Composer: Dana Wilson

Howling at the Moon
Saxophone Quartet - Score Only
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
Category: Band/Orchestra/Ensemble
Series: Windependence Chamber Ensemble
Format: Paperback

This dark and expressive saxophone quartet fuses music suggestive of different traditions, from Japanese Taiko drumming to African-American gospel singing. The work's title is vividly portrayed in the first movement, which calls for the saxes to do some real wailing! (duration - 12:20) This expressive quartet for soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone saxophones was commissioned by the Harmo Saxophone Quartet of Tokyo and is a significant contribution to the repertoire. Blending technical demands with expressive gestures, this three-movement work begins with an episode called Wailing. It has frantic chromatic sweeps that are passed between players and are interrupted by slap-tonguing and pointillistic and fragmented phrases. The slower middle section uses a gospel song style and final frenzied section includes rhythmic vocal sounds and fragmented melodies in triple meter.--The Instrumentalist

Inventory # : 48018978
UPC: 73999253160
ISBN:
Width: 9"
Length: 12"
Height: 0.141"
Product Weight: 0.3 lbs.
Number of Pages: 34