Chamber Music Piano, soprano Saxophone

SKU: PR.114419290

Composed by Chen Yi. Edited by Chen Yi. Arranged by Wong Tak Chiu. Sws. Score and parts. 44 pages. Duration 20 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #114-41929. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.114419290).

ISBN 9781491135235. UPC: 680160676118. 9 x 12 inches.

Supported by a major commissioning award from the Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation in the Library of Congress, my Chinese Folk Dance Suite is written for violin solo and orchestra, and premiered by The Women's Philharmonic with violin soloist Terrie Baune, conducted by Apo Hsu, on March 10, 2001, at Yerba Buena Center For the Arts Theater in San Francisco. Inspired by various Chinese traditional folk dances, I've composed three movements in the suite: 1) Lion Dance. Traditionally, people dance with richly decorated hand made lions, accompanied by percussion ensemble, to celebrate happy occasions and major festivals throughout the country. In the composition, I use Chinese drum and other percussion instruments in the background, to form a dynamic and rhythmic texture responding to the solo part, which imitates the tunes played on the suona (traditional Chinese trumpet). The pitch materials came from traditional Guangdong Music tune and Chaozhou Music tune ; 2) YangKo. Originated in northern China, it's a major folk dance form in mass performance popularized in the country. In YangKo performance, people always play rhythmic patterns on the drums hung around their waists while singing and dancing. In my second movement, I have imagined a warm scene of YangKo dancing in distance. The solo violin plays a sweet and gracious melodic line while all members in the orchestra sing the non-pitch syllables in different layers as the soft background, to imitate the percussion sound which produces the ever going pulse. 3) Muqam. It is a large scale traditional music and dance form from Uygur nationality in Xinjiang province, originated in the 15th century. In my third movement, I keep the meter of seven eight and the melodic style of Muqam music. The fiery dancing gesture cumulates the sustained climax section at the end of the work, after a colorful violin cadenza in both improvisational singing style and polyphonic writing with woven lines. Scored for 2 flutes (2nd doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets in Bb, 2 bassoons, 4 French horns in F, 2 trumpets in Bb, 3 trombones, percussion 1 (3 congas, low tom-tom, temple block, paddle castanets), percussion 2 (snare drum, 6 small Beijing opera gong, 12 big Beijing opera gong, crotales, tambourine), percussion 3 (suspended cymbal, a pair of 6 Chinese cymbals, bass drum), solo violin, violins I, violins II, violas, cellos and double basses. Duration is about 16 minutes. The work is recorded on Bis [CD-1352] and released in 2003, performed by Cho-Liang Lin and the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, cond. by Lan Shui. Reduction for B-flat soprano saxophone and piano by Wong Tak Chiu (2017) and edited by Chen Yi (2018) The second movement YangKo is premiered by Dr. Wong and Korak Lerpibulchai at the Singapore Saxophone Symposium on 8/13/2017. The American premiere of the saxophone and piano reduction version of Chinese Folk Dance Suite is given by Chi Him Chik and Hao Yin at the Society for American Music National Conference in Kansas City, MO on 3/2/2018.

Soprano Saxophone & Piano (Organ) + CD Play Back / Play Along - Grade 3

SKU: MA.EMR-33871

Jingle Bells / Deep River / Clementine / Minuet For Anna Magdanena / Rio By Night / Liebestraum / Pie Jesu / Chorus From Nabucco / Two Dances From The Fairy Queen / Celtic Lament. Composed by John G. Mortimer. Soprano Saxophone & CD Playback (Play Along). 10 Titles. Score and parts. Duration 19'51. Editions Marc Reift #EMR 33871. Published by Editions Marc Reift (MA.EMR-33871).

Possible instrumentations:

Soprano Saxophone & CD Play Back / Play Along
Soprano Saxophone & Organ (+ Play Back / Play Along CD optional)
Soprano Saxophone & Piano (+ Play Back / Play Along CD optional).

Soprano Saxophone & Piano (Organ) + CD Play Back / Play Along - Grade 3, Grade 4

SKU: MA.EMR-33872

Romance / Ragtime Dance / Marche Militaire / Pavane / The Trout / Winter / Apres un reve / Badinerie / Anitra's Dance / Drunken Sailor Fantasy. Composed by John G. Mortimer. Soprano Saxophone & CD Playback (Play Along). 10 Titles. Score and parts. Duration 19'58. Editions Marc Reift #EMR 33872. Published by Editions Marc Reift (MA.EMR-33872).

Possible instrumentations:

Soprano Saxophone & CD Play Back / Play Along
Soprano Saxophone & Organ (+ Play Back / Play Along CD optional)
Soprano Saxophone & Piano (+ Play Back / Play Along CD optional).

(For Soprano Saxophone and Piano). By Chen Yi. Solo instrument with accompaniment. For Soprano Saxophone, Piano. This edition: New Version for Soprano Saxophone and Piano (2010). Premiere: Prof. Carrie Koffman, Hartt School of Music. Contemporary. Solo part with piano reduction. Standard notation. Duration 8 minutes. Published by Theodore Presser Company

Reduction for Soprano Saxophone and Piano. Composed by James Macmillan. Boosey and Hawkes Chamber Music. Classical. Softcover. 48 pages. Boosey and Hawkes #M060136207. Published by Boosey and Hawkes

For Soprano Saxophone or Clarinet with Piano Accompaniment. Composed by John Harle. Series; Solo; Solo Small Ensembles; Woodwind - Saxophone Method or Collection. Faber Edition. Folk. Book. Faber Music #12-0571541348. Published by Faber Music

By Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov. Arranged by S. Daniels. For soprano saxophone in Bb and piano. The Story of the Kalender Prince. Solo. Level: Grade 4. Published by Tierolff Muziekcentrale (Dutch import).

By Jules Demersseman / Paul Wehage. For Soprano Saxophone and Piano. Published by Musik Fabrik (French import).

Soprano Saxophone & Piano or CD Play Back / Play Along - Grade 3

SKU: MA.EMR-56040

Composed by John G. Mortimer. Score and parts. Duration 21'14. Editions Marc Reift #EMR 56040. Published by Editions Marc Reift (MA.EMR-56040).

1. A Day In Edinburgh / 2. Cinderella / 3. Creatures Of Legend / 4. Dances From Olden Times.