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Pierre Jalbert's Saxophone Concerto Premiered by Timothy McAllister and the Hear & Now Ensemble, Led by Jerry Hou

Dec. 01, 2024

Timothy McAllister and the Hear & Now Ensemble premiered Pierre Jalbert's Saxophone Concerto under the baton of Jerry Hou on November 21 at Alice Pratt Brown Hall at Rice University. The composer notes:

"My Saxophone Concerto is in two movements of contrasting character and was written for saxophonist Timothy McAllister. It’s scored for solo alto saxophone, with an ensemble of orchestral winds (woodwinds and brass) plus percussion and piano. The opening movement, marked “Gently, with a sense of pulse”, explores the saxophone’s lyrical and expressive qualities as the ensemble creates slowly-changing, pulsating harmonies, over which the saxophone plays long, lyrical lines. The second movement, marked “With great energy”, contains frenetic, pulse-oriented music and features the saxophone’s virtuosic possibilities. Eventually, the ensemble gives way to the soloist’s slowly evolving cadenza. As the movement titles suggest, the music was inspired by the phases of the moon and the vastness of space."

Jalbert's Saxophone Concerto was made possible in part by the Gail Straith Commissioning Fund at the University of Michigan.

Listen to Pierre Jalbert's String Theory (2016):

String Theory/Pierre Jalbert/Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra

To learn more about Pierre Jalbert, visit schott-music.com.

Pierre Jalbert
Saxophone Concerto (2024)
for alto saxophone and orchestra
I. Luna Nova
II. Speed of Light
18'

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