Balkan Sun by Colin Shaw

This is a piece inspired by the Bulgarian pop culture, which I heard on a recent trip to that country. All parts are very important to the complete performance (including the triangle solo!), but the tuned parts should shine!

The tune and accompaniment is shared out equally between the three instruments – use hard sticks. There are sections for body percussion, and a chance to shout some Bulgarian words! One of the interesting devices I learnt from some of these pop songs is that the traditional 8-bar phrase is augmented by one more bar to introduce the next section.