Composer:
David DeBoor Canfield
Instrumentation:
Saxophone and Piano
Duration:
15:00
Difficulty:
Difficult: approx diploma/professional
Publisher:
Jeanné, Inc.
Date:
2011
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Programme notes:
David DeBoor Canfield’s Sonata for Tenor Saxophone & Piano is the culminating work in the cycle of sonatas for each of the major saxophones written for Kenneth Tse. It is written in four movements, and contains contrasting styles from freely tonal to very tonal to quite atonal.
Performance notes:
The work was premiered by Kenneth Tse and Linyu Wang at the North American Saxophone Alliance conference in March of 2012.
Discography:
Written for Kenneth - Kenneth Tse and Benjamin Boren (Enharmonic ENCD12-022)
A new recording is due to be issued by the end of 2012 by Kenneth Tse and Linyu Wang (piano).
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