SAXOPHONE REPERTOIRE
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Sally Beamish
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WORKS WITH ORCHESTRA
Knotgrass Elegy
Solo saxophone (tenor and soprano) plus solo voices: Soprano, Baritone, Counter tenor; chorus, children’s chorus, symphony orchestra
(piano reduction available)
A requiem for the destruction of wildlife by chemical farming
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Concerto no. 1: The Imagined Sound of Sun on Stone
Soprano saxophone and chamber orchestra
(piano reduction available)
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Concerto no. 2 : Under the Wing of the Rock
(Originally for viola): alto saxophone and strings
(piano reduction available)
Based on a story from the Glencoe Massacre (1692)
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Slow Movement
Saxophone quartet and string orchestra
Written to be performed as the central movement of Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto no.3
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SAXOPHONE AND PIANO​
Albatross
(soprano saxophone) Written for Branford Marsalis: related to golf, birds and legends
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Caliban
(soprano saxophone) One of several shorter works related to the ballet ‘The Tempest’. Commissioned by Richard Ingham.
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Jonny's Burlesque
(soprano saxophone) Written for John Harle’s 60th birthday
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CHAMBER MUSIC FOR SAXOPHONES
Saxophone Quartet: Opus California
(originally for string quartet: arr Kenneth Coon)
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Saxophone Quintet: Reckless in Amsterdam
An extension of the orchestral work ‘Reckless’. 2 sopranos, alto, tenor, baritone
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SAXOPHONE PLUS
Thorns
Tenor saxophone, string bass and piano
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April
Alto Saxophone, vibraphone and piano
A tribute to Ellis Marsalis Jr.
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RELATED ARTICLES
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Sally Beamish and Branford Marsalis: a blast of saxophone in the glens - The Telegraph
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Interview with Sally Beamish - Clarinet and Saxophone Society of Great Britain