This rather large medium level mallet ensemble, for ten performers, captures some of the finest musical works of the Baroque era. Adapting music for performance in a variety of instrumental settings was a
In 1843, while serving as music director at the Academy of Arts in Berlin, Mendelssohn completed the incidental music for Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at the behest of King Frederick of
Written for a large mallet ensemble (12 players), this medium-advanced scherzo contains a lot of notes in compound meter that require quick playing at soft levels. Scored for bells, chimes, two xylophones,