Par GLAZOUNOV ALEXANDER / MORICONI FLORENT (ARR.). Chant du ménestrel a été composé en 1901 et dédicacé à Alexander Wierzbilowicz violoncelliste solo du Tsar et professeur au conservatoire de Saint Petersbourg. Cette oeuvre a été écrite pour violoncelle et orchestre puis une réduction pour violoncelle et piano a été faite par lui même. Florent Moriconi nous propose cette transcription et adaptation pour saxophone alto et piano, car le lyrisme et la beauté de ce Chant du Ménestrel mettent en valeur toutes les qualités du saxophone. / Niveau : Moyen / Date parution : 2019-11-22/ Répertoire / Saxophone Alto et Piano

Written in 1934 by Alexandre Glazounov (1865-1936) this Eb Concerto for Alto-Saxophone is a fourteen-minute piece dedicated to Sigmud M. Rasher a famous Saxophonist and soloist. Initially composed for Saxophone and Strings there was no mention of a second composer even though the 1936 publication adapted for Saxophone and Piano mentioned the name by André Petiot (1886-1976). The concerto starts with an Allegro moderato in 4/4 followed by an Andante transition mainly in C flat major at 3/4 and ending on a Fugato in 12/8. The first performance of this concerto in public occurred after the death ofits author in Paris. Alexandre Glazounov (1865-1936) is a famous Russian romantic composer. Considered as a prodigy and mentored by Belyayev he composed ballets concertos symphonies and later became director of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory. He had a strong influence on Stravinsky's and Shostakovich's careers and died near Paris in 1936. This concerto is a classical piece of the Saxophone romantic repertoire.