Makyō

for marimba and string orchestra

year of composition

1990

duration

ca. 10'

text

MAKYO was commissioned by the Convivium Musicum Orchestra in 1990. Wim Henderickx also made a version for marimba and piano and for solo marimba. Makyo means a mysterious dream experience. The solo marimba part dominates the enitre work. Free, nearly improvisational parts are followed by strict metrical notation and vice versa. Different sonorities are explored in the strings. The work has a free, rhapsodical form.

instrumentation

Marimba, Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Violoncello, Double bass

first performance date

19.05.2026

first performance by

Convivium Musicum Orchestra

ismn number

9790065146898

commissioned by

commissioned by Convivium Musicum Orchestra