Evolution V for solo alto saxophone and saxophone quartet

Date: 1976

Instrumentation: alto saxophone, SATB saxophone quartet

Commission: John Sampen and the Chicago Saxophone Quartet

Dedication: To John Sampen and the Chicago Saxophone Quartet

Premiere: 7/29/76. John Sampen and the Chicago Saxophone Quartet. 5th World Saxophone Congress. Royal College of Music, London

Duration: 14′

Publication: contact composer

Recordings: Albany Records (2002). Troy 526
Centaur Records (1991). CRC 2086
Orion Masterworks (1983). ORS 85487

Reviews: “a well-constructed, demanding piece for everyone involved….” Roger Greenberg. The Saxophone Symposium. Winter 1989

“…genuinely new and substantially valuable…” James Hill. The Saxophone Symposium. Summer 1977

“pits the soloist in a concerto-like mode, as he finds himself in a highly charged, sonically replicated environment that challenges him to keep his identity.” S.W.E. Fanfare. Nov./Dec. 1986

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