Flagello | Burning Day (saxophone)

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Gala Flagello Burning Day

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for alto saxophone duo 2019

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Program Note

Burning Day (2019), written for saxophonist Giovanna Virgil, is a piece about the life cycle of a phoenix. e work does not trace the mythological creature’s death and rebirth exactly, but rather explores the idea that the phoenix symbolizes both destruction and renewal. ere is something really poignant about a grand and beautiful animal bursting into ame and becoming a grey and papery ash, a feeling that humans experience as we move through diﬀerent stages of life, both ones that build us up to our highest potential and those that feel like the end. In the latter case, we look to nd how we may be reborn from our own ashes.

Duration: c. 6:30

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