Okho – Xenakis
November 27, 2010
Xenakis
Ohko
3 Percussionists
3 Jembes
12minutes
One of the most prestigious composers for the percussion solo and chamber repertoire, particularly his two solo percussion works Psapha and Rebonds. Xenakis has relatively little music training especially early in his life. After World War II which forced him to seek exile in France, of which he stayed the rest of his life, Xenakis’ primary income was in engineering and later working as an architect under Le Corbusier. In this piece you can hear connections between his architecture and the way he develops Okho as a performance piece for 3 jembes including the subtle playing techniques nessesary as well as the rhythmic development within the piece.
Annotated by Nate Tucker
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