Serenade and Capriccio
Bruce J. Taub
About this work:
Serenade and Capriccio for Alto Saxophone and Piano was written in 1991 and is dedicated to my good friend and colleague M. William Karlins whose wonderful music for saxophone(s) was its chief inspiration. It was first performed by Joseph Murphy and Patrick Sinozich at Northern Illinois University, DeKalb in 1992. The titles of the two movements do not suggest any specific musical structures of techniques, but, rather a general disposition towards the feelings that they evoke (at least to me) of serenity and whimsy. The harmony of both movements revolves around a very long and slow moving chromatic scale in the bass; ascending from C in the Serenade and descending in the Capriccio. In addition, successive sections dwelling on each note of the scale become progressively longer in the first movement, but remain relatively the same in the second. Serenade and Capriccio is published by C.F. Peters Corporation.
Year composed: 1991
Duration: 00:08:00
Ensemble type: Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice:Keyboard plus One Instrument
Instrumentation: 1 Alto Saxophone, 1 Piano