Concerto For Alto Saxophone - Alto Sax/Piano

As the Saxophone is commonly associated with the jazz style classical music for the instrument had always been lacking and so when Paul Bonneau published his Concerto for Alto Saxophone in 1944 it was well-received by performers of the genre. Bonneau's composition was highly versatile ranging from over fifty film scores operettas songs and other pieces for Saxophone including this Concerto. Comprising three movements a typical performance lasts about fifteen minutes. Bonneau's Concerto for Alto Saxophone contains typically French characteristics includingchromaticism and difficult technical passages. All these elements combined make for an enjoyable and challenging piece for saxophonists.

E flat major-The Concerto For Alto Saxophone And Orchestra is Alexander Glazunov’s last work; since its first performance in 1934 it has become part of the standard Saxophone repertoire. The sole surviving autograph manuscript is the hand-written dedication score given by Glazunov to Sigurd Raschèr (Raschèr was the founder and leader of the well-known and innovative Raschèr Saxophone Quartet).This score contains the original version of the work without the alterations which were made in the proofs to the orchestral score as well as the full version of the composer’s cadenza which was later shortened. The autograph manuscript also containssome performance markings by Raschèr.The correspondence between Raschèr and Glazunov documents the composer’s thoughts on the work and his recommendations about the size of the accompanying String Orchestra. Evidence from this correspondence has been integrated into this edition.This first scholarly-critical edition of a work by Glazunov contains an informative introduction with commentaries about the history of its composition facsimiles and a critical commentary.The solo part includes both the complete and the shortened version of the cadenza as well as a cadenza by Raschèr which the composer authorised.- Includes the original and new solo cadenzas.- With helpful performance tips by Carina Raschèr the daughter of Sigurd Raschèr.- With an Urtext solo Saxophone part and a second part prepared by Carina Raschèr.- Informative foreword (Ger/Eng).- Full score & performance material (BA8732) and Saxophone & Piano reduction (BA8732-90) available for sale.

Le Pilgrim Concerto pour Saxophone Alto et Orchestre d?Harmonie fut commandé par le Concours International de Musique de Kerkrade en 2012. Cette pièce de concert exige une certaine virtuosité de la part du soliste ainsi que de l?orchestre.Cette ?uvre est tour à tour minimaliste romantique parfois expressive mais elle emploie aussi un langage musical contemporain. La naïveté qui en résulte dans la musique a été délibérément créée pour exprimer la simplicité d?un pèlerin. Celui-ciest parfois calme et méditatif parfois empli d?une impatience angoissée d?arriver à son but. Il suit son propre chemin mais il dialogue continuellement avec lui-même et les merveilles du monde qui l?entoure.

Loved Pieces From The Baroque Period With A Certain Jazzy Twist. Bleu Baroque Saxophone est une collection de re-rouages modernes de huit pièces tirées de la période Baroque et dans divers styles de blues. Pendant de nombreuses années, il a été apprécié que directes transcriptions de musique de cette époque fonctionnent particulièrement bien au saxophone comme l'instrument a beaucoup en commun avec le hautbois. Ici, nous prenons les choses un peu plus loin et introduire des dispositifs rythmiques et harmoniques de nos jours. Les pièces sont de difficulté et de longueur modérée. James RaePieces comprennent : Toccata / j. s. Bach - Musette / Anon - Menuet BWV Anh. 115 / Petzold - Les Moissonneurs / Couperin - Gavotte / Corelli - Allegro (Concerto Op.3/6) / Vivaldi - Allegro / Handel - Air / Purcell/ Recueil / Saxophone Alto ou Saxophone Ténor et Piano

Instrumental Play-Along-Great solo arrangements of beloved melodies from Bach Beethoven Brahms Gounod Debussy Handel Rossini Satie and more! Contains: Ave Maria ' Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 ' Caro Mio Ben ' Clair de Lune 'Funeral March of a Marionette ' Gymnopédie No. 1 ' Hallelujah Chorus ' Hungarian Dance No. 5 ' Minuet ' Piano Sonata No. 14 ('Moonlight') ' Pomp and Circumstance ' Symphony No.5 ' William Tell Overture.

für Altsaxophon und Streichorchester. Par MEYER. / Répertoire / Saxophone Alto

Reduction for Saxophone and Piano. Orchestral or Band parts may be obtained on rental.

for Alto Saxophone and Electroacoustics-Thierry Alla’s Birds for Alto Saxophone and Electroacoustics. Born in March 1955 in Algiers Thierry Alla did the greater part of his studies at the University of Tours and the Conservatoire of Bordeaux where he was marked by Michel Fusté-Lambezat’s teaching of musical composition and the discovery of Electroacoustics with Christian Eloy. His double career as musicologist (with a thesis on Tristan Murail) and composer allows him to explore spectral music such as in Sanctuaires a 2009 concerto for Saxophone and orchestra that delves into micro-intervals. Composed two years later Birds for AltoSaxophone and Electroacoustics explores a lush sound universe that holds its own in a rich tradition that goes from Josquin Desprez to Rameau to Messiaen. The Saxophone’s evocative sounds obtained using diverse techniques (flatterzunge breath techniques keys sounds) mingle with those of the Electroacoustic recording and weave a dense polyphony. Far from servile imitation this evocation of birdsong reveals a sound imagination that is breathtakingly sensual: this abundance is life itself.

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

Concertino Da Camera written in 1935 by Jacques Ibert (1890-1962) was a small concerto for alto-saxophone and eleven instruments: Flute Bassoon Oboe Horn Trumpet and Strings. This score is for Alto Saxophone and Piano. This Concertino is in two movements Allegro con moto and Larghetto РAnimato Molto is dedicated to the saxophonist Sigurd Rascher and is standing out for its large use of the Alto-Saxophone. It can be technically challenging and has a strong lyrical part. Its author Jacques Ibert (1890-1962) is a neoclassical composer who won the Prix de Rome in 1919. He composed manysymphonic suites operas and seven orchestras including Angelique (1926) and Divertissement (1930). He was also in charge of the Accad̩mie de France in the Villa M̩dicis (Roma) and was later administrator for the Paris Opera. This concerto has some similarities with his Flute Concerto (1934) also published by Alphonse Leduc.

Par ARCENS GILLES. Formation : Orchestre, Orchestre d'Harmonie - Instrumentation : Saxophone Soprano Solo (1 partition) Saxophone Alto Solo (1 partition) Saxophone Ténor Solo (1 partition) Saxophone Baryton Solo (1 partition) Flûte 1 (1 partition) Flûte 2 (1 partition) Flûte 3 (1 partition) Hautbois 1 (1 partition) Hautbois 2 (1 partition) Basson 1(1 partition) Basson 2(1 partition) Clarinette Sib 1 (4 partitions) Clarinette Sib 2 (4 partitions) Clarinette Basse (1 partition) Saxophones Alto 1 and 2 (2 partitions) Saxophones Ténor 1 and 2 (2 partitions) Saxophone Baryton (1 partition) Trompette Sib 1 (1 partition) Trompette Sib 2 (1 partition) Trompette Sib 3 (1 partition) Cor en Fa 1 (1 partition) Cor en Fa 2 (1 partition) Cor en Fa 3 (1 partition) Trombone 1 (1 partition) Trombone 2 (1 partition) Trombone Basse (1 partition) Baryton / Euphonium Sib Clé de Fa (1 partition) Tuba en Ut (1 partition) Contrebasse (1 partition) Vibraphone and Timbales (1 partition) Glockenspiel and Xylophone (1 partition) Cymbale Suspendue/Tambourin/Grosse Caisse (2 partitions) Triangle/Cymbale/Chimes/Caisse Claire/Wood Block (2 parts)Parties Additionnelles : Baryton / Euphonium Ut Clé de Sol (1 partition) Baryton / Euphonium Sib Clé de Sol (1 partition) Euphonium Ut Clé de Fa (1 partition) Tuba Sib (1 partition) Tuba Mib (1 partition) - Niveau de Difficulté : 4/6 - Intermédiaire/Avancé - Durée : 11 mn 30 s - Style Musical : Classique - Catégorie : Composition Originale - Compositeur : Gilles ARCENS - / Niveau : Intermédiaire à Avancé / Classique / Répertoire / Saxophone Soprano Solo (1 Partition) Saxophone Alt

Par OBRADOVIC PETAR. The Bird Concerto by Petar Obradovi is a work for alto saxophone and orchestra with a duration of approximately 20 minutes. The score available here is the piano reduction of the orchestral parts. Dedicated to saxophone virtuoso Nikola Fabijani , the concerto was premiered by the Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra in 2017./ Répertoire / Saxophone Alto et Piano

Solo and Piano Reduction. A notable Czech composer, Jaromir Weinberger achieved sudden fame with the production of his opera, Svanda dudâk (Schwanda, the Bagpiper), written in a popular Bohemian style, at the Czech Opera, in Prague in 1927. Weinberger fled Europe under the growing Nazi threat and took up residence in New York in 1939, where he enjoyed a number of major orchestral performances and commissions of all kinds. One of these came from renowned saxophonist Cecil Leeson, who aske Weinberger to compose a concerto for alto saxophone and orchestra. Due to the outbreak of World War II, the premiere would not happen until 1946, six years after the completion of the concerto in piano score. The work was revised following the premiere and it is only now that those revisions have been incorporated into the solo saxophone and piano reduction with this performance edition by Weinberger scholar, publisher and saxophonist Tristan Willems.