These six character pieces come from Ligeti's famous piano cycle 'Musica ricercata'. Now wild, now cheerful, now contemplative, now excited - each of these miniatures is an unmistakable gem.
The minimalist bagatelles already exist in popular arrangements for wind quintet, wind ensemble and accordion. Their new arrangement for saxophone quartet by Fabio Oehrli sounds very convincing, as if the composition has almost been made for this instrumentation.

The subtitle 'For a young elephant' of 'Circus Polka' composed by Stravinsky is due to the piece's original use as music for a ballet performance with 50 elephants and the same number of ballerinas. The effective and inventive composition ranks among the modern classics of the 20th century and is presented here in arrangements for saxophone quartet or saxophone ensemble.

April in Paris, words by E.Y. "Yip" Harburg and music by Vernon Duke arranged for Saxophone Quartet. Composed for the musical ?Walk a Little Faster?, this song has been covered by numerous vocalists and jazz orchestras. This is an easier advanced arrangement of this very popular jazz standard! The playing time is approximately 3:35 To view and listen to this piece in its entirety as well hundreds of other arrangement and transcriptions by Kenneth Abeling at the lowest prices available please visit: https://lincolnmusicpublications.com/

Jazz Saxophone Quartet

My Funny Valentine, from the 1937 musical 'Babes in Arms' by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, is well established as a much loved jazz standard. This version, scored for standard SATB saxophone quartet, puts the familiar melody over a relaxed funky shuffle groove, for a more contemporary twist.

There is no jazz improvisation required to play this arrangement but with several changes of style and a tricky soli section, there are plenty of moments to challenge the performers in this interesting take on a famous tune.

Difficulty Rating : Medium / Advanced