Cityscapes
Fills a great cross-over slot on your quartet's concert program. Comparable to Phil Woods quartets. Classical elements, ad-lib parts in Soprano and Alto, with alternate scoring available to feature Tenor instead of Alto. SATB.
Level: Advanced • Duration: 11 minutes
Mvt.1: Lake Shore Drive | LISTEN to mp3
Mvt.2: Lower East Side | LISTEN to mp3
* PDFs include additional alternate parts for Tenor solo instead of Alto
Recorded on the Osland Saxophone Quartet CD Commission: Impossible.
(SATB: Miles Osland, Doug Drewek, Lisa Osland, Larry Nelson)
VIDEOS
Osland Saxophone Quartet @ the Selmer Factory (2011)
Sax Pistols @ Royal Albert Hall (2010)
Ithaca College Saxophone Quartet (2010)
Amherst Regional High School Sax. Quartet (2010)
courtesy of Ivan Chow Photography in Amherst, MA
Reader Comments (1)
Rick Hirsch´s "Cityscapes" develops rich phrasing & colorful rhythm; each "hand-made" melodic structure blends beautifully with each other creating the necessary momentum for a successful impressionistic landscape on a quartet performance.