Kontrapunktus for Japanese Drums and Orchestra Op. 52 (1996)

2+1.2+1.2+1.2+1./ 4.3.3.1/ Timp, Perc (4), Strings, 5 Daiko soloists

c. 15'00" (listen to sample)

Commissioned by the Kalamazoo Symphony in honor of their 75th Anniversary

First Performanced on February 22nd, 1997 by members of the Kodo Ensemble with the Kalamazoo Symphony, Yoshimi Takeda, conductor, Kalamazoo, Michigan

Published by Theodore Presser Company | study score #416-41378

Reviews:
"The Liebermann piece is a fascinating work, both new sounding and yet accesible and almost familiar in its contrapuntal interplay of Eastern and Western sound and in the embroidery of orchestra against the gradually intensifying bass line provided by the drumming...the Liebermann work was the evening's highlight."

Kalamazoo Gazette