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Contents<br />
Movement 1 – Prologue and Concertante p.1<br />
Movement II – Dialogue, Toccata, and Remembrance p. 72<br />
Flute<br />
Oboe<br />
Clarinet<br />
Horn<br />
Bassson<br />
Instrumentation<br />
Percussion 1 – vibraphone, snare drum, 4 tom-toms, bass drum, 2 bongos, medium suspended cymbal, tam-tam,<br />
bell tree<br />
Percussion 2 – xylophone*, marimba, crotales, triangle, tambourine, water gong*, waterphone*, large suspended<br />
cymbal, crash cymbal, sizzle cymbal, vibra-slap, chimes*, anvil, 1 timpani (F-C)*, temple blocks, bass drum (share<br />
with 1)<br />
Piano<br />
Keyboard pad* (a warm “bowed” pad is most desired, or a synthesis of a warm string/choir sound)<br />
Violin I<br />
Violin II<br />
Viola I<br />
Viola II<br />
Cello<br />
Contrabass **<br />
* denotes optional yet strongly preferred instruments<br />
** string parts intended to be 1 player-per-part. Maximum allowed doublings (4.3.2.1.2.1). For all other doublings,<br />
please talk with the composer.<br />
About the piece…<br />
The Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Chamber Orchestra is a large two-movement work intended to introduce a<br />
highly innovative, uniquely challenging, and genuinely musical approach to modern saxophone writing. Written<br />
for Sean Meyers and the east coast’s newest ensemble Symphony Number One, it combines the musical virtuosity of<br />
the saxophone with a very actively responding orchestra, resulting in an intense musical experience created<br />
through the intricate and equally essential dialogue taking place among the players.<br />
The 1 st movement begins dramatically and sets the pensive and melancholy mood of the opening. The<br />
saxophone introduces the main material, which binds the piece and develops through several soloistic cadenzas.<br />
The mood from the beginning transforms into an uplifting resolution through a powerful crescendo. A final<br />
cadenza segues into the more upbeat Concertante, which further develops the musical material while adding<br />
rhythmic complexity and dynamic interest. The movement ends on a cathartic wash of sound by the entire<br />
orchestra. The 2 nd movement combines elements of musical contrast with instrumental tambours bound by an<br />
underline theme first introduced in the clarinet in the Dialogue. This section contains a pastoral undertone which<br />
then leads to a highly-energetic Toccata. The unyielding music in the Toccata soon merges with the slower music<br />
from the beginning to make a final powerful orchestral climax. The music then settles and resolves into a peaceful<br />
and transcendent finale bringing back previously heard material.<br />
To learn more about me and my music, please visit my webpage www.andrewboss1.com.
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