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Rhineland Journeys
Commissioned by Jason T. Laczkoski and Anna Draper
Soprano/alto saxophones (one player) : violin
Duration : 9 minutes
(Please note this work will not be available generally until late June 2012)
The first performance :
Jason T. Laczkoski - soprano/alto saxophones
Anna Draper - violin
35th International Navy Band Saxophone Symposium
Friday, January 20, 2012 - 4:00 pm
Chorus Room
George Mason University, Fairfax
Virginia, USA
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35th International Navy Band Saxophone Symposium
Anna Draper
Other compositions for alto saxophone : violin
Montserrat Torras Salvador - Textures
(more information)
Adolph Busch - Suite for Violin and Alto Saxophone
Programme notes :
Whilst I was listening to several ensembles playing folk music during a festival weekend in Linz am Rhein, the influence of this music on many compositions
of the Romantic period became immediately clear. It is these images that were in my mind when I was writing this work; so much so that I could not resist making an
oblique reference to the theme from Schumann's Rhenish Symphony towards the end of the last movement.
This work has given me the opportunity to use two of my favourite techniques; melodic writing and two part counterpoint.
The saxophone is a beautiful instrument for chamber music and works exceptionally well with string instruments. This commission adds to the very small repertoire
for saxophone and violin.
Excerpt from programme :
35th International Saxophone Symposium
The United States Navy Band Washington, D.C.
