Saxophone

Le Quattro Sassofoni incorporates various passages from Antonio Vivaldi’s Le Quattro Stagioni in a light-hearted combination of styles ranging from traditional Baroque to Modern Jazz. The well-known melodies are presented in various styles,... Read more

This Sonata for alto saxophone and piano is a perfect recital piece of medium difficulty, very melodious, supported by a piano accompaniment with a rich musical colour palette, creating wonderful atmospheres. Read more

Each of the four movements of Flash represents a different musical impression of the word flash, and the titles of each movement (Blink, Sparkle, Blaze, Shimmer) are themselves synonyms. The music exploits the entire range of the soprano saxophone... Read more

The first saxophone turns around his axis in quintuplets (and “tentuplets”) disguised as sextuplets. The second one does it with triplets disguised as quintuplets and the third one with triplets as sixteenth notes. Each instrument plays very... Read more

The five movements provide the performer with considerable freedom of expression within different styles and moods, performed over a high quality and stimulating pianistic accompaniment, the latter being a common characteristic of the music of... Read more

This Nocturne offers a lyrical and expressive song of elegant intensity to the saxophone voice while the piano accompaniment, as usual with Richard Lane, is sobre but subtile, as well on the level of harmonic structures than underlining the dynamic... Read more

La Voix meurtrie (The Bruised Voice) is an important milestone in my personal history. The first four measures have been extrapolated from an harmony exercise done during my studies. Ten years later I “heard” an extension to that exercise.... Read more

I wrote this short piece following a journey through Ireland. I was profoundly impressed by the overwhelming presence of water throughout that country, and I wanted to recreate those impressions in the language of music. Caroline Charrière,... Read more

Commissioned by Philippe Pfisterer, Director of the Department Council for Music and Culture of Haute-Alsace (France), “Adventure” has the same solo alto saxophone part, for three different accompaniements, as per the request of the commissioning... Read more