Year of comp: 2010
Instr: f soprano saxophone
Duration: 4
Publisher: SMIC
Premiered: 2012-08-13
Place: Perugia, Cortile d’Onore del Palazzo degli Arienti (Festival SituAzioni 2012)
Performers: David Brutti
ID-number: GB7647
PROGRAM NOTES
The expressive content of Adagio Assai can be likened to a ‘lament’, manifesting great grief, but in an unobtrusive manner. As the title suggests, the tempo of the piece very slowly gives each note a high degree of significance.
The material for the piece is based on a series where quarter tones are mixed with whole and half tones. The series of tones is derived from the ‘multiphonics’ which provide the ‘harmonics’ for the piece.
First performance: given by Italian saxophonist David Brutti during the course of the Festival SituAzioni 2012 in Umbria, Italy.
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Adagio Assai
performed by David Brutti http://www.davidbrutti.com