Woodwinds. Studio Ghibli. Score and part. Yamaha Music Media #GPW01096559. Published by Yamaha Music Media

Woodwinds. Studio Ghibli. Score and part. Yamaha Music Media #GTW01100063. Published by Yamaha Music Media

Chamber Music Piano, alto Saxophone

SKU: PR.114419850

Composed by Stacy Garrop. Sws. See lengthy program note on prefatory page. Set of Score and Parts. 44+24 pages. Duration 23 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #114-41985. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.114419850).

ISBN 9781491135808. UPC: 680160681044. 9 x 12 inches.

Both a spectacular concerto for saxophone, and a dramatic tone poem on Roman mythology, QUICKSILVER is a 23-minute concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble by one of the sax literature’s most commissioned and admired composers.Through worded captions as well as gorgeously expressive tone painting, Movement 1 depicts the birth and childhood pranks of Mercury, Movement 2 shows him escorting souls to the gates of the Underworld, and Movement 3 is a phantasmagoric finale portraying Mercury as messenger amid the conflicts of other mythological figures. There are many YouTube performances available, both in the original version with Wind Ensemble, and with Piano.
In addition to being another name for the element mercury, “quicksilver” is used to describe something that changes quickly or is difficult to contain. My concerto of the same name was inspired by the Roman god Mercury, as well as the mercurial nature of the saxophone: unpredictable, very lively, and volatile. Mercury (known as Hermes in Greek mythology) is best known for his winged shoes, which allowed him to fly swiftly as the messenger of his fellow Olympians. Mercury had other duties too, including serving as the god of merchants, travelers, and tricksters; he also ushered souls of the departed to the Underworld.Quicksilver tells three tales of the Roman god. The first movement (Antics of a Newborn God) opens with the birth of Mercury; after he takes his first steps, he toddles around, gleefully looking for mischief. He stumbles across a herd of cows that belong to his brother Apollo; Mercury slyly lets the cows out of their pen before toddling onward with his mischief-making.In the second movement (Guiding Souls to the Underworld), Pluto, god of the Underworld, bids Mercury to bring him fresh souls. The movement begins with death-knells tolling for humans who are about to die; Mercury picks up these souls and leads them down to the gates of the Underworld.The third and final movement (Messenger of Olympus) depicts Mercury as he is busily running errands for various gods and goddesses. We first encounter him mid-flight as he dashes to earth to find Aeneas, a Trojan lieutenant who had been run out of Troy by the invading Greeks. Aeneas is on a quest to find land on which to establish a new city that would eventually become Rome. While traveling, he is distracted from his quest when he meets the beautiful queen Dido. They live together for many years before Mercury intervenes; he chastises Aeneas for giving up on his quest and persuades him to pick it up again. As Aeneas mournfully resumes his journey, we hear Dido perish of a broken heart. Mercury then takes to the skies to seek out Perseus, who is preparing to kill Medusa, the hideous gorgon who has snakes for hair and a gaze that turns those who catch her glance into stone. Mercury advises Perseus on how to slay Medusa and lends Perseus his sword to do the deed. We hear Perseus victorious in the beheading of Medusa, after which Mercury takes to the skies once more to fly home to Olympus.

For Alto Saxophone and Piano. Composed by Lauren Bernofsky (1967-). Premiere: Marc Goldstick, English horn, and Maria Letona, piano; Tuesday Night Music, Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory. Contemporary. Solo part with piano reduction. With Standard notation. Composed 1992. 20 pages. Duration 12 minutes, 10 seconds. Theodore Presser Company #144-40618. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.144406180).

SKU: HL.48183554

Leduc. Classical. Softcover. 12 pages. Alphonse Leduc #AL25708. Published by Alphonse Leduc (HL.48183554).

UPC: 888680870263. 9x12 inches.

“Famo us pieces for Eb Alto Saxophone and Piano ' Vol. 2 is the second volume of an anthology of famous pieces, transcribed and adapted by Marcel Mule. Part of the collection 'Classics for Saxophone', this volume features nine classical pieces: - Chanson de printemps, by Mendelssohn - Orphée ' Champs-Élysé ;es scene, by Gluck - La reine de Golconde - Gavotte, by Monsigny - Grave, by Tartini - Ballet des petits riens, by Mozart - Petite valse, by Beethoven - Petite valse et tyrolienne, by Weber - Sérénade, by Schubert - Scènes d'enfants - Rêverie, by Schumann Marcel Mule (1901-2001) is one of the greatest French saxophonists, renowned worldwide for his work on the classical Saxophone repertoire. He was teaching his students how to obtain a good quality of sound and believed it was dependent on the embouchure, the emission, the mastery of vibrato and thus, of breathing. He wrote different methods that focus on technique, articulation and tone productions such as 'Eighteen exercises or etudes', 'Daily exercises after Terschack' or '30 Great exercises and studies after Soussmann' (in two books), among others.&rdquo.

For Alto Saxophone and Piano. Composed by Eugene Bozza (1905-1991). Leduc. Contemporary, Classical. Softcover. 8 pages. Alphonse Leduc #AL19714. Published by Alphonse Leduc