"Rumination and Manifestation" for Tenor Saxophone and Piano (with score) by Keane Southard

"Rumination and Manifestation" for Tenor Saxophone and Piano (2013) by Keane Southard.

Recorded by Allison Dromgold Adams, tenor saxophone; and Andrea Lodge, piano; on "Flames Will Grow" (Albany Records).

Program notes:

"Rumination and Manifestation" for Tenor Saxophone and Piano
was commissioned for Allison Dromgold Adams with love from her
husband. I began work on the piece in the last few days of 2012 and
completed the work in mid-February of 2013. The work is in two
distinct parts that are played without a break between them. The
first, “Rumination,” is a gradual, lyrical, and introverted unfolding
that explores smooth, soft, scalar melodies. This section continually
builds leading directly to the second part, “Manifestation,” which is
an aggressive and outwardly-looking romp which explores loud,
aggressive melodies full of large leaps. The entire piece explores
many of the possibilities of the tenor saxophone, and requires
substantial virtuosity on the part of the saxophonist.

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