Category Archives: Saxophone Alto

Flight of Fancy

RM335 Flight of Fancy Orlovich ALTO SAX/PNO
RM335 Flight of Fancy Orlovich ALTO SAX/PNO
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RM335e Flight of Fancy Orlovich ALTO SAX/PNO
RM335e Flight of Fancy Orlovich ALTO SAX/PNO
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Composer: Matthew Orlovich
Composed: 2006 Duration: 5 mins.
Instrumentation: Sax Alto & Piano Level C
Exam Grade: AMEB Saxophone Alto Grade 7,
HSC Flute,
HSC Saxophone Alto,
VCE Saxophone Alto
ISMN: M-720067-91-9 Catalogue: RM335
Level: C Country: Australia

Performed by Rompduo

This piece, a flight of fancy for alto saxophone and piano, comprises three sections, each lasting about a minute or so. The first section kicks off in an energetic and cheerful way with the bright, upper registers of both instruments at play. Also evident in the opening section are ideas such as angular melodic lines played in unison, a little harp-like piano accompaniment texture and a contrasting theme fashioned atop a jazzy, dance-inspired bassline. The middle section of the work is perhaps the more unearthly music of the work. Little updrafts and whirlwinds of tinkling, glockenspiel-like piano figurations add a haunting quality to a chromatically inflected oboe melody, evoking, for me, images of night and a kind of magic. The final section of the piece – which brings us back to earth with its recapitulation of earlier material – is characterised by the sound of its ‘slow-to-start’, hand-cranked engine.

Alto Mania (15 pieces)

RM329e Alto Mania (15 pieces) Marshall ALTO SAX/PNO
RM329e Alto Mania (15 pieces) Marshall ALTO SAX/PNO
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Composer: Paul Marshall
Composed: 2002-2005 Duration: 20 mins.
Instrumentation: Sax Alto & Piano Level B, Sax Alto & Piano Level C
Exam Grade: HSC Saxophone Alto
ISMN: M-720067-87-2 Catalogue: RM329
Level: B, D Country: Australia

Contents: Jukebox, Chasin' Charlie, Chopping Block, Jamboree, Bee Sting, Berry Jam, Robot Rumba, Bad Guy Boogie, Iceberg, Maggie's Waltz, Ratty Rag, Rustin Dustin, Monkey's Raincoat, Wobbly Waltz, Simon Says

 

Habanera

RM328 Habanera Kay ALTO SAX/PNO
RM328 Habanera Kay ALTO SAX/PNO
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RM328e Habanera Kay ALTO SAX/PNO
RM328e Habanera Kay ALTO SAX/PNO
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Composer: Martin Kay
Composed: 2002 Duration: 4 mins.
Instrumentation: Sax Alto & Piano Level D
Exam Grade: AMEB Saxophone Alto Grade 8,
HSC Saxophone Alto
ISMN: M-720067-86-5 Catalogue: RM328
Level: D Country: Australia

The habanera, as a genre, originated in Cuba during the 19th century. It evolved from the contradansa, which arrived in Cuba from France via refugees fleeing the Haitian revolution. By the 20th the habanera had become a musical relic in Cuba, but after travelling back across the sea with sailors, it became so popular in European salons that composers as illustrious as Ravel (Piece en Forme De Habanera) and Georges Bizet (Carmen) had composed tunes using its characteristic rhythm and exotic flavour.

 

Martin Kay’s Habanera employs the tradition very freely.

 

 

Smocks and Ladders (6 pieces)

RM323e Smocks and Ladders Carter ALTO SAX/PNO
RM323e Smocks and Ladders Carter ALTO SAX/PNO
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Contents: Piper's Lullaby, Miles of Water Colour, Up The Ladder, Mosquito, Smock 2, The Wail