Marc Mellits - Frost

#vintagesax #minimalism #classicalsaxophone

recorded in November 2020 as part of the digital recital from Gowanda's Historic Hollywood Theater

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Frost (by Marc Mellits) was composed for saxophonist Erik Rönmark.

"In the northeast of the United States, the winter of 2010-11 saw incredible record breaking snowfall. However, early March provided a brief stay from the cold and the warm weather started to thaw the frozen landscape. As the ice and snow began to melt, audible cracks in the frozen blocks could be heard. Icicles and snow drifts would exclaim a snapping sound as they cracked and then hit the ground, echoing through the neighborhood. I imagined these echoes turning into groovy loops of sound, rebounding off the houses and trees. Slowly melting sheets of ice yielded more introverted lyrical lines of sound. From its initial frozen formation, each movement warmed and metamorphasized itself into a sound portrait of the Rönmark family." - Marc Mellits

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saxophone equipment includes

1935 Buescher Tenor Saxophone (Aristocrat)
Rascher Mouthpiece (refaced by Dr. Laurence Wyman)
Vandoren Traditional 3 Reeds - https://amzn.to/3nVkBop
Vandoren M/O Pink Gold Ligature - https://amzn.to/3laLZNn

recording equipment includes

Rode NT1A (matched pair) - https://amzn.to/3fByXaL
Rode NT5 (matched pair) - https://amzn.to/2HzGf22
Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 - https://amzn.to/3nUA6gu

Canon SL2 - https://amzn.to/2HEM6TW
Sigma Art 18mm-35mm - https://amzn.to/2JapyuA
Neewer Pannel Lights - https://amzn.to/363x3fM


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