G Prokofiev - Saxophone Concerto, Bass Drum Concerto | Signum SIGCD584

G Prokofiev - Saxophone Concerto, Bass Drum Concerto

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Label: Signum

Cat No: SIGCD584

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 27th September 2019

Contents

Artists

Branford Marsalis (saxophone)
Joby Burgess (bass drum)
Ural Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor

Alexei Bogorad

Works

Prokofiev, Gabriel

Bass Drum Concerto
Saxophone Concerto

Artists

Branford Marsalis (saxophone)
Joby Burgess (bass drum)
Ural Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor

Alexei Bogorad

About

In his new Saxophone Concerto, Gabriel Prokofiev explores a side of classical music usually seen as forbidden by modern contemporary composers: melody. This aspect was incorporated at the request of the soloist, Branford Marsalis, allowing Prokofiev to revisit characteristics of the classical tradition not usually heard in contemporary music, giving the saxophone an open canvas.

Prokofiev’s Bass Drum Concerto shows the versatility of the instrument, despite only being used in a very basic fashion in classical music as a whole. Prokofiev experiments with how the bass drum is struck, where it is struck, and what it is struck with throughout the piece, producing a variety of sounds, colours and textures.

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