Publisher's number: 23998
Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Saxophone and keyboard instrument
Scoring: sax-a solo sax-s 2sax-a sax-t sax-b pf
Remarks: Commissioned by Dutch broadcasting company NCRV with financial support from Dutch Performing Arts Fund. Dedicated to Arno Bornkamp. World premiere & radio broadcast March 3 2002, at Vredenburg Utrecht, by Arno and the Radio Kamerorkest conducted by Thierry Fischer.
Movements: 1. Slow 2. Fast.
 In 2008 an arrangement for wind band was made by Mark Rogers. Connie Frigo and the Tennessee Wind Ensemble performed its US premiere on April 2 2009 ,conducted by Gary Sousa at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville TN. This new arrangement was also performed by Branford Marsalis and the United States Navy Band in 2012. Branford performed the concerto also with the Düsseldorf Symfoniker in 2008, the Cincinnati Orchestra in 2013 and with the Polish National Orchestra in 2023, conducted by Andrey Boreyko. Other soloists performed the concerto as well, like Ties Mellema in Chili with Dudamel conducting and Rob Buckland the RNCM Wind Orchestra, recorded the wind band version for the first time.In 2006 Tallahatchie Concerto was recorded by Arno with the Gelders Orkest, cond.Jurjen Hempel: JacobTV - Rainbow, Basta 3091 732 and Arno Bornkamp - Buku of Horn, Basta 3091962 A piano reduction was made by JacobTV in 2009. 2 arrangements of the concerto by Mary Osborn were added in 2016: - chamber version A, for alto sax, string quartet, double bass & piano - chamber version B, for alto sax, sax quintet & piano
Duration: 19'00"
Number of players: 7
Year of composition: 2001/2016
Status: fully digitized (real-time delivery)