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Andrew Earle Simpson
Exhortation I (1996)
| Instrumentation |
alto sax solo |
| Duration |
8' |
| Movements |
1 |
| Premiere |
3/96, SUNY Potsdam, NY |
| Performers |
Robert Faub |
| Commissioned by |
N/A |
| Recordings |
- "Exhortations: Virtuoso Solo Instrumental and Chamber Music (Athena 1998)
- "America's Millennium Tribute to Adolphe Sax Volume II" (Arizona University Recordings 1999)
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| Publication |
Arizona University Publications |
| Performance History |
- 3/96, SUNY Potsdam, NY (RF)
- 4/96, UNC Greensboro (RF)
- 10/96, Wellesley College, MA (RF)
- 3/97, SUNY Potsdam, Rebecca Blow
- 4/97, SUNY Potsdam (RF)
- 10/98, Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC, William Wright
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Program Notes
Exhortation I, for alto saxophone solo, begins with an angular, brilliant flourish, but almost immediately, this flourish is opposed by lyrical material. The constant alternation of the two styles displays the wonderful versatility of the saxophone.
Exhortation I is dedicated to Robert Faub, who premiered the work in spring 1996 at the Crane School of Music, State University of New York College at Potsdam.
--Andrew Earle Simpson
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