for soprano saxophone and chamber orchestra. Par BRYARS GAVIN. The piece is dedicated to John Harle and the Bournemouth Sinfonietta, who commissioned it with funds made available by South West Arts. It makes use of the saxophone's ability to play long expressive melodic passages, and was written too, having seen the Sinfonietta perform, with some of its individual players in mind. Although played without a break, the piece does fall into a number of recognisable sections delineated by a change of tempo, or by a substantial shift of texture. For example, shortly before the end, there is a passage where the saxophone is accompanied by 21 solo strings - the entire string section playing divisi, followed by a coda, which contains simultaneous 'laments' (for saxophone, cor anglais, French horn, and solo violin). The Green Ray is the title of a romantic novel by Jules Verne, set in the West of Scotland, in which a peculiar atmospheric phenomenon plays the key part. A 'green ray' is seen at sunset in certain latitudes, and in certain coastal conditions, just as the sun touches the horizon and, for a brief moment, the orange sun emits a green ray of light. In the Verne story the simultaneous sighting of the ray will seal a couple's love, and the attempts of a young man to do this are constantly frustrated (by sudden clouds, by a yacht passing along the horizon, and so on). This part of Western Scotland is also the place where certain piping traditions originated. Male pipers practised in one cave on the seashore, females in another ( the 'piper's cave' and the 'pigeon's cave'). As they played their laments at twilight a triangulation, similar to that in the Verne story (male-ray-female) may well have occurred without the knowledge of the innocent participants, hence the sequence of simultaneous laments in the coda. On one occasion I witnessed the green ray in Southern California. I was returning along the coast after having climbed up Mt. Tecate, on the top of which is a house, now empty, where Evans-Wentz translated The Tibetan Book of the Dead. Gavin Bryars./ Répertoire / Saxophone Soprano et Piano

15 transcriptions of this sax player's best including: A Change Of Heart · Hideaway · Rain on Christmas · Straight to the Heart · and more.

Par KULENTY HANNA. I composed Aisthetikos Duo for soprano saxophone and piano immediately after Aisthetikos for soprano saxophone, piano and orchestra. I hit on the idea of preparing a work that could be performed more often. I was approached with a request to write such a version of Aisthetikos by its first performers: Magdalena and Bartlomiej Dus. A composition for two soloists and orchestra is no simple matter, and concert performances need a lot of preparation, while it is just easier for a duet. The soloists’ parts are slightly modified in the area of the orchestra part, but it is essentially the same work, written in the composition technique I call musique surréalistique, which I have been using for several years. It involves the overlapping of several interacting musical worlds, expanding over time. Hanna Kulenty translated by John Comber. / Date parution : 2022-11-08/ Répertoire / Saxophone Soprano et Piano

reduction and arrangement by Olivier Calmel. Par SHORTER WAYNE. Wayne Shorter était un célèbre saxophoniste, compositeur et chef d'orchestre de jazz américain. Il rejoint le Second Great Quintet de Miles Davis en 1964. Miles Davis déclara d’ailleurs à son sujet : 'Wayne est un vrai compositeur. Il écrit des partitions, il écrit les parties pour chaque musicien, exactement comme il veut qu'elles sonnent.'. En 1971, Wayne Shroter fonde le groupe de fusion Weather Report. Après avoir quitté Weather Report, il continue à enregistrer et à diriger des groupes de jazz fusion, notamment lors d'une tournée en 1988 avec le guitariste Carlos Santana. De nombreuses compositions de Shorter sont devenues des standards du jazz, et sa musique est appréciée dans le monde entier et saluée par la critique. Shorter a remporté 12 Grammy Awards. Sherwood Concerto pour saxophone soprano (ou clarinette) et orchestre a été créé par Nicolas Prost et Sébastien Paindestre à New York City, N.Y. le 22 février 2023 et à Paris le 28 mai 2023. La réduction pour saxophone soprano et piano a été arrangée par le compositeur et pianiste Olivier Calmel. / Date parution : 2024-01-06/ Répertoire / Saxophone Soprano et Piano

RANT! is a portrait of the saxophonist Jess Gillam: her energy, her sound and her presence, painted in music from her own part of England. A ?rant? in the tradition of English folk music is an energetic dance and means ?to make merry? a reflection of Jess?s fearless and exuberant performances. RANT! draws on Cumbrian folk tunes sourced from Ed Heslam?s unique folk music resource Music of Cumberland and Westmoreland, as well as several tunes composed by Ed himself. This advanced piece is suitable for soprano saxophone or clarinet with piano accompaniment.

Soprano Saxophone et Piano. Par DEFAYE JEAN-MICHEL. / Répertoire / Saxophone Soprano et Piano

Exploiting the rich possibilities of the soprano saxophone Brian Kelly captures a range of moods in eight tuneful and distinctive vignettes that whether light-hearted or sad offer an abundance of musical enjoyment.