| Programme notes: | I. March; II. Serenade; III. Air; IV. Ragtime.
Pitt County Excursions for tenor saxophone and piano is in four short, interesting movements. Both performers read from scores. The first movement features some changes in meter and syncopations but is not difficult in either part or in ensemble. The 47 last four measures include an optional 8va, which would then end on an altissimo G- sharp and A. In the second movement, Serenade, the piano has a light eighth-note line that is vamped while the saxophone plays expansive multiphonics out of time. The third movement is seven measures of contrasting dynamics and accents played by unaccompanied tenor saxophone. The fourth movement is in a modern ragtime feel. |
