Ida Gotkovsky
Variations pathétiques
Listed in: Study (2020), Year 9, core repertoire
Reference companion · Ninth Year
Ninth Year
Researched, cited facts about the works, études and technique of this year. This page describes the literature; it is not the program's own teaching. For the year as the program sets it out, see The Saxophone Program.
Scales and technique, mapped to The Whole Horn
Requirements are quoted verbatim from the two program documents. The free app practices the twelve major scales up to two octaves; the full range and the other scale families are in the Full Studio (one-time purchase).1
| Requirement | Source | In The Whole Horn | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither document states a scale requirement for the Ninth Year. | C2C and Study 2020 (no line) | — | — |
Repertoire 6 works annotated
Ida Gotkovsky
Erwin Dressel
Partita
Listed in: Study (2020), Year 9, additional repertoire
Paul Hindemith
Konzertstück
Listed in: C2C (2024), Ninth-Year Licence repertoire
About
- Dedicated to Sigurd Raschèr (“Konzertstück für Zwei Altsaxophone, 1933”).5
Christian Lauba
Neuf études
Listed in: C2C (2024), Ninth-Year Licence repertoire
About
- Commissioned by Jean-Marie Londeix.6
- Nine titled études: Balafon, Savane, Sanza, Jungle, Tadj, Gyn, Vir, Ars, Bat.6
Demands
- Lauba’s saxophone writing uses slap tonguing, circular breathing, multiphonics and the altissimo register.6
Iannis Xenakis
XAS
Listed in: C2C (2024), Ninth-Year Licence repertoire
Philippe Hurel (b. 1955)8
Opcit
Listed in: C2C (2024), Ninth-Year Licence repertoire
About
- For tenor saxophone solo; first performed on 28 September 1984 in Montreal (World Music Days) by Claude Delangle.8
Notes
- Also listed for this year and annotated under the Eighth Year: Desenclos, Prélude, cadence et finale; Denisov, Sonata; Albright, Sonata; Berio, Sequenza IXb; Decruck, Sonate; Tomasi, Concerto. Under the Seventh Year: Glazunov, Milhaud, Schmitt, Martin, Dubois (Concerto).
Sources
- The Whole Horn web app (thewholehorn.com/play/), free and Full Studio contents
- en.wikipedia.org: Ida Gotkovsky
- en.wikipedia.org: Erwin Dressel
- en.wikipedia.org: List of compositions by Paul Hindemith
- en.wikipedia.org: Sigurd Raschèr
- en.wikipedia.org: Christian Lauba
- en.wikipedia.org: List of compositions by Iannis Xenakis
- brahms.ircam.fr: 9376