Alto Saxophone and Piano
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To duality, Vanessa Sielert, saxophone and Catherine Anderson, piano
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Premi ered i n 2022 by t he commi ssi oni ng art i st s Vanessa Si el ert and Cat heri ne Anderson Approxi mat e durat i on of t he work (vari es great l y): 8- 10 mi n
Who am I?
For many, t hi s can be l i fe' s defi ni ng quest i on and seeki ng i t s answer i s t he ul t i mat e
quest . For me, part of t hi s quest i on' s beaut y i s si mpl e and rat her obvi ous, woven i nt o i t s i nherent i ndi vi dual i st i c nat ure: everyone i s uni que so everyone' s answer wi l l be uni que.
More i nt erest i ng t o me, t hough, i s t hat how everyone responds and react s t o t hi s quest i on i s j ust as uni que. On t he ext reme ends, some are abl e t o answer t hi s quest i on about t hemsel ves confi dent l y, whi l e ot hers nearl y experi ence anxi et y- i nduced paral ysi s j ust t hi nki ng about i t .
And more begui l i ng i s t hat each i ndi vi dual mi ght answer t hi s quest i on di fferent l y for t hemsel ves at any gi ven poi nt i n t i me - whet her across t he years or wi t hi n t he same day. When st eppi ng back and recogni zi ng t hi s, t he expl orat i on of t he quest i on becomes more i mport ant t han t he answer. . . and i n many ways, i t i s t he answer. For me (and I suspect for most peopl e), " Who am I ?" i s unanswerabl e i n a fi ni t e sense, and t hi s pi ece of musi c doesn' t set out t o answer t he quest i on but rat her cel ebrat e t he beaut y embedded wi t hi n i t s pursui t .
Thi s work was wri t t en wi t h t he i nt ent i on of a j oi nt expl orat i on and col l aborat i on bet ween performers. There are a number of ' X' t i me si gnat ure sect i ons whi ch can si mpl y be i nt erpret ed as " free" . Revi ewi ng t he pri nt ed pi ano part wi l l provi de j ust one i nt erpret at i on of how each part mi ght l i ne up wi t h one anot her, and t he performers are encouraged t o t rul y approach t he musi c freel y i n every manner. Even out si de of t hese " free" sect i ons, performers shoul d experi ment and make t he musi c (and perhaps even each performance) t hei r own. Thi s may i ncl ude al t erat i ons t o t empo, dynami cs, and phrasi ng, or i t may i ncl ude more subst ant i al embel l i shment s.
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opt repeat / vamp ; play as written or ad lib (Db Lydian)
stay underneath piano, consider facing away from audience, emerging by 'L'
opt. repeat/vamp; play as written or ad lib (E Lydian)
ad lib Ab maj (dissonances outside of Ab maj OK too!); when moving on, hold final note (opt 8va or other note altogether) and cue piano in time
R.H. play in any octave (or omit) on each repeat opt. ad lib (carefully alongside sax)