Quartet for flute, saxophone, bassoon and cello
I wrote this quartet because there is not enough chamber music for saxophone and other orchestral instruments.
1. Fast and syncopated, then steady
2. Andante
3. Minimal movement
4. Waltz
5. Brisk but unhurried
The sound files below were recorded at two different concerts. One quartet is Adrienne Byrne (flute), Mark Crompton (saxophone), John Cran (bassoon) and Sonia Koo ('cello). The other is Anna Naylor (flute), Joe Wolfe (saxophone), Petrina Slaytor (bassoon) and Guy Curd ('cello).
This work has been arranged for saxophone quartet by Ellis Hendriksen.
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The sheet music downloads in .pdf files. The parts are each about 20-30k for each movement and the score files about 60-80k each. The .pdf files look scrappy on the screen, but they print out clearly. If you don't have a suitable reader for pdf files, download Acrobat
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title page, in .pdf format (6k)
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Score for 1st movement, in .pdf format
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flute part for 1st movement, in .pdf format
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sax part for 1st movement, in .pdf format
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bassoon part for 1st movement, in .pdf format
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cello part for 1st movement, in .pdf format
. . . Download the first movement in .mp3 (4.7 Mbyte)
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Score for 2nd movement, in .pdf format
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flute part for 2nd movement, in .pdf format
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sax part for 2nd movement, in .pdf format
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bassoon part for 2nd movement, in .pdf format
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cello part for 2nd movement, in .pdf format
. . . Download the second movement in .mp3 (3.7 Mbyte)
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Score for 3rd movement, in .pdf format
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flute part for 3rd movement, in .pdf format
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sax part for 3rd movement, in .pdf format
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bassoon part for 3rd movement, in .pdf format
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cello part for 3rd movement, in .pdf format
. . . Download the third movement in .mp3 (3 Mbyte)
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Score for 4th movement, in .pdf format
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flute part for 4th movement, in .pdf format
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sax part for 4th movement, in .pdf format
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bassoon part for 4th movement, in .pdf format
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cello part for 4th movement, in .pdf format
. . . Download the fourth movement in .mp3 (3.4 Mbyte)
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Score for 5th movement, in .pdf format
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flute part for 5th movement, in .pdf format
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sax part for 5th movement, in .pdf format
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bassoon part for 5th movement, in .pdf format
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cello part for 5th movement, in .pdf format
. . . Download the fifth movement in .mp3 (1.7 Mbyte)
About the composer. Joe Wolfe started writing music in the seventies and has since written sporadically for jazz and fusion groups, including incidental music for plays and films. He has
written five orchestral works: a Trumpet concerto is the most recent. "The Stairway Suite" is a set of orchestral variations on the pop song "Stairway to Heaven" in the styles of Schubert, Holst, Glen Miller, Mahler, Bizet and Beethoven; "Sydney Sketches" is a set of tone poems, each of which is based in different Sydney location at a different time of day.;
"Conjunction" which is an 'interactive
introduction to the orchestra', written for orchestra and primary school choir; and an "overture" to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the UNSW Orchestra. (mp3 files available)
Joe Wolfe / J.Wolfe@unsw.edu.au
/61-2-9385 4954 (UT+10,+11 Oct-Mar)
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A French site for saxophones that has interesting saxophone music and some great pics of saxophone construction.
Introduction to saxophone acoustics.