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

Saxual songs : for alto saxophone and piano, 1981 / Ted Ponjee

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Saxophone and keyboard instrument
Scoring: sax-a pf

Doubles IV : for alto saxophone and piano, 1981 / David Rowland

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Saxophone and keyboard instrument
Scoring: sax-a pf

Five Neo-Neos : for tenor saxophone and piano, 1997 / Martijn Padding

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Saxophone and keyboard instrument
Scoring: sax-t 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.