for saxophone quartet
(1993)
Duration: 8'
ADVANCED
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The lyrical, silky, "French" sound of the saxophone quartet is nowhere to be found in this work. Instead, I needed to hear the quartet as one loud single instrument, much like banging one's fist on a hypothetical saxophone stop on an organ. The starting point for the piece was a painting by Edvard Munch titled "Self-portrait in Hell", and in the spirit of that (terrifying) work, the music is often anxious, incessant, and shifty—and occasionally obnoxious: elements of a Lullaby well-suited to the painting ... one hopes Munch finds solace in it.
An errata list is available to correct early editions of this work.
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RECENT PERFORMANCES
Ethos New Music Society, SUNY Fredonia School of Music, Rosch Recital Hall, Composer residency - Mar 01 2016
Tarleton Wind Ensemble, Saxerkameradenschaft-Pfiefer, Tarleton State Univ., Stephenville TX, Newman guest residency / Jonathan Hooper, conductor - Feb 13 2007
