Lyric Suite

Composer:Walter Hartley
Details:Tenor Saxophone, Viola and Piano.
Duration:08:15
Difficulty:Difficult: approx diploma/professional
Publisher:To the Fore Publishers
Date:1993
Programme notes:In four contrasting movements; I. Prelude; II. Scherzino; III. Nocturne; IV. Gigue
Performance notes:Lyric Suite was completed April 20, 1993 for the saxophonist Bruce Weinberger and his sister, the violist Rozanna Weinberger. Its first performance, by Paul Cohen with members of the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, took place in 2002 at a festival of contemporary music in Seoul, Korea. Its U. S. premiere, with Paul Cohen, Richard Clark and Lois Anderson, was at the Merkin Concert Hall in New York City, February 25, 2003.
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