Full Score SKU: HL.50603933 For Saxophone Quartet. Composed by Out...(+)
Full Score
SKU:
HL.50603933
For
Saxophone Quartet.
Composed by Outi
Tarkiainen. Woodwind.
Softcover. Duration 780
seconds. Edition Wilhelm
Hansen #WH33198.
Published by Edition
Wilhelm Hansen
(HL.50603933).
ISBN
9788759841891. UPC:
196288056959.
10.5x14.0x0.049
inches.
There is
more light in this room
when you are here is a
fervently optimistic mood
piece embodying the core
themes of my song cycle
The Lustful Mother. The
title refers to another
person - maybe a lover,
child or friend - whose
existence makes life more
meaningful. In the first
movement, the music
wanders through the
twilight, and the
solitary recitation of
the tenor sax is framed
by answering sighs from
the soprano and alto. In
the second movement, the
full quartet joins in the
same hopeful song, that,
endlessly swaying and
discreetly circling,
fills the whole space
with its light. The work
was commissioned by the
Arcis Saxophone Quartet,
to which it is
dedicated.
Facing Death Quatuor de Saxophones: 4 saxophones Boosey and Hawkes
Set of Parts Saxophone Quartet (Parts) SKU: HL.48024645 Saxophone Quar...(+)
Set of Parts Saxophone
Quartet (Parts)
SKU:
HL.48024645
Saxophone Quartet Set
of Parts. Composed by
Louis Andriessen. Boosey
& Hawkes Chamber Music.
Classical. Softcover. 48
pages. Duration 780
seconds. Boosey & Hawkes
#M060134821. Published by
Boosey & Hawkes
(HL.48024645).
ISBN
9781784544034. UPC:
888680949099.
In
1989 when Louis
Andriessen was teaching
at the State University
of New York at Buffalo,
Miles Davis Autobiography
was published.While
reading it, he suddenly
knew what the subject of
his piece for the Kronos
Quartet should be - early
be-bop licks and
especially the work of
Charlie Parker. He wanted
to do the impossible -
be-bop is not at all
idiomatic for string
instruments. But be-bop
had been an important
influence on his musical
development when he was
young, and he decided to
do something with this
music from his youth.
Basically the essence of
Charlie Parkers playing
is the extremely fast
tempo. This fast tempo is
really fast, because the
playing is based upon the
chord structure of
existing melodies which
are sometimes played two
or three times as fast as
normal. Parker needed
speed to express what he
musically felt: little
time was left for him.
This is the main
explanation of the title
of the work.In the
beginning of Facing
Death, Andriessen
literally quotes
fragments of Charlie
Parker improvisations. He
also quotes one original
melody: Ornithology
(which is based on How
High the Moon). The 7th
and 8th bars of
Ornithology become an
important motif inthe
piece. The whole
composition is one long
development in Parker's
fast tempo. This work was
composed in 1990 for
string quartet and later
arranged for saxophone
quartet.
Facing Death Quatuor de Saxophones: 4 saxophones Boosey and Hawkes
For Saxophone Quartet. Composed by Louis Andriessen (1939-). Boosey and Hawkes...(+)
For Saxophone Quartet.
Composed by Louis
Andriessen
(1939-). Boosey and
Hawkes
Chamber Music. Classical.
Softcover. 48 pages.
Boosey
and Hawkes #M060129056.
Published by Boosey and
Hawkes
Facing Death Quatuor de Saxophones: 4 saxophones Boosey and Hawkes
Set or Parts String Quartet (Parts) SKU: HL.48024644 String Quartet Se...(+)
Set or Parts String
Quartet (Parts)
SKU:
HL.48024644
String
Quartet Set of Parts.
Composed by Louis
Andriessen. Boosey &
Hawkes Chamber Music.
Classical. Softcover. 48
pages. Boosey & Hawkes
#M060134791. Published by
Boosey & Hawkes
(HL.48024644).
ISBN
9781784544010. UPC:
888680949082.
9.0x12.0x0.273
inches.
In 1989
when Louis Andriessen was
teaching at the State
University of New York at
Buffalo, Miles Davis
Autobiography was
published.While reading
it, he suddenly knew what
the subject of his piece
for the Kronos Quartet
should be - early be-bop
licks and especially the
work of Charlie Parker.
He wanted to do the
impossible - be-bop is
not at all idiomatic for
string instruments. But
be-bop had been an
important influence on
his musical development
when he was young, and he
decided to do something
with this music from his
youth. Basically the
essence of Charlie
Parker's playing is the
extremely fast tempo.
This fast tempo is really
fast, because the playing
is based upon the chord
structure of existing
melodies which are
sometimes played two or
three times as fast as
normal. Parker needed
speed to express what he
musically felt: little
time was left for him.
This is the main
explanation of the title
of the work.In the
beginning of Facing
Death, Andriessen
literally quotes
fragments of Charlie
Parker improvisations. He
also quotes one original
melody: Ornithology
(which is based on How
High the Moon). The 7th
and 8th bars of
Ornithology become an
important motif inthe
piece. The whole
composition is one long
development in Parker's
fast tempo. This work was
composed in 1990 for
string quartet and later
arranged for saxophone
quartet.