Alto Sax
SKU:
HL.48183438
For
Solo Alto Saxophone.
Composed by Ryo Noda.
Leduc. Classical,
Contemporary. Softcover.
8 pages. Alphonse Leduc
#AL25523. Published by
Alphonse Leduc
(HL.48183438).
UPC:
888680788483. 9x12
inches.
Maï
by Ryo Noda, a
Japanese composer, is a
unique piece of work for
solo saxophone that is
strongly influenced by
Japanese music. With some
sonority supposed to be
quite close to those of a
koto and of a shakuhachi,
this piece is very
technical and complex to
play.
The story
behind this work is about
the ghost of a Japanese
Samurai. While his wife
asks why he let her
behind and left to fight
in the war, he tries to
justify his choices. Most
of the work depicts the
struggle within the mind
of the Samurai, between
ending his life and
living in the end of his
enemies. The screaming
altissimo at the end is
the climax of his
struggle which then
followed by a 10 second
silence that represents
his death. The technical
abilities required are:
large interval leaps,
rapid trills, alternate
fingerings to achieve
pitch bending,
multiphonics, altissimo,
portamento and cutting
tone.