Saxophone Quartet

Arrangement for saxophone quartet of Wolfe's Quartet for flute, alto saxophone, bassoon and cello
by Ellis Hendriksen of the El Bimaci Saxophone Quartet.
    1. Fast and syncopated, then steady
    2. Andante
    3. Minimal movement
    4. Waltz
    5. Brisk but unhurried

close up of saxophone


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I don't have a recording of this saxophone quartet arrangement. However, there is a nice performance of the original (for flute, sax, bassoon and cello) on Youtube.
About the composer. Joe Wolfe started writing music in the seventies and has since written sporadically for jazz and fusion groups, including incidental music for plays and films. He has written several orchestral works, including a jazz-flavoured trumpet concerto, originally for Anthony Henrichs of the Sydney Symphony. Circle of Fourths is an orchestral overture about the circle. "The Stairway Suite" is a set of orchestral variations on the pop song "Stairway to Heaven" in the styles of Schubert, Holst, Glen Miller, Mahler, Bizet and Beethoven; "Sydney Sketches" is a set of tone poems, each of which is based in different Sydney location at a different time of day.; "Conjunction" which is an 'interactive introduction to the orchestra', written for orchestra and primary school choir; and an "overture" to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the UNSW Orchestra. (mp3 files available)

Joe Wolfe / J.Wolfe@unsw.edu.au

Introduction to saxophone acoustics.