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By Paul Creston
| Instrument: |
Alto Saxophone
Piano |
|---|---|
| Genre: |
Classical
20th Century |
| Format: |
Set of Parts
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Concerto For Alto Saxophone - Alto Sax/Piano. (Set of performance parts). By Paul Creston (1906-1985). Alto Sax. Woodwind Solo. 44 pages. G. Schirmer #ED3546. Published by G. Schirmer (HL.50289870).
For alto saxophone and piano.
Alex M Ayala
Location: from Tucson, Arizona
Difficulty Level:
Advanced
December 23, 2007
Alto Concerto by Paul Creston
This is a very challenging piece but I'm enjoying working on it. I got the opportunity to hear a university professor play the last two movements with the concert band that I'm in and it inspired me to order it. I don't know that I'll be able to work up...
20 of 35 people found this review helpful.
Saxophoney
Location: from
Difficulty Level:
Advanced
July 18, 2007
Creston Concerto for Alto Saxophone
The "Creston Concerto for Alto Saxophone" is a standard piece of the saxophone repertoire for the very advanced level player only. It is also scored for Alto Saxophone and band (not Orchestra) making it a great high end piece for the very advanced saxophonist preparing for a concerto competition. Also...
16 of 34 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from CO
Difficulty Level:
Advanced
June 15, 2007
excellent
one of the lesser performed of the standard pieces of seaxophone repetoire. it is an excellent piece music that provides places to show both excellent musicianship, stellar technique and even some exended range. it is definitely for an adavnced saxophone player.
14 of 31 people found this review helpful.
Vr
Location: from DE
August 10, 2005
A Saxophone Masterpiece
Paul Creston's great rhythm and technique in his composing is well shown in this piece. Indeed difficult, but a heck of a lot of fun to play. This piece is a must for any serious saxophone player.
16 of 33 people found this review helpful.
Joe
Location: from Latham, NY
July 29, 2005
Wonderful...but difficult
In my opinion...this piece is just as hard as crestons sonata. some of the altissimo notes can be pretty tough to handle without a tightly voiced mouthpiece...otherwise your ears will bleed. The orchestra(or band) better be of high quality to pull this one off. At times the piece can be...
15 of 32 people found this review helpful.