Destruction of Sennacherib, The

Barudin, Jeffrey

Medium/Advanced Concert Percussion

7 Players

With text by Lord Byron, The Destruction of Sennacherib is a powerful work for amplified spoken voice and a battery percussion septet. The piece is driving from beginning to end and will add a lot of variety to a percussion ensemble concert!

Instrumentation: Amplified Spoken Voice Percussion 1 (bongos, brake drum, crash cymbal) Percussion 2 (timbales, chains, crash cymbal) Percussion 3 (2 congas, snare drum, crash cymbal) Percussion 4 (3 concert toms, hi-hat) Percussion 5 (3 concert toms, hi-hat) Percussion 6 (concert bass drum, China cymbal) Timpani (4 drums)