murmurations
saxophone sextet and saxophone soloist
Title: murmurations
Instrumentation: solo saxophone (alto and soprano) saxophone sextet: sop sax, alto sax, 2 ten sax, 2 bari sax (alt. bass sax)
Year: 2015
Movements: 3
Duration: 9’
RELATED WORK: sull’ala
PROGRAM NOTE:
A murmuration is a group of starlings, whose mesmerizing group acrobatics fill the sky in sweeping clouds.
Two of these movements (1 & 3) were originally written as part of sull’ala, my concerto for saxophone and wind ensemble.
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