Project 08: Music for the Pan
Writing Pieces onto the Body of the Steelpan
Very little musical literature has been written specifically for the steelpan; steelbands usually play arrangements of existing pieces from calypso, latin, pop or, much more rarely, jazz or classical music. With its project "music for the pan" ferrum turns the tables: Claudio Pini and Yaira Yonne have made the characteristics of the steelpan the focus of their attention and have written a cluster of pieces at the intersection latin/jazz/classics onto the iron body of the steelpan. "music for the pan" is an innovative piece of steelpan literature made in Switzerland – no more, no less.
Check out an excerpt of the first concert series in spring 2008 on YouTube:
> "Bird of Birds" (conducted, jazz/classical)
> "Zorak" (jazz/latin)
Programme
*compositions by Claudio Pini and Yaira Yonne
Bird of Birds* - comp: Yaira Yonne 2007 (conducted)
Exit - comp: Radiohead / arr: Claudio Pini 2007
If You See* - comp: Claudio Pini 2007
Izo's Mood - comp/arr: A. Narell
Modinha - comp: Heitor Villa-Lobos / arr: Y. Yonne 2006 (conducted)
Sidemen - comp: Olivier Hutman / arr: Claudio Pini 2005
Sixed* - comp: Claudio Pini 2008
Pan Dulce - comp: David Torres / arr: Claudio Pini 2004
Wintersprinter* - comp: Claudio Pini 2005
Zorak Mixed It Up* - comp: Claudio Pini 2007
See > Upcoming Concerts for next concert dates and venues.