DIVERTIMENTO (2010)

INSTRUMENTATION

2 Eb Alto Saxophones, Bb Tenor Saxophone, Eb Baritone Saxophone

DURATION

6 minutes 

PROGRAM NOTE

Divertimento (2010) for Saxophone Quartet is a suite of three movements, each spirited and light in character.

I. Prelude dually features a whimsical, fast-paced melody and a more contemplative, lyrical song. In II. Code Red, I take an octatonic 4-note cell and spin out from it a variety of motives; as this movement’s name implies, many of these musical gestures are rather intense, frenetic, and anxious. III. Romp is the jazziest of the set, with seductive and sultry undertones.

–Jules Pegram (2010)