related works

Miniatures : for bass clarinet / Initiated and edited by Fie Schouten

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Clarinet
Scoring: cl-b

The Body of your Dreams : version for saxophone quartet & soundtrack with concertvideo ad lib. / JacobTV - Jacob Ter Veldhuis

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Saxophone with multimedia
Scoring: sax-s sax-a sax-t sax-b soundtrack

Killer Heels : for saxophone-orchestra and audio track / Chiel Meijering

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Saxophone with multimedia
Scoring: 2sax-s (or 1sax-s/1sax-sopranino) 2sax-a 2sax-t 2sax-b sax-bs tape (opt. el-gtr-b/drums)

Salomon's sound-houses : 2006 / Roderik de Man

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Saxophone; Saxophone with multimedia
Scoring: sax-4 electronics

composition

Shruut : for saxophone quartet and shruti box / Jorrit Dijkstra

Other authors:
Dijkstra, Jorrit (Composer)
Description:
Shruut was originally written for the Amstel Quartet. The piece was inspired by the mood and the music of some of Indian filmmaker and composer Sayajit Ray's works. I used a melodic fragment out of one of Ray's film compositions as an inspiration for the main melody of Shruut.
The piece uses an electronic shruti box, an Indian style drone generator. The acoustic shruti box (or even a Tampura), played by a separate musician can be used as well. However, I originally intended this piece as "electro-acoustic", and the theatrical element of turning on and off this strange colorful box is part of the performance of the piece. The box should be placed in the middle, right in front of the musicians.
The introduction (the long tones before A) is a meditative "Alap", without a tempo. The intro is very free and rubato, and every note can be bent, trilled, fluttertongued or played as an overtone as desired. The "available pitches" can be played in any order. Playing with difference tones by bending the pitches is highly encouraged, but should be used in moderation.
In a few places notes need to be overblown. These overblown or multiphonic notes are notated in diamond shapes, indicating the extra overtone that will sound on top of the low pitch if overblown correctly. The sound can be slightly rough, in a "free jazz" manner.