The debut album from William Brown Percussion
Souvenir
Igor Stravinsky’s Petrushka ballet and Samuel Barber’s Souvenirs suite, as arranged for piano and marimba duet by William Brown.
This album is bursting with color, an orchestral experience concentrated into intimate performances from marimba and piano duet—an uncommon pairing that is as athletic as it is musical. Here’s a cut from deep into the Fourth Tableau of Petrushka:
what do you hear?
Dance of the Nannies
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Releases June 5th, 2025
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Behind the Album
Marimba
Piano
Producer
Recording Engineer
Mixing and Mastering
Congratulations to marimbist William Brown on his innovative new CD album Souvenir.
The program includes two seminal works of music from the ballet including Stravinsky’s Petrouchka and Barber’s Souvenirs.
William Brown’s arrangements imaginatively bring out the rhythmic structure of the dance on the marimba with
superb piano accompaniment provided by Ghadeer Abaido. With its unique colors, musicality and overall technical command, I offer my highest recommendation for Souvenir
In Souvenir, William and Ghadeer do what is seemingly impossible; transforming massive orchestral works into engaging and convincing duos