Composer:
Matt London
Instrumentation:
Large ensemble (saxophone soloist/lead and any other combination 8+ players)
Details:
For 12 tenor saxophones
Includes free improvisation
Video of the performance and score available from composers website.
Duration:
12:00
Difficulty:
Difficult: approx diploma/professional
Publisher:
mattlondonmusic.com
Date:
2017
Soundbite:
Programme notes:
The Shaman - full of mystic spirits and energies inspired by the music of free improvisation colossus Paul Dunmall. The score uses a hybrid notation system including graphics towards my aim of devising music that captures the intense & spontaneous spirit of free improvisation!
Performance notes:
Written for and premiered at EurSax17 (Porto) by the Tenor Saxophone Collective - Joåo Pedro Silva, Nathan Henshaw, Rodrigo Villa, Rob Buckland, Jenni Watson, Erin Royer, Andy Scott, Henrique Portovedo, Gilly Blair, Isabel Anjo, Matt London and Luis Riberio.
Conservatório de Música do Porto 14 July 2017
Astute Music