Composer:
John Duffy
Instrumentation:
Concerto with Wind Orchestra (inc. percussion)
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
Soundbite:
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.
Discography:
Orchestral version: JoAnn Falletta Conducts Duffy - John Duffy (Albany Records 2006)
String Quartet version: We Want Mark Twain - John Duffy (Albany Records 2011)
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