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        John Luther Adams’s Prophecies of Fire was co-commissioned by Chamber Music Northwest with the generous support of the CMNW Commissioning Fund.

        • 4perc
        • 36 min 40 s

        Programme Note

        Prophecies of Fire is scored for Percussion Quartet, playing these instruments:

        4 Large Bass Drums
        4 Small Bass Drums
        8 Timpani (Player 1: 26″ and 20″; Player 2: 29″ and 23″; Player 3: 32″ and 26″; Player 4: 32″ and 29″)
        4 Floor Tom-toms
        4 Tom-toms
        4 Tenor Drums
        4 Snare Drums
        4 Large Tam-tams
        4 Small Tam-tams
        4 sets of Orchestra Bells

        The Bass Drums, Tom-toms, Tenor Drums, Snare Drums, and Tam-tams should be graduated in pitch from lowest (Player 4) to highest (Player 1).