Alto saxophone and guitar
- Grade 4
SKU:
ET.SAX8
Composed by
Caroline Charriere.
Contemporary. Editions
BIM #SAX8. Published by
Editions BIM (ET.SAX8).
ISBN
9790207002990.
Au
coeur du Tibet (In the
Heart of Tibet) was
commissioned by the -
then newly founded -
Association for the
development of saxophone.
The members wanted to
mark that event with
several first
performances given
simultaneously in
different cities of
Switzerland, France and
United States, which all
were schedulded February
11, 2000.
The piece
starts with rhythms and
finger drummings on the
soundboard of the guitar.
Then, within a long
meditation, the heart
starts to beat,
interrupted by silences.
The tension culminates
into a sequence full of
life and movements,
followed by rhythmical
noises on the saxophone
keys accompanied by the
gitarre, as a
reminiscence of tibetan
sounds: spoken words,
ritual horn (Dung Chen)
and a drum. And the heart
is beating again. A
tibetan singing bowl is
ending the piece and I
hope it will keep
resonding for a long
time...
Caroline
Charrière, July
2008.
DRUM
