SKU: HL.14047303
ISBN 9788850720361. English.
Arranged and adapted by Andrea Cappellari. Easy duets. Each book included complet scores and solo part.
SKU: HL.14047486
ISBN 9788850725632.
SKU: HL.14047560
ISBN 9788850726684.
SKU: PR.114419850
ISBN 9781491135808. UPC: 680160681044. 9 x 12 inches.
Both a spectacular concerto for saxophone, and a dramatic tone poem on Roman mythology, QUICKSILVER is a 23-minute concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble by one of the sax literature’s most commissioned and admired composers.Through worded captions as well as gorgeously expressive tone painting, Movement 1 depicts the birth and childhood pranks of Mercury, Movement 2 shows him escorting souls to the gates of the Underworld, and Movement 3 is a phantasmagoric finale portraying Mercury as messenger amid the conflicts of other mythological figures. There are many YouTube performances available, both in the original version with Wind Ensemble, and with Piano.In addition to being another name for the element mercury, “quicksilver†is used to describe something that changes quickly or is difficult to contain. My concerto of the same name was inspired by the Roman god Mercury, as well as the mercurial nature of the saxophone: unpredictable, very lively, and volatile. Mercury (known as Hermes in Greek mythology) is best known for his winged shoes, which allowed him to fly swiftly as the messenger of his fellow Olympians. Mercury had other duties too, including serving as the god of merchants, travelers, and tricksters; he also ushered souls of the departed to the Underworld.Quicksilver tells three tales of the Roman god. The first movement (Antics of a Newborn God) opens with the birth of Mercury; after he takes his first steps, he toddles around, gleefully looking for mischief. He stumbles across a herd of cows that belong to his brother Apollo; Mercury slyly lets the cows out of their pen before toddling onward with his mischief-making.In the second movement (Guiding Souls to the Underworld), Pluto, god of the Underworld, bids Mercury to bring him fresh souls. The movement begins with death-knells tolling for humans who are about to die; Mercury picks up these souls and leads them down to the gates of the Underworld.The third and final movement (Messenger of Olympus) depicts Mercury as he is busily running errands for various gods and goddesses. We first encounter him mid-flight as he dashes to earth to find Aeneas, a Trojan lieutenant who had been run out of Troy by the invading Greeks. Aeneas is on a quest to find land on which to establish a new city that would eventually become Rome. While traveling, he is distracted from his quest when he meets the beautiful queen Dido. They live together for many years before Mercury intervenes; he chastises Aeneas for giving up on his quest and persuades him to pick it up again. As Aeneas mournfully resumes his journey, we hear Dido perish of a broken heart. Mercury then takes to the skies to seek out Perseus, who is preparing to kill Medusa, the hideous gorgon who has snakes for hair and a gaze that turns those who catch her glance into stone. Mercury advises Perseus on how to slay Medusa and lends Perseus his sword to do the deed. We hear Perseus victorious in the beheading of Medusa, after which Mercury takes to the skies once more to fly home to Olympus.
SKU: FG.55011-841-6
Piilo is a unique collection of contemporary pieces and improvisation exercises for the saxophone for pupils, professionals and anyone in between, commissioned and curated by saxophonist Kalle Oittinen. Foreword and instructions in English are included. The collection consists of works both for solo alto saxophone and alto saxophone & piano, as well as a set of hide cards for improvisation and composing exercises. The cards can be used with any instruments.
SKU: HL.48182200
UPC: 888680835071. 9.0x12.0x0.096 inches.
Ten pieces to dance on by Pierre Max Dubois is a small ballet for Alto Saxophone and Piano. Perfect for upper beginners / intermediate players, each of the ten pieces is approximately half a page long, with easy rhythms, tempo and a maximum of 3 sharps or 2 flats. The ten pieces that feature in these scores are: - Gaillarde - Danse Gracieuse - Virelai - Bransle - Pavane - Passepied - Complainte - Rigaudon - Menuet Vif - Intermezzo Pierre Max Dubois (1930-1995) was a French composer who was awarded the Prix de Rome in 1955. Mainly composing classical music, his works are mainly for woodwinds. He is one of the founder of the Les Six, which included his professor, Darius Milhaud..
SKU: HL.50601598
8.0x11.75 inches.
The catalogue of Edison Denisov's works includes 16 concertos. It was a genre to which he returned time and again throughout his life, from the Concerto for Cello and Orchestra of 1972 to the Double Concerto for Flute, Clarinet and Orchestra of 1996.In Denisov's music the role of the soloist, or rather the protagonist, is extraordinarily important, not so much for its virtuosity as for its confessional character. The solo part is a monologue distinguished by poetic diction and a very personal message from thecomposer. The dramaturgical conception of the Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra, a reworking of the Viola Concerto of 1986, draws on traditional sonata form, thereby reaffirming the ubiquitous classicism in Denisov's thought. In this late work, we find all the typical features of his style: sinuous melodic lines layered into dense contrapuntal textures, and an interplay of orchestral colours, with pure sonorities contrasting with complex mixtures of sounds. It is a perfect dramaturgy that governs the evolution of the music to the very end. The first movement assumes the role of a sonata-allegro, with the standard formal sections of exposition, development,recapitulation and coda. The second movement is an Adagio for strings. The third takes the form of a little contrasting intermezzo that introduces both new thematic material and a new range of colours. Here tunefulness gives way to pointillism enriched with soniceffects. The only movement with a virtuosic solo part, its nervousness and inner tension set it worlds apart from the second and fourth movements that surround it. The fourth movement assumes the traditional form of a final set of variations. It is the dramaturgical and semantic heart of the concerto. The theme of the variations is Franz Schubert's Impromptu in B-flat major, op. 142, which in this case is 'born' from the celesta as the product of a dodecaphonic string cluster. This finale represents Denisov's homage to his great mentor, Schubert's music being for him a symbol of eternal and universal beauty. 'The attentive listener', Denisov stressed, 'will recognise that the Impromptu theme is already suggested very slowly in the course of the three preceding movements, not only thematically, but also psychologically. That's what makes the appearance of the Schubert theme sound so natural.' The variations relate to the variation genre less in their form than in their spiritual and conceptual metamorphoses. It is, one might say, 'music round about Schubert'. (Ekaterina Kouprovskaia-Denisova).
SKU: CF.W2401
ISBN 9780825839238. UPC: 798408039233. 9 X 12 inches. Key: Eb major. Transcribed by Harry Gee.
This edition of Georges Bizet's Intermezzo from L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2 was transcribed by Harry Gee for alto saxophone and piano and edited by Don McCathren. It includes a study guide which has been prepared to assist the student in mastering the solo correctly as well as improve saxophone technique. Don McCathren writes that this piece is intended primarily as a training piece but it is also well suited for a recital or contest piece.
SKU: FL.FX074230
An entertaining little piece depicting Mr. Loyal who is the master of the circus track and the conductor of all acts, including clowns entrance. From 3 years of instruments practice. - Jerome NAULAIS ; Instruments: 1 Alto Saxophone 1 Piano; Difficuly Level: Grade 2; Duration: 1 mn 30 s; Musical Style: Classical, Educational; Category: Original Composition; Composer: Jerome NAULAIS.
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