Project Description
Solo Soprano Saxophone and Piano
1992, rev. 1999, trans. 2000
27 min.
For the original Oboe Sonata, click here.
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Preview Score
Movements
- Moderate
- Very Slow and Free
- Moderate
Premiere
March 2000 by Marco Albonetti, North American Saxophone Alliance 2000 National Conference, Tucson, AZ.
Description
An intense piece requiring great sustaining power from the soprano saxophone. It is a reflection on a shamanic poem from Eskimo tradition.
Program Note
This music was inspired by the idea of ecstatic vision, of seeing the beauty of the world directly as it is, without story of interpretation – direct, immediate, powerful, perception. As such, there is a quality of being swept up and swept along, regardless of one’s wishes, and also of being held in rapt stasis. Great demands are made of both the solo saxophonist and the pianist.
Program Notes by David Maslanka
Further Reading
David Maslanka: Works for Younger Wind Ensembles
Here are more than twenty works for wind ensemble, arranged in approximate ascending order of difficulty, with commentary by David Maslanka
Recording the Wind Ensemble Music of David Maslanka
Mark Morette of Mark Custom Recording shares his extensive experience in recording wind ensembles.
