Saxophone Concerto
Soprano Sax and Piano Study Score
by James Macmillan
String Orchestra - Sheet Music

Soprano Saxophone, String Orchestra (Study Score)

SKU: HL.48024804

Soprano Sax and Piano Study Score. Composed by James Macmillan. Boosey & Hawkes Scores/Books. Classical. Softcover. 32 pages. Boosey & Hawkes #M060136191. Published by Boosey & Hawkes (HL.48024804).

ISBN 9781784545321. UPC: 888680978303. 7x10.25 inches.

Scored for soprano saxophone and string orchestra, the composer states that this short concerto is based on archetypes of Scottish traditional music. The first movement, March, Strathspey and Reel, follows the pattern of a medley of fast dance forms, each section becoming faster and faster. The second movement loosely follows the practice of singing Gaelic psalmody in the Scottish western isles, where a cantor (in this case the saxophone soloist) leads with a melodic line, to be followed by the congregation (the string orchestra) who weave a heterophonic texture out of the canonic flow of parts. The last movement is based on the simple compound rhythm of the jig, marked 'iocoso.'

A major addition to the concertante saxophone repertory, the work was first performed in 2018 at Perth Concert Hall, Scotland, by Amy Dickson and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Joseph Swensen.

Study Score.