Saxophone quartet,
percussion
SKU:
FG.042-08430-4
Composed by Erik Valdemar
Bergman. Parts. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.042-08430-4).
ISBN
979-0-042-08430-4.
This two-movement work,
inspired bythe skills of
the Rascher Quartet, is
conceived as a constant
interplay between four
saxophones and a single
percussionist. Bright
percussion timbres such
as vibraphone, campane,
crotales and tambourine
are used to complement
the soloistic,
contrapuntal character of
the saxwriting.
Meditative and virtuosic
passages alternate and
seemingly contradictory
forces are reconciled.
The melancholy and
grotesque, the lyrical
and dramatic all find
expression here.