Commencing with music for percussion 1, commissioned by Eklekto Ensemble Geneva in 2016. Body Music features the hands and the legs of two percussionists engaging a virtuosic counterpoint of "body claps". Metal Music I is a duet and uses of one of the most iconic orchestral percussion instruments, the triangle. Metal Music II brings onstage two sets of crotales - small bronze discs played with violin bows to create a polyphony of sinus-like high frequencies. Metal Music III, a piece featuring 4 percussionists evolving in a landscape-like installation of 12 suspended cymbals, closes the first part. The second part presents pieces for three performers, from music for percussion 2 that use nonmusical objects.

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