It's high time those of us who play classical music on saxophone put our talents on display. There's a very active thread in Misc. Saxophone Discussion where people post clips of themselves - it's one of the busiest areas on this board, other than the buy/sell postings.
I'm starting this thread because I'm personally interested in hearing what other participants in this area sound like.
The only thing that I ask of you is this: if you're going to take part here, be prepared to post. I've got no time for armchair critics.
Here's the first movement of the Albinoni Sonata St. Marc on soprano with piano accompaniment.
I'm not sure where you can get the sheet music for Valse Marylin other than ebay. Random Wiedoeft sheet music pops up on there quite often, usually for around $10-$15. Also, theres collections that can be purchased of Wiedoefts works at the website below... however I've never purhcased one of these myself..... but I may evenutally.
I dont see Valse Marylin listed, so best bet is the whole ebay thing. Or you can transcirbe the parts off of a recording... this CD has a lot of good stuff on it:
I have just performed a saxophone quartet written by a friend and fellow PhD student of mine. It was premiered at St. Paul's hall, University of Huddersfield, England on Wed. 7th June.
Whitney is a professional pianist and composer here in New York City.
The piece uses some interesting effects on the bass, including playing pizz on the wolf tone eliminator. The saxophone part calls for some slap tonguing, and altissimo up to B.
The entire one-mvt work is about 10 min, in a slow-fast-slow arrangment. This live clip is most of the first slow section, from the premiere in New York this past June. Matt Hughes is playing bass. Please keep in mind that the bass is likely to be underbalanced on small computer speakers.
I'm interested to hear your impressions of the piece...
Whitney is a professional pianist and composer here in New York City.
The piece uses some interesting effects on the bass, including playing pizz on the wolf tone eliminator. The saxophone part calls for some slap tonguing, and altissimo up to B.
The entire one-mvt work is about 10 min, in a slow-fast-slow arrangment. This live clip is most of the first slow section, from the premiere in New York this past June. Matt Hughes is playing bass. Please keep in mind that the bass is likely to be underbalanced on small computer speakers.
I'm interested to hear your impressions of the piece...
Fantastic performance Prodigal! Such a beautiful contrast between the soprano and bass. I would love to hear more of the work, any chance of posting the rest?
There you will find two classical mp3s: Farandoulo di chatouno from Maurice's Tableaux de Provence and the first movement from Schumann's Three Romances.
Thanks for listening. I hear some fantastic playing on this thread.
This is a clip of Septieme Solo de Concert, composed in 1863 by Jean Baptiste Singelee for baritone saxophone and piano. It was commissioned and originally published by Adolphe Sax, and it was used as a contest piece for saxophone students at the Paris Consrvatory when Sax was the saxophone teacher.
I had trouble finding a piano accompanist, so I arranged the piece for saxophone quartet (SATB) featuring baritone saxophone.
I played the solo on a baritone saxophone made by Adolphe Sax himself in 1861. The other saxophones are modern instruments. The recording was made on a Sony Walkman in the tenor sax player's living room.
Thanks for the feedback, Wallace... We're hoping ot do some refining and a recording of the piece at some point this year, and perhaps the composer will allow a full posting. It's always a legal, ethical, and monetary issue when posting clips versus entire pieces.
I'm glad you were intrigued. That's a good sign. Thanks for taking the time to check it out.
You might want to do some additional research on the piece, though. IIRC, the mm marks are not Creston's, and are faster than he intended -his wife was a dancer and he was visualzing dancers as he wrote the piece. I believe Dr. Willie Morris III at the University of Dayton is an expert on this (and when I met him, he was in posession of the original manuscript).
Have just created a myspace site with a recording of me playing Denisov mvt. I and Schulhoff's Hot-Sonate mvt IV (along with other original stuff). Let me know what you think...
The tempo markings ARE Crestons, but as awholley says they are incorrect. Creston simply put down tempo markings that apparently upon later reflection were too fast. This is my understanding from reading an article by Steve Mauk about a discussion he had with Creston.
By the way, that is great playing! Only one other observation I would make, though. The mordents should be played on the beat rather than before the beat. This makes a huge musical difference.
I'm pretty sure I played them on the beat. That is something I had to work on in the first movement, though. Anyways, I just added some more. Enjoy and give some feedback. Keep in mind that these are all live.
It's hard to be certain at that speed, but I think one reason why I had the impression they were before the beat is because it seemed to me that the "written" notes were accented whereas if the mordents were on the beat it should be the mordent that was accented. Maybe it is just a matter of accenting.
Have just created a myspace site with a recording of me playing Denisov mvt. I and Schulhoff's Hot-Sonate mvt IV (along with other original stuff). Let me know what you think...
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