Flight of Fancy (for alto sax & piano)

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Composer: Matthew Orlovich | Date of Composition: 2006 | Instrumentation: E-flat alto saxophone & piano | Duration: c. 3 minutes 30 seconds | Composed for: Barry Cockcroft (Australia) | Publisher: reedmusic.com | Formats: Printed Edition (RM094) & PDF Digital Download (RM094e)

COMPOSER’S NOTE

Flight of Fancy (for alto saxophone & piano) comprises three sections, each lasting about a minute or so. The first section kicks off in an energetic and cheerful way with the bright upper registers of both instruments at play. Also evident in the opening section are ideas such as angular melodic lines played in unison, a little harp-like piano accompaniment texture and a contrasting theme fashioned atop a jazzy, dance-inspired bassline.

The middle section of the work is perhaps the more unearthly music of the work. Little updrafts and whirlwinds of tinkling, glockenspiel-like piano figurations add a haunting quality to a chromatically inflected melody, evoking, for me, images of night and a kind of magic.

The final section of the piece – which brings us back to earth with its recapitulation of earlier material – is characterised by the sound of its ‘slow-to-start’, hand-cranked engine. – MO.

SOUND BYTE

Title: Flight of Fancy (for alto saxophone and piano) – Excerpt | Composer: Matthew Orlovich
Performers: Barry Cockcroft (alto saxophone) & Adam Pinto (piano).