related works
24 capriccio's voor viool solo
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Violin
Scoring:
vl
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Saxophone and orchestra
Scoring:
4444 4441 ham.org 2pf str 4sax-solo
Méditation symphonique : pour saxophone soprano et orchestre de chambre, 2000 / Willem Strietman
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Saxophone and orchestra
Scoring:
fl ob eh cl fg h trp trb 2perc pf(cel) hp str(8.6.4.4.2.) sax-s solo
Concerto for alto saxophone and orchestra / Joey Roukens, 2008
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Saxophone and orchestra
Scoring:
fl(pic) 2fl 2ob ob(eh) 3cl 3fg 4h 3trp 3trb tb timp 3perc pf/cel/keyb/synth str sax-a-solo
composition
Tallahatchie Concerto : for saxophone & orchestra / JacobTV - Jacob Ter Veldhuis
Other authors:
Veldhuis, Jacob ter
(Composer)
Contains:
Slow
Fast
Description:
Program note (English): The Tallahatchie Concerto is the first piece that I wrote after the oratorio Paradiso, my 'magnus opus' so far. This is the reason why 'pink shadows of heavenly orange clouds' hang over the opening adagietto of the piece. The Tallahatchie Concerto is in fact a streched out crescendo/accelerando, in which the saxophone gradually leads us from celestial atmospheres into terrestrial ones. I regard this Concerto as an abstract piece of music, which is quite exceptional in my work, because I love to connect an anecdote to each composition. All I can say about the piece is that the word 'tallahatchie' occured to me spontanuosly. It appeared to be a native-American word, meaning 'river of rocks', which is in my opinion an apt metaphor for this concerto. I also think that there is some similarity with pieces such as 'Les Soupirs de Rameau', the 'Goldrush Concerto' or my third string quartet 'There must be some way out of here'. All these works are 'dreamed expeditions', composed
voyages of discovery for moments of beauty, bliss and ecstasy. - JACOB TER VELDHUIS