The Imagined Sound of Sun on Stone
Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra
Composition Date: 1999
Duration: 20'
Orchestration: solo Ssax / 2(pic).2.2(Bcl).2(cbsn)/2.2.0.0/timp.perc/str
Information:
Commissioned by St. Magnus Festival & Swedish Chamber Orchestra.
First performed by John Harle (sax) with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Joseph Swensen at St. Magnus Festival, Kirkwall 1999.
Programme Note:
Available Recordings:
The Imagined Sound of Sun on Stone Sally Beamish
(BIS, 2000)
John Harle saxophone Swedish Chamber Orchestra Ola Rudner conductor
Sally Beamish narrator
Tracklist:
1. The Caledonian Road
2. The Day Dawn
3. No I´m not afraid - Six poems by Irina Ratushinskaya
4. The Imagined Sound of Sun on Stone