for saxophone quartet

**Selected as a Runner-Up in the Sinta Quartet's 2020 Composition Competition**

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Scenes Unseen is an eclectic and energetic piece for saxophone quartet cast in three movements.

 

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The first, "...dancing on edge", begins with an upbeat ostinato that is soon joined by the rest of the ensemble in a lively scherzo based on six-

and eight-note scales.

 

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Movement two, "...last light", is much calmer in its simple, reflective solo lines before the group comes together for a powerful tutti statement of

the opening melody as a chorale.

 

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The third movement, "...the ocean drowns", is a high-speed whirlwind of a finale, with brilliant technical flourishes and mixed meter passages that call back to the first movement. Each player is then put on display as an individual in a series of cadenzas before blazing through to the end in a virtuosic coda.