Sonata No. 2 Saxophone Alto et Piano [Conducteur et Parties séparées] - Intermédiaire Editions Marc Reift (Swiss import)
Alto Saxophone & Piano (Organ) or CD Play Back / Play Along - Grade 4+ SKU: M...(+)
Alto Saxophone & Piano
(Organ) or CD Play Back /
Play Along - Grade 4+
SKU: MA.EMR-57258
Composed by Antonio
Vivaldi. Arranged by John
G. Mortimer. Score and
parts. Duration 13'30.
Editions Marc Reift #EMR
57258. Published by
Editions Marc Reift
(MA.EMR-57258).
Short Sonata Saxophone Alto et Piano Trillenium Music Company
(Op. 14). By Don Stewart. For Alto Sax & Piano. This edition: Performance Materi...(+)
(Op. 14). By Don Stewart.
For Alto Sax & Piano.
This edition: Performance
Materials. Commissioned
1975 by Editions
Salabert. Duration 8:00.
Published by Trillenium
Music Company
Alto Saxophone; Piano Accompaniment (Score and Solo Part) SKU: HL.50601598(+)
Alto Saxophone; Piano
Accompaniment (Score and
Solo Part)
SKU:
HL.50601598
Alto
Saxophone and Piano
Reduction Exempla Nova
680. Composed by
Edison Denisov. Woodwind
Solo. Classical.
Softcover. 121 pages.
Sikorski #SIK8880.
Published by Sikorski
(HL.50601598).
8.0x11.75
inches.
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
thecomposer. 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,recapitulatio
n 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
soniceffects. 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).
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Sonata Op. 167 Pts Saxophone Alto et Piano Lauren Keiser Music Publishing
Composed by Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921). Arranged by Larry Teal. LKM Music. ...(+)
Composed by Camille
Saint-Saens (1835-1921).
Arranged by Larry Teal.
LKM Music. Classical. 28
pages. Lauren Keiser
Music Publishing
#S151013. Published by
Lauren Keiser Music
Publishing