Sarabande and Retaliation
for
Saxophone
Ensemble or Horn Choir
"Sarabande and
Retaliation"
begins with a tense, constricted, and passionate sarabande which
gradually builds up to a powerful climax but ends only with a partial
resolution.
The second movement is a response to the tension and constriction of
the sarabande: it is aggressive and not nearly as boxed in metrically
or harmonically .
"Sarabande and Retaliation" was composed for the Austin Saxophone
Ensemble