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Nexus (1971 - )

Group - Canada contemporary percussion ensemble from Canada

Releases (3)

Official

Album

  1. Ragtime Concert 1991

Album - Compilation

  1. The Best of Nexus 1989

Relationships (6)

Members

  1. Robin Engelman percussion
  2. Garry Kvistad glockenspiel, marimba, xylophone
  3. John Wyre
  4. Bill Cahn percussion
  5. Bob Becker percussion idiophone, marimba, xylophone
  6. Russell Hartenberger percussion idiophone, marimba, xylophone

Recordings by (24)

  1. Kobina 6:18 (1981)
  2. April Showers 2:14 (1981)
  3. The Birds 9:40 (1981)
  4. Unexpected Pleasures 2:51 (1981)
  5. Passage 4:40 (1981)
  6. Mighty Lak'A Rose 3:40 (1981)
  7. Amazing Space 4:00 (1981)
  8. An African Song 2:55 (1981)
  9. Triplets 2:27 (1989)
  10. Xylophonia 3:45 (1989)
  11. Third Construction 12:30 (1989)
  12. The Hummingbird 3:27 (1989)
  13. Spanish Waltz 4:21 (1989)
  14. Frivolity 3:02 (1989)
  15. Cross Corners 3:54 (1991)
  16. The Whistler 2:05 (1991)
  17. Nola 3:34 (1991)
  18. Rainbow Ripples 2:23 (1991)
  19. Dill Pickles 1:59 (1991)
  20. Jovial Jasper 3:12 (1991)
  21. Ragtime Robin 2:24 (1991)
  22. Stop Time 1:44 (1991)
  23. Log Cabin Blues 2:30 (1991)
  24. African Funeral Song 4:42 (1996)

On Recordings (22)

Performer

  1. Sextet: I. 10:29 Steve Reich (1986)
  2. Sextet: II. 4:12 Steve Reich (1986)
  3. Sextet: IV. 3:14 Steve Reich (1986)
  4. Sextet: III. 2:27 Steve Reich (1986)
  5. Six Marimbas 16:19 Steve Reich (1986)
  6. Sextet: V. 5:59 Steve Reich (1986)
  7. African Funeral Song 4:42 Nexus (1996)

Instruments

  1. Xylophonia 3:45 Nexus (1989) percussion
  2. Third Construction 12:30 Nexus (1989) percussion
  3. Frivolity 3:02 Nexus (1989) percussion
  4. Daybreak, an Aubade 2:09 Earle Birney, Nexus (1989) percussion
  5. The Hummingbird 3:27 Nexus (1989) percussion
  6. Triplets 2:27 Nexus (1989) percussion
  7. McSimpton's Annual Boat Excursion to Nanaimo, June 1949 4:14 Earle Birney, Nexus (1989) percussion
  8. Spanish Waltz 4:21 Nexus (1989) percussion
  9. The Mother of the Book 8:12 Glen Hall, Gil Evans (1994) percussion
  10. Old Woman River 5:28 Glen Hall, Gil Evans (1994) percussion
  11. The Folk 5:41 Glen Hall, Gil Evans (1994) percussion
  12. Muddy Waters 8:31 Glen Hall, Gil Evans (1994) percussion
  13. Kikue 13:47 Glen Hall, Gil Evans (1994) percussion
  14. From Me Flows What You Call Time 36:07 Nexus, Pacific Symphony Orchestra, Carl St. Clair (1998)
  15. From me flows what you call time 36:04 Nexus, Pacific Symphony, Carl St. Clair (20 Nov 2002) percussion

Credited as (10)

  1. Nexus
  2. Earle Birney, Nexus
  3. Toru Takemitsu; Nexus, Pacific Symphony Orchestra, Carl St. Clair
  4. Nexus, Pacific Symphony Orchestra, Carl St. Clair
  5. Nexus, Pacific Symphony, Carl St. Clair
  6. NEXUS / IRIS Chamber Orchestra
  7. Ellen Taaffe Zwilich; Pamela Frank, NEXUS / IRIS Chamber Orchestra, Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Stern
  8. Steve Reich; Nexus, Sō Percussion
  9. Paul Horn featuring Egberto Gismonti and Nexus
  10. Paul Horn and Nexus

Events (1)

Orchestra At

  1. 1993, Prom 34

Links (4)

Official Homepages

  1. http://nexuspercussion.com/

Wikipedia

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nexus_(ensemble)

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/355655

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1983922