Concerto for Solo Percussionist (1966)
Marvin Dahlgren, percussion
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Donald Johanos
This work had its initial performance with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Sixten Ehrling, December 29, 1966. The work was completed in August of the same year. At the time of its premiere, the composer supplied the following notes:
“The work is cast in the traditional concerto format of three movements. The solo part is in the eighteenth and nineteenth century virtuoso trad