John Harle: RANT!: Saxophone: Instrumental Work

Soprano Saxophone And Double Bass Parts-John Harle's Lookout! is scored for Children’s Voices Mixed Chorus Soprano Saxophone Double Bass and Keyboard. These are the parts for Saxophone and Double Bass.Lookout! waswritten for The Folkestone Futures Choir and was realised by The Sidney de Haan Research Centre for Arts and Health Canterbury Christ Church University at the invitation of Folkestone Triennial 2014 with a grant from CreativeFoundation.'Lookout! is a set of five songs written for the Folkestone Futures Choir for FolkestoneTriennial 2014. Within the culture of songs written for 'Complaints Choirs' the lyric material isdrawn from actual notes made by the residents of Folkestone about living in their town - its beauty its community spirit - and of course its drawbacks.It has been purposely written to be able to be rehearsed and performed on aminimum ofrehearsal time as the logistics of large-scale community events means that the singers andmusicians often come together only on the day of performance.The accompanying instrumental parts are straightforward the role ofthe saxophone line being tosupport the vocal line most of the time. Future performances of the work could involvearrangement of the musical material for other instrumental forces or simply a keyboard or pianoaccompaniment.' -John Harle

Sheet music for John Harle's Lookout!. This is a full score for Children’s Voices Mixed Chorus Soprano Saxophone Double Bass and Keyboard.Lookout! was written for TheFolkestone Futures Choir and was realised by The Sidney de Haan Research Centre for Arts and Health Canterbury Christ Church University at the invitation of Folkestone Triennial 2014 with a grant from the Creative Foundation.The piece incorporates lyrics by the poet Tom Pickard.'Lookout! is a set of five songs written for the Folkestone Futures Choir for FolkestoneTriennial 2014. Within the culture of songs written for'Complaints Choirs' the lyric material is drawn from actual notes made by the residents of Folkestone about living in their town - its beauty its community spirit - and of course its drawbacks.It has been purposely written to beable to be rehearsed and performed on a minimum of rehearsal time as the logistics of large-scale community events means that the singers and musicians often come together only on the day of performance.The accompanyinginstrumental parts are straightforward the role of the saxophone line being tosupport the vocal line most of the time. Future performances of the work could involvearrangement of the musical material for other instrumental forcesor simply a keyboard or pianoaccompaniment.' - John Harle