 5000-MT). Dr. Lynge is Director of Percussion Studies at The University of Alabama and is the Director of the UA Percussion Ensemble, winner of the 2020 Percussive Arts Society International Percussion Ensemble Competition. See more at www.AndrewLynge.com.
Artisan Series Mallets from Innovative Percussion: www.innovativepercussion.com/...