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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