Alto saxophone, piano
SKU:
FG.55011-855-3
Composed by Lara Poe.
Classical, contemporary.
Score & part. Fennica
Gehrman #55011-855-3.
Published by Fennica
Gehrman (FG.55011-855-3).
Bouncy and
brisk - but also
expressive and super
lyrical - Lara Poe's
Mainspring for alto
saxophone and piano
(2020) makes the most of
the two
instruments.
Durat
ion: 4'30''
Lara
Poe is a Finnish-American
composer who is currently
based in London. Her
works have been performed
across a wide range of
venues throughout the US,
Europe, and Asia. Her
piece Kaamos, which she
wrote for the Lahti
Symphony Orchestra, was
recently nominated for a
Ivors Composer Award in
the Large Scale
Composition category.
Kaamos also was selected
by YLE Radio Finland to
represent Finland at the
International Rostrum of
Composers 2021 in
Belgrade, Serbia. Poe was
the 2019 Tanglewood Music
Patricia Plum Wilde
Fellow and represented
Finland at Ung Nordisk
Musik 2019 in Piteå.
She was also a 2018-2019
participant in the London
Symphony Orchestra's
Panufnik Scheme, where
she worked under the
guidance of Colin
Matthews and Christian
Mason.
