Continuing my series of chamber works from the last few years that I’ve only recorded recently… This week a double feature of two short and quirky saxophone duets: “Stasis, foreboding”, and “Phantom Chorale”.
Both pieces are orchestrated very differently but work as short, quirky interludes. ‘Stasis Foreboding’, for any two similar woodwinds, was originally premiered by Emma Di Marco (saxophone) and Annie Larsen (clarinet) and is a brief exploration of a particular melodic and harmonic structure, and spatialised hocketing. Phantom chorale for any saxophones creates a slowly morphing texture of multiphonic sounds, again, very spatialised.
ANDREW BALL 