creation : 20 juin 1972 at Palais des Fêtes, Strasbourg
duration : 20′
The titles of the three movements are explicit enough not to go into their forms. The composer’s concern was to highlight, in addition to the virtuosity of each instrumentalist, the nature of the three great groups of modern percussion: skins, metals and woods. Each group is assigned to a movement according to its nature and its kinship with the style of that one.