For contrabass saxophone enthusiasts, this coming Wednesday, April 30, both of my contrabass saxophones will be in concert.
At 8pm at Oberlin, (Oberlin Ohio) my Evette-Schaeffer contrabass will be used on three pieces, as the featured instrument in my Evenings with Saxophone concert. It will be heard on the Henry Cowell "Hymn and Fuguing Tune #18" (soprano saxophone and contrabass saxophone) and in two saxophone ensemble works: Wachet Auf (Bach arranged by Hartley) and Jubilate (Caravan) with a special contrabass solo written by the composer. Both of these works also include the Eb sopranino, so it is one of the few times that the entire saxophone family is represented in a piece of music. Of some interest is that the original giant wooden contrabass mouthpiece will be used, reeds courtesy of Legere, which gives an enormity to the sound far greater than the conventional use of bass sax mouthpieces. The experience is as much felt as heard.
On the same evening at 8pm the Rutgers Concert Band is performing a concert at the Mason Gross School of the Arts (New Brunswick, NJ). My Tubax is being used to play several contrabassoon parts, with some audible distinction to the low reed section.
An unusual coincidence of contra use.
On this same Rutgers concert, one of my C sopranos and F-Mezzos are also being used to play some unusual F and C band parts (not originally for saxophone), so there is something unusual for enthusiasts of all ranges.
Paul Cohen
At 8pm at Oberlin, (Oberlin Ohio) my Evette-Schaeffer contrabass will be used on three pieces, as the featured instrument in my Evenings with Saxophone concert. It will be heard on the Henry Cowell "Hymn and Fuguing Tune #18" (soprano saxophone and contrabass saxophone) and in two saxophone ensemble works: Wachet Auf (Bach arranged by Hartley) and Jubilate (Caravan) with a special contrabass solo written by the composer. Both of these works also include the Eb sopranino, so it is one of the few times that the entire saxophone family is represented in a piece of music. Of some interest is that the original giant wooden contrabass mouthpiece will be used, reeds courtesy of Legere, which gives an enormity to the sound far greater than the conventional use of bass sax mouthpieces. The experience is as much felt as heard.
On the same evening at 8pm the Rutgers Concert Band is performing a concert at the Mason Gross School of the Arts (New Brunswick, NJ). My Tubax is being used to play several contrabassoon parts, with some audible distinction to the low reed section.
An unusual coincidence of contra use.
On this same Rutgers concert, one of my C sopranos and F-Mezzos are also being used to play some unusual F and C band parts (not originally for saxophone), so there is something unusual for enthusiasts of all ranges.
Paul Cohen