Piano Reduction including solo part. Par DENISOV EDISON. The catalogue of Edison Denisov's works includes 16 concertos. It was a genre to which he returned time and again throughout his life, from the Concerto for Cello and Orchestra of 1972 to the Double Concerto for Flute, Clarinet and Orchestra of 1996. In Denisov's music the role of the soloist, or rather the protagonist, is extraordinarily important, not so much for its virtuosity as for its confessional character. The solo part is a monologue distinguished by poetic diction and a very personal message from the composer. The dramaturgical conception of the Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra, a reworking of the Viola Concerto of 1986, draws on traditional sonata form, thereby reaffirming the ubiquitous classicism in Denisov's thought. In this late work, we find all the typical features of his style: sinuous melodic lines layered into dense contrapuntal textures, and an interplay of orchestral colours, with pure sonorities contrasting with complex mixtures of sounds. It is a perfect dramaturgy that governs the evolution of the music to the very end. The first movement assumes the role of a sonata-allegro, with the standard formal sections of exposition, development, recapitulation and coda. The second movement is an Adagio for strings. The third takes the form of a little contrasting intermezzo that introduces both new thematic material and a new range of colours. Here tunefulness gives way to pointillism enriched with sonic effects. The only movement with a virtuosic solo part, its nervousness and inner tension set it worlds apart from the second and fourth movements that surround it. The fourth movement assumes the traditional form of a final set of variations. It is the dramaturgical and semantic heart of the concerto. The theme of the variations is Franz Schubert's Impromptu in B-flat major, op. 142, which in this case is 'born' from the celesta as the product of a dodecaphonic string cluster. This finale represents Denisov's homage to his great mentor, Schubert's music being for him a symbol of eternal and universal beauty. 'The attentive listener', Denisov stressed, 'will recognise that the Impromptu theme is already suggested very slowly in the course of the three preceding movements, not only thematically, but also psychologically. That's what makes the appearance of the Schubert theme sound so natural.' The variations relate to the variation genre less in their form than in their spiritual and conceptual metamorphoses. It is, one might say, 'music round about Schubert'. (Ekaterina Kouprovskaia-Denisova)/ Répertoire / Saxophone Alto et Piano

INSTRUMENTATION : ALTO SAXOPHONE AND PIANO DESCRIPTION : THE EDITION IS PART OF THE TRINITY SYLLABUS (GRADES 1,2,4,5) CONTENU : LUCKY TO BE ME FROM ON THE TOWN - MARIA FROM WEST SIDE STORY - OH, HAPPY WE FROM CANDIDE - ONE HAND, ONE HEART FROM WEST SIDE STORY - PSALM 23 FROM CHICHESTER PSALMS - SIMPLE SONG FROM MASS - SOMETHINGS'S COMING FROM WEST SIDE STORY - SOMEWHERE FROM WEST SIDE STORY - THERE IS A GARDEN FROM TROUBLE IN TAHITI - TONIGHT FROM WEST SIDE STORY NOMBRE DE PAGES : 54 FORMAT : NEW EDITION PORTRAIT

La série année par année s'appuie sur la Boosey and Hawkes catalogue riche et varié du répertoire classique, contemporaine et de l'éducation , en soulignant compositeurs dont Serge Prokofieff , Dmitri Chostakovitch , Karl Jenkins , Carol Barratt et Christopher Norton , à côté des arrangements de musique traditionnelle du monde entier par Peter Wastall , Vera Gray et autres .Soigneusement sélectionnées par Janet Way , cette anthologie pratique est la ressource de répertoire complet pour le joueur de saxophone aspirant Grade 1 alto et crée le forfait idéal pour l'enseignement , la préparation de l'examen et de la performance .Chaque volume contient :19 pièces et des études courtes , chacune complétée par une pratique utile et la pointe de la performanceles gammes et arpèges qualité approprié liés au répertoire à travers le texte sur mesure et des exercicesactivités de lecture à vue nouvelle marquetâches de sensibilisation auditive nouvellement commandéesun livret accompagnement pianoLivré avec un CD de démonstrations de performance complet , titres de piano d'accompagnement , et des ressources de sensibilisation auditive de qualité approprié . / Saxophone Alto Et Piano