related works
Dirt to Gold : for chamber orchestra / Brendan Faegre
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
2fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 2h 2trp trb trb-b timp perc hp 2vln vla vc db
Terminus : for saxophone and piano / Tilen Lebar
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Saxophone and keyboard instrument
Nori : for baritone saxophone / bass clarinet and piano, 1991 / Walter Hekster
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Saxophone and keyboard instrument; Clarinet and keyboard instrument
Scoring:
sax-b pf / cl-b pf
Music loops III : for alto saxophone and piano, 1982 / Ernst Oosterveld
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Saxophone and keyboard instrument
Scoring:
sax-a pf
composition
Effusion : for soprano saxophone and piano / Brendan Faegre
Other authors:
Faegre, Brendan
(Composer)
Description:
Effusion began as an attempt to acoustically produce the indistinguishable mixture (fusion) of flute and piano timbres: flutter-tongue flute blends with a sizzle chain on the piano strings; muted piano echoes slap-tongue flute; air blown through the flute blurs into brushing of the low-register piano strings. Within this restricted set of possible sounds for the instruments, I then allowed myself to pour forth musical expression (effusion) and to develop the ideas which emerged. The musical parameters less affected by timbre—rhythm, phrasing, form—became the primary vehicles for expression.