Chamber Music Bass Saxophone, alto Saxophone 1, alto Saxophone 2, alto Saxophone 3, baritone Saxophone, soprano Saxophone 1, soprano Saxophone 2, tenor Saxophone 1, tenor Saxophone 2

SKU: PR.UE037117

For violin and piano. Composed by Aleksey Igudesman. Set of Score and Parts. With Standard notation. Universal Edition #UE037117. Published by Universal Edition (PR.UE037117).

ISBN 9783702474591. UPC: 803452071709.

The familiar Happy Birthday tune undergoes an Igudesman concert transformation. Stated simply enough, the melody immediately morphs into a Viennese waltz, a big band statement, a Bulgarian step dance, a Russian romp, and more. A touch of violinistic virtuosity leads to the fantastic finish. Make someone's birthday special!

Chamber Music Clarinet, Contrabass, Percussion, Piano, Violin, tenor Saxophone

SKU: PR.114413040

For violin, Bb Clarinet, Bb Tenor Saxophone, Double Bass, Piano, and Percussion. Composed by Chen Yi. Saddle. Premiered at Kerrytown Concert House in Ann Arbor, MI. Contemporary. Set of Score and Parts. With Standard notation. Composed 2006. 16+3+2+2+2+3+2 pages. Duration 5 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #114-41304. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.114413040).

UPC: 680160571628. 8.5 x 11 inches.

Commissioned by the Opus 21 ensemble, this mixed sextet is a musical realization of Chinese clay figurines of the Eastern Han (25-220 A.D.). Shapes of the enraptured storyteller, the vivid acrobat, and the moving dancers are in highly exaggerated forms and postures, in large and sweeping movements — the innocent and bold images symbolize the strength, motion, and speed, as the beauty of the crude and primitive power of humanity in its conquest of the material world.
The mixed sextet The Han Figurines is a musical realization of my impression of the Chinese clay figurines of the Eastern Han (25-220 A.D.).  Have you seen the shapes of the enraptured storyteller, the vivid acrobat, and the moving dancers with long sleeves?  They are in highly exaggerated forms and postures, in large and sweeping movements — the innocent and bold images symbolize the strength, motion, and speed.  It’s the beauty of the crude and primitive power of humanity in its conquest of the material world.—Chen Yi.