Unaccompanied Alto Saxophone - advanced to difficult SKU: HL.49018734
For Alto Saxophone (or other Saxophones) Solo. Composed by Raaf Hekkema. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. Edition Schott. Fur Alt-Saxophon solo. Contemporary. Softcover. Composed 1992. 12 pages. Schott Music #ED20972. Published by Schott Music (HL.49018734). ISBN 9790001174503. UPC: 841886015883. 9.0x12.0x0.062 inches.
Traditional form meets modern melody: Raaf Hekkema's 'Suite' is based on the classical form of Bach's French dance suite with Prelude, Allemande, Courante, Saraband, Minuet, and Gigue. Hekkema gives each movement its own modern character: The Prelude is based on a free melody, like the tradition librement opening of a French suite for lute from the 17th century. In the Allemande, an improvisatory melody develops over an ostinato bass whereas the Courante is a fast, softly swinging movement. The Saraband with multiphonic chords resembles a thoughtful etude, and the Minuet plays with the complexity of three long musical eras. The final dance, the Gigue, turns out to be really 'funky'.
