Street Hawker
Subtitle: Concerto for E-Flat Alto Saxophone and Wind Sinfonietta
General Info
Year: 2016
Duration: c. 16:10
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Patata Brava Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts (digital) - $125.00 | Score Only (digital) - Free
Movements
1. Stately and Resonant
2. Sadly, but not Mournful
3. Moving, Energetic
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
Solo E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Piano (Celeste preferred in Movement II)
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Bass Drum
- Glockenspiel
- Sizzle Cymbal
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tubular Bells
- Vibraphone
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Street Hawker is a three-movement concerto depicting an evening at a busy night market. Full of food stalls, tourists, and hawkers selling their wares, these markets are a staple throughout Asia. The ensemble represents the general mood and pace of the market. The soloist is experiencing and interacting with the market sonically.
The first movement depicts the market from set up around 4:00 pm to the peak of business around 10:00 pm. Lively, but chaotic, these are the peak hours most nights as stalls sell trinkets, specialty foods, and everything including the kitchen sink. This movement takes inspiration from traditional Mongolian folksongs. The second movement is sentimental and ballad-like. Inspired by the traditional song Little Cabbage, the soloist wanders the market during calmer hours, around 10:00 pm to midnight. The final movement is loud and raucous, as the night owls hit the market after a night on the town, catching a final snack before heading home. Two unique perpetuum mobiles alternate and merge beneath sporadic woodwind leaps and big-band-infused jazz progressions.
- Program Note by composer
Awards
- National Band Association Young Composer/Conductor Mentor Project, first runner-up, 2017
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- University of Nebraska (Lincoln) Symphonic Band (Anthony Falcone, conductor; Paul Haar, alto saxophone) – 6 March 2018
- South Dakota State University (Brookings) Symphonic Winds (Jacob Wallace, conductor; Geoffrey Deibel, saxophone) - 20 October 2017
- SBO Wind Ensemble (Taipei, Taiwan, (Fu Qin Chuan, conductor' Po-Fang Chang, saxophone) - 27 November 2016 *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Constellations for Concert Band
- inPulse (2014)
- January Morning (2014)
- Like Prayer (2015)
- Stranger's Requiem (2015)
- Street Hawker (2016)
Resources
- Rachel Lanik Whelan, personal correspondence, August 2018
- Rachel Lanik Whelan website Accessed 22 August 2018