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Rolf Wallin:
Frap(1998)
for 2, 3, or 4 Percussionists
When Safri Duo asked me to write a short opener for their concerts, I was delighted. After their aweinspiring interpretation of my first commission for them, "Twine", I knew I could write virtually anything, and they'd do it with the utmost elegance. It's also nice every once in a while not to be so dead serious and so Wagnerian timeconsuming.
I had fun writing this piece. More than being deep art, it is a game exploring togetherness and nottogetherness.
By the way: FRAP is (of course) an Anglification of the French word frapper, to hit.