Lemay: Deuce 6

• Composer: Robert Lemay (1960-)
• Format: Performance Score - Format guide
• Instrumentation: Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone
• Work: Deuce 6 (2024)
• Binding:
• Pages: None

Description

Robert Lemay continues his research for equality between two identical instruments. Inall other DEUCES (his series of saxophone duos), Lemay used two identical saxophones: two altos, two tenors, etc. Here, the focus is on two different instruments, but pitched in the same key: E flat. Even though the registers are different, there remains a similarity in the timbre of the E-flat saxophones.

Deuce 6 features modern harmonic language, intricate rhythmic interactions, and a few modern saxophone performance techniques - including altissimo in both parts, bisbigliando (trimbral trills), slap-tonguing, and multiphonics (fingerings provided in score).