X2
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Subtitle: Concerto for Saxophone Quartet
General Info
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Duration:
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Lydmusic
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown
Instrumentation
Wind Ensemble
(instrumentation detail desired)
Saxophone Quartet, including:
- B-flat Soprano Saxophone
- E-flat Alto Saxophone
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone
- E-flat Baritone Saxophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
American composer Scott McAllister wrote X2, Concerto for saxophone quartet, dedicating it to the Raschèr Quartet. The work can be seen as having five sections, each separated by a saxophone cadenza. Throughout the piece, McAllister creatively displays the full range and various playing techniques of all four saxophones (soprano, alto, tenor, baritone). McAllister describes the work to include explosive driving sections and contrasting psychedelic passages, representing the energy and emotions of the “X” generation.
- Program Note by Sydney Chiu for the University of Toronto Wind Symphony concert program, 7 February 2020
Media
None discovered thus far.
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- University of Toronto (Ont., Can.) Wind Symphony (Jeffrey Reynolds, conductor; Karisyg Saxophone Quartet) - 7 February 2020
- Central Washington University (Ellensburg) Wind Ensemble (Larry Gookin, conductor) – 17 March 2006 (CBDNA 2006 Western/Northwestern Division Conference, Reno, Nev.)
Works for Winds by this Composer
- AMP (2016)
- Atipa-Tcoba (2020)
- Black Dog (2002)
- Clear Shade Creek (2018)
- Concerto Americana (2015)
- Death and Disfigurations (2024)
- DivertiMetal
- The Flight of the Elephant (2018)
- Freebirds (2010)
- Funkinetics (2014)
- Gone (2013)
- In Praise of Joe (2019)
- Krump (2007)
- Love Songs (2010)
- Mercury on the Moon (2009)
- Music from the Redneck Songbook II (2011)
- Popcopy (2007)
- Popcopy Rated T (2014)
- Symphony No. 2 (2024)
- X Concerto (1996)
- X2
- Xanadu
- Zing! (2008)
Resources
- Lydmusic Accessed 25 September 2022