Concerto for Saxophone and String Orchestra
Brian Fennelly
About this work:
SONOTON Musik-Verlag (Germany). Commissioned by saxophonist David Pituch for recording with the Polish Chamber Orchestra under Wojciech Michniewski; PROVIVA CD ISPV 175. Incorporates lyric writing, altissimo passages, some improvisation, blues and free jazz; in three movements, the last movement an expansive scherzo-slow dance-scherzo-orchestra cadenza-reprise-solo cadenza.
Year composed: 1984
Duration: 00:32:00
Ensemble type: Orchestra:String Orchestra with Soloist(s)
Instrumentation: ,1 Alto Saxophone soloist(s), 1 Strings (General)
Instrumentation notes: alto sax, str orch