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altissimo
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to paraphrase the Fast Show - this week I have mostly been listening to contemporary classical saxophone...
Since the Stockhausen pieces generated such a positive response, here's some solo sax compositions by Luciano Berio
First we have Sequenza IXb (1981) -
"Sequenza IXb is a transcription for contralto saxophone of Sequenza IX for clarinet, written in 1980. It is essentially a long melody implying, like almost every melody, redundancy, symmetries, transformations and returns. Sequenza IX is also a “sequence” of instrumental gestures developing a constant transformation between two different harmonic fields: a seven-note one (F sharp, C, C sharp, E, G, B flat and B natural) appearing always in the same register, and a five-note one appearing in ever-different registers. The latter penetrates, modifies and comments on the harmonic functions of the first seven-note field."
who could resist a youtube channel called Adolphe Sax TV?
Since the Stockhausen pieces generated such a positive response, here's some solo sax compositions by Luciano Berio
First we have Sequenza IXb (1981) -
"Sequenza IXb is a transcription for contralto saxophone of Sequenza IX for clarinet, written in 1980. It is essentially a long melody implying, like almost every melody, redundancy, symmetries, transformations and returns. Sequenza IX is also a “sequence” of instrumental gestures developing a constant transformation between two different harmonic fields: a seven-note one (F sharp, C, C sharp, E, G, B flat and B natural) appearing always in the same register, and a five-note one appearing in ever-different registers. The latter penetrates, modifies and comments on the harmonic functions of the first seven-note field."
who could resist a youtube channel called Adolphe Sax TV?
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