Saxophone Quartet,Woodwind Ensemble Alto Saxophone,Baritone Saxophone,Soprano Saxophone,Tenor Saxophone - Level 5 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1478074

By Diana Mascari. By Diana Mascari. Arranged by Diana Mascari. 20th Century,21st Century,Chamber,Jazz,Sacred. 38 pages. Diana Mascari Music #1055455. Published by Diana Mascari Music (A0.1478074).

Psalm 121 started as a piece for a cappella choir. It was commissioned by conductor Pierre Masse for his ensemble, the Ecclesia Consort, to sing in two performances in 2002. Since this psalm was one of my favoites, it was a great joy to compose this piece. It's 4 & 1/2 minute duration was dictated by the psalm text itself since I set every word to music.

Fast forward 20 years, I realized that this composition would work beautifully for saxophone quartet.
As a result, this arrangement follows the a cappella setting quite literally.

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Saxophone Quartet,Woodwind Ensemble Alto Saxophone,Baritone Saxophone,Soprano Saxophone,Tenor Saxophone - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1478062

By Diana Mascari. By Diana Mascari. Arranged by Diana Mascari. 20th Century,21st Century,Chamber,Classical,Jazz. 29 pages. Diana Mascari Music #1055441. Published by Diana Mascari Music (A0.1478062).

As with my other Excursions, No. 6 was composed during the second half of 2023. In addition, even though the core of this piece began on the piano, it quickly became clear to me that a saxophone quartet would be the perfect ensemble to express my musical ideas. The duration of this pieces is just under four minutes and moves rather quickly. The reason for the title Turnaround  is because the bass line (shared by tenor and baritone saxophones) is the jazz version of the I-vi-ii-V chord progression. The jazz version of this includes several chromatic passing tones and the saxophones do this very well.
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