Composer:
Martin Kay
Instrumentation:
Duet (saxophone and any other type of saxophone)
Duration:
05:57
Difficulty:
Difficult: approx diploma/professional
Publisher:
Reed Music
Date:
2001
Score sample:
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Programme notes:
Honey was composed in 2001 while on the Gold Coast between studies in New York on a Churchill Fellowship and rambling South American adventures. It is a through-composed adventure grown from an improvisation I performed then transcribed. I added a second part, playing with intervallic structures to create rapid alternations of clashing and sweetness. There is an introduction, which plays with silence, and a coda, made from trills to create shimmering four part chords.
Performance notes:
Premiered by Martin Kay and James Nightingale at the 2002 Australasian Saxophone Conference in Brisbane.
Discography:
Michael Duke ‘Duo Sax’ Clarinet Classics label.
Astute Music