commentaire pour opus 88f

Musik für 4 Saxophone (musique pour 4 saxophones) op. 88f (1990)

I. Allegro vivace

II. Sostenuto début

III. Mixture début

IV. Finale

Première: 3 mai 1991, Würzburg, Stephanskirche
Normand DesChênes / Jürgen Faas / Matthias Köhler / Johannes Neuner

Durée: 18 minutes

Conventus Musicus CM 105

The composer corrected in 1996 the tempo indications in the printed edition by Advance Music in as follows:

I. Allegro vivace:
Tempo indication: quarter note =160 instead of quarter note =144

II. Sostenuto:
Bar 47: ritardando pour the whole bar
Bar 101: rit.... Bar 102: a tempo
Bar 105 to 107: rit ..... Bar 108: Adagio (very slow up to and including bar 111). Bar 112: poco piu mosso

III. Mixtur:
Bar 88: a tempo instead of pesante

IV. Finale:
Bar 44 up to and including 47: accel .... Bar 48: a tempo
Bar 88: rit ...
Bar 103 to 107: accel ...
Bar 109: a tempo

Printing errors in the partition:

II. Sostenuto: Soprano Sax.:
Bar 60: second note remains f# instead of g

IV. Finale: Soprano Sax:
Bar 50: e-flat instead of e-double-flat
Bar 90: last note g# instead of a#
Bar 101: Tutti: 2nd note mf instead of f
Bar 134 (last bar): Soprano, Tenor and Baritone Sax: begin f instead of p

Printing errors in the Soprano Sax. part:

II. Sostenuto:
Bar 60: second note remains f# instead of g

IV. Finale:
Bar 90: last note g# instead of a#