Saxophone Quartet #1 - Miguel A. Bolivar
Written for the AM/PM Sax Quartet
live performance by the AM/PM Quartet - Jeremiah Baker (soprano sax), Zach Herchen (alto sax), Miguel Bolivar (tenor sax), Cara Salveson (baritone sax)
Mvmt I and Mvmt II (attacca)
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Mvmt III
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Mvmt IV
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Program Notes:
This quartet was written in 2007 and is a piece that spawns all of its main ideas from the slow, chorale like, initial movement. The use of harmonic sound, rhythmic interaction, and resolution all become the main ingredients for each of movements that follow.