Saxophone Quartet Saxophone Quartet (SATB) Saxophone Quartet was composed especially for presentation at the Montana Saxophone Festival and is dedicated to the festival’s director, saxophonist Brooke Ferris. The first movement, Calliope, juxtaposes mechanized rhythmic patterns against legato, lyric melodies. The second movement, Chorale, explores homophonic, harmonic textures which alternate with lyric and contrapuntal passages. The […]
Monat: Januar 1970
→ Trouvailles (Saxophon)
Trouvailles Trouvailles‘ is a collection of short compositions which I mostly came about by chance and could not get out of my mind again. Therefore, I finally decided to arrange them for saxophone quartet – not least to be able to play them myself. The album contains a varied mixture of works by the composers […]
→ Tambourine Dance (Saxophon)
Tambourine Dance Joaquin Valverde (1846-1910) composed more than 70 zarzuelas, a popular Spanish form of comic and romantic operetta. Tambourine Dance (‚Danza de Crótalos‘) comes from one of his most successful, ‚La Tierra de la Alegría‘ (Land of Joy). Noten für: Saxophon Notenverlag: Advance Music ADV07433 Noten Informationen und Preis: Tambourine Dance
→ Galloping Thunder (Saxophon)
Galloping Thunder Saxophone Quartet (S/AATB) A Chinese styled barn burner for the advanced saxophone quartet. An intensely paced crowd pleaser with heated action for all the saxophones. With its showcase of technique and group cohesion, this is a great piece to cap a performance. Noten für: Saxophon Notenverlag: Advance Music ADV07432 Noten Informationen und Preis: […]
→ Ma Mère L'Oye (Mother Goose) (Saxophon)
Ma Mère L'Oye (Mother Goose) Saxophone Quartet (SATB) ‚Ma Mère L’Oye‘, one of Ravel’s most well-known and most often-performed works, was originally conceived and written as a piano duet (1908) and later on arranged for orchestra (1911). Inspired by the 17th century fairy tales penned by the French authors Charles Perrault (‚Contes de ma mère […]
→ As with Gladness, Men of Old (Saxophon)
As with Gladness, Men of Old Saxophone Quartet (SATB) Hymns and Carols are the two main sources for the melodies that are associated with traditional Christmas music. While hymns are predominately sacred, the historical roots of carols are in religious and pagan folk music and dance. The latter association with pagan and dance music has […]
→ Infant Holy, Born So Lowly (Saxophon)
Infant Holy, Born So Lowly Saxophone Quartet (SATB) Hymns and Carols are the two main sources for the melodies that are associated with traditional Christmas music. While hymns are predominately sacred, the historical roots of carols are in religious and pagan folk music and dance. The latter association with pagan and dance music has throughout […]
→ Le Tombeau de Couperin (I-IV) (Saxophon)
Le Tombeau de Couperin (I-IV) I. Prélude II. Forlane III. Menuet IV. Rigaudon For Ravel, the year 1917 was marked by his dearly beloved Basque mother’s death and the decease of many of his friends who had lost their lives on the battlegrounds of World War I. Hence, the suite he finished in that same […]
→ The Sleep of the Infant Jesus (Saxophon)
The Sleep of the Infant Jesus Hymns and Carols are the two main sources for the melodies that are associated with traditional Christmas music. While hymns are predominately sacred, the historical roots of carols are in religious and pagan folk music and dance. The latter association with pagan and dance music has throughout history brought […]
→ Patapan (Saxophon)
Patapan Hymns and Carols are the two main sources for the melodies that are associated with traditional Christmas music. While hymns are predominately sacred, the historical roots of carols are in religious and pagan folk music and dance. The latter association with pagan and dance music has throughout history brought carols alternatively in and out […]
→ Jolly Old St. Nicholas (Saxophon)
Jolly Old St. Nicholas Hymns and Carols are the two main sources for the melodies that are associated with traditional Christmas music. While hymns are predominately sacred, the historical roots of carols are in religious and pagan folk music and dance. The latter association with pagan and dance music has throughout history brought carols alternatively […]
→ Gloucestershire Wassail (Saxophon)
Gloucestershire Wassail Hymns and Carols are the two main sources for the melodies that are associated with traditional Christmas music. While hymns are predominately sacred, the historical roots of carols are in religious and pagan folk music and dance. The latter association with pagan and dance music has throughout history brought carols alternatively in and […]
→ The First Nowell (Saxophon)
The First Nowell Hymns and Carols are the two main sources for the melodies that are associated with traditional Christmas music. While hymns are predominately sacred, the historical roots of carols are in religious and pagan folk music and dance. The latter association with pagan and dance music has throughout history brought carols alternatively in […]
→ Sonata (Kirkpatrick 87) + Sonata (Kirkpatrick 133) (Saxophon)
Sonata (Kirkpatrick 87) + Sonata (Kirkpatrick 133) Originally written for solo keyboard, this pair of sonatas from the late Baroque render beautifully for modern saxophone quartets. The first is a slow andante in 3/4; the second is an energetic allegro in 3/8 time. Together they will bring a sense of artistic integrity to any concert. […]
→ Renaissance Suite (Saxophon)
Renaissance Suite Saxophone Quartet (AATB) Music from the High Renaissance (c. 1500) often featured voices in four-part harmony. The blending, vocal nature of saxophones makes this repetory ideal for adaptation. This Suite begins with In te, Domine, speravi by the greatest master of that age, the Franco-Flemish Josquin des Prez, follows with the poignant Triste […]