| Composer: | John Duffy |
| Details: | For saxophone and concert band | pic.2.2.Ebcl.6.bcl.asax.tsax.barsax.0-4.3.4.1-timp.3perc(s.d, gong, b.d, tri, cym, drums, bng, cong, timb, tub bells)-pno-d.b |
| Duration: | 20:00 |
| Difficulty: | Difficult: approx diploma/professional |
| Publisher: | Schott Music Corporation |
| Date: | 1964 |
| Programme notes: | I. Manhattan Juggernaut
II. Harlem (Memorial for Children)
III. Opening Day: Yankee Stadium
Saxophone Concerto was commissioned by Duke University in 1964. I composed the concerto at the height of the civil rights struggle. At that time, I lived in New York City, my hometown. I picked up the paper one day, and there blared a headline: Four Little Girls Killed by Bomb, in a Birmingham Baptist Church. Heartbreaking... yes, horrifying. I composed the second movement of the concerto to the memory of these precious children.
John Duffy |
| Performance notes: | Commissioned by Duke University. |
