Saxophone Quartet (SATB), Advanced

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The opening cadenzas (one for each player) try hard to be serious, then the shenanigans ensue. Here's a short version with key moments is here (albeit under it's former title).

Saxophone Ensemble (8 - SAAATTTB), Advanced

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When Mahler's 1st Symphony premiered in 1889, the saxophone was still finding its footing in the world, having been invented 49 years prior. We don't know Mahler's thoughts on the brass-woodwind hybrid. But we can wonder no more what mess

This is a close transcription with virtually no new material. It is, of course, heavily adapted to trim 20 minutes down to 7:30 and an orchestra down to 8 saxophones. 

Mahler's German instructions have been translated (e.g., mit großer wildheit = with great wildness) as well as all articulation and dynamic markings insofar as they work for saxophones. 

For Saxophone Quartet (SATB), Ddvanced. Duration  - 4:45

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In the summer of 1893 Antonín Dvořák vacationed in the small city of Spillville, Iowa, as a respite from his busy conducting post in hectic New York City. Dvořák said of his family’s time in Spillville, “we like it very much here”. It was then that he composed his String Quartet No.12, reflecting the peace and beauty of the Midwestern countryside. 

This saxophone quartet arrangement is the fourth and final movement, inspired by the Czech composer’s train rides through rural America. The chugging of the train can be heard in the movement’s rhythmic energy.