Suite for Solo Saxophone
ORCHESTRATION Alto saxophone
DURATION 10 min
WORLD PREMIERE December 17 2015, Amanda Heim, Phillips Collection, Washington D.C.
Movements
Prelude
Gigue?
Sarabande
Canon
Composer note
My first work for an unaccompanied melody instrument, I structured this suite in a quasi-Baroque style. Each movement marries intellectual, mathematical constructs with strong emotional expressions, stretching and bending time in different landscapes while re-purposing traditional melodic materials in new ways.
— Avner Dorman