Roundup
Karen P. Thomas
About this work:
Roundup for saxophone quartet is dedicated to the Joseph Wytko Saxophone Quartet, and was premiered by them in Phoenix and in Oregon at the Ernest Bloch Music Festival in 1993. It has been performed in Fiuggi, Italy on the Symposium Festival Donne in Musica, 1997, and at the Women in Music Conference at the University of Ohio, Athens, 1997, as well as at the North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference in Chicago, 1998, and North American Saxophone Alliance convention in 2003.
The title refers to the notion of a composer "rounding-up" some ideas for a composition, and also bears a tongue-in-cheek reference to a cattle drive. The movements are titled by their respective tempo markings: Fast, Not so fast, and Stampede.
Year composed: 1993
Duration: 00:09:00
Ensemble type: Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice:Saxophone Quartet
Instrumentation: 1 Soprano Saxophone, 1 Alto Saxophone, 1 Tenor Saxophone, 1 Baritone Saxophone
Instrumentation notes: 4 sax