Creating Great Music Experiences

I – Concerto for Marimba Duo & Orchestra (27’)
II- Concerto for Marimba Trio & Orchestra (27’)
Composed by Ludwig Albert (2012)
Publishing: Editions François Dhalmann (FR) – ISMN: 9790560244310
Performed by Ludwig Albert &  Rodrigo Fernandes Marques & trio guest.

• The Universe: version with Symphony Orchestra
• The Universe: version with Wind Orchestra
• The Universe: version with String Orchestra
• The Universe: version with Chinese Orchestra
• The Universe version with Percussion Orchestra
• The Universe: version with Marimba Quartet
• The Universe: version with piano (piano reduction)

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I – Concerto for Marimba Solo & Orchestra (30’)
II – Concerto for Marimba Duo & Orchestra (30’)
III – Concerto for Marimba Trio & Orchestra (30’)
Composed by Ludwig Albert & Rodrigo F. Marques (2020)
Publishing: Splendid Arts Edition, (BE) – ISMN : 9790803756082
Performed by Ludwig Albert, duo guest Rodrigo Marques & trio guest.

• Permafrost: version with Symphony Orchestra
• Permafrost: version with Wind Orchestra
• Permafrost: version with Percussion Orchestra
• Permafrost with Marimba Quartet
• Permafrost: version with two piano’s (piano reduction)

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The extra-ordinary cooperation of both marimbists and composers Ludwig Albert &  Rodrigo Fernandes Marques resulted in the splendid co composed Concerto ‘Permafrost’. They decided in April 2020 during the COVID 19 lockdown to compose a new concerto inspired by the Permafrost, to combine their musical ideas and sharing it to the World. The marimba is placed on the foreground and goes in an intense dialogue with the Orchestra. Permafrost is a unique combination of creative power and sensitive virtuosity displaying the marimba’s technical and sonorous qualities, supported by the Orchestra’s wealth of nuances. This concerto includes three movements: The 1 st movement reflects to the ‘Taliks’ or unfrozen grounds in a permafrost environment. After a grave introduction, a playful waltz with string accents transcends this movement merging with the soloist and the full orchestra. The cantabile cadenza for the marimba provides a bridge to the final section that turns into a powerful maestoso ¾ waltz with a strong presented theme, reflecting to the imaginative surrounded permafrost landscape. The 2nd movements’ passionate themes reflect to the ‘Aufeis’ sheet-like mass of layered ice forming a permanent river and show the marimba in all its sensitive qualities. The beautiful themes are introduced by the marimba and melt together with the full orchestra until the dreamy end, as a transition to the 3 rd movement, reminding us with the image of the ‘Pleistocene’; the most intense period of the geological ice age with its hidden archeologic discoveries. Simultaneously it also warns us of how global heating affects natural disasters and eventually can awake Earth’s forgotten or preserved pathogens that might pose a potential threat to and reinfect humanity. Strong themes and rhythmicelements overlap each other in the first part played by the marimba with 6 mallets and special effect slap mallets. An intense adagio with all melodies before and a full fusion of the soloist and the orchestra provides a bridge to the powerful rhythmic finale, involving all fusing contrasting elements in a final apotheosis, and leaving us with the beautiful permafrost scenery and a hopeful plead for its preservation.

I – Concertino for Marimba Solo & Orchestra (15’)
II- Concertino for Marimba Duo & Orchestra (15’)
Composed by Keiko Abe (1996)
Publishing Xebec Co, (JP)
Performed by Ludwig Albert & duo guest Rodrigo Marques

• Prism Rhapsody: version with Symphony Orchestra
• Prism Rhapsody: version with Wind Orchestra

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Ludwig Albert shaped his talent and specialized for marimba solo with the legendary Japanese marimba pioneer and -virtuoso Keiko Abe and performed with her since 1996 several concert tours. He recorded also Abe’s masterworks, released on the albums “Marimba Waves” and “L.Albert plays K.Abe” (2024). International reviewed as the successor of Keiko Abe by his extraordinary lyrical sound, Albert belongs in the world with the absolute topflight of marimbists. “Prism Rhapsody” is the only marimba-concerto composed by Keiko Abe. This concerto can be performed in solo version by Ludwig Albert or in duo version together with duo guest Rodrigo Fernandes.

Commissioned Concertos for Marimba Solo or Duo with Symphony-, Wind- or String Orchestra.
Composed by Ludwig Albert, Rodrigo F. Marques and/or commissioned guest composers.
Performed by Ludwig Albert & duo guest Rodrigo Fernandes Marques.

For special occasions, festivals, Worldpremiere performances and first recording projects, Ludwig Albert is always searching for new sound combinations, compositional discoveries and commissioning concerto compositions. That way it is always possible, by future invitations for Gala concerts, orchestral season programs, open air events, academic celebrations and benefit, jubilee- or tribute concerts, to commission new concerto’s by Ludwig Albert, Rodrigo Fernandes Marques and/or other significant or residing composers.

Orchestral Encores for Marimba Solo or Duo with Symphony, Wind or String Orchestra.
Performed by Ludwig Albert & duo guest Rodrigo Fernandes Marques.

For special occasions it is always possible to create a special program of orchestral arrangements for marimba solo or duo with orchestra from the baroque repertoire to popular music. Ludwig Albert performed several tremendous successful tours in Russia which got a special item on the National Russian TV news broadcast. This program included arranged works for marimba with String Orchestra & extra live band such as movie music, evergreens, pop music & entertainment music. This program can be special proposed for ‘encores’ or for mass productions, open air concerts and big theatre venues with a large audience.