Details
- Instrument:
- Piano Accompaniment Soprano Saxophone Saxophone Solo
- Genres:
- Classical
- Composers:
- James Macmillan
- Publishers:
- Boosey & Hawkes
- Series:
- Boosey & Hawkes Chamber Music
- UPC:
- 888680962524
- ISBN:
- 9781784545338
- Format:
- Solo Part Reduction Collection / Songbook
- Item types:
- Physical
- Musical forms:
- Concerto
- Artist:
- James Macmillan
- Usages:
- School and Community
- Size:
- 9x12 inches
- Number of Pages:
- 48
- Shipping Weight:
- 0.51 pounds
SKU: HL.48024759
Reduction for Soprano Saxophone and Piano. Composed by James Macmillan. Boosey & Hawkes Chamber Music. Classical. Softcover. 48 pages. Boosey & Hawkes #M060136207. Published by Boosey & Hawkes (HL.48024759).ISBN 9781784545338. UPC: 888680962524. 9x12 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 'giocoso'.
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.
- More by this Composer:
- James Macmillan James Macmillan Choir James Macmillan Piano Accompaniment James Macmillan Voice
- Series:
- Boosey & Hawkes Chamber Music
- Instrument:
- Piano and Keyboard Piano Accompaniment Woodwinds Saxophone Soprano Saxophone Woodwinds Saxophone Saxophone Solo
- Artists:
- James Macmillan
- Publisher:
- Boosey & Hawkes