Alphonse Leduc Concerto In Eb For Alto Saxophone And Piano

Alphonse Leduc

Concerto In Eb

For Alto Saxophone And Piano

Written In 1934 By Alexandre Glazounov (1865 1936), This Eb Concerto For Alto Saxophone Is A Fourteen Minute Piece Dedicated To Sigmud M. Rasher, A Famous Saxophonist And Soloist. Initially Composed For Saxophone And Strings, There Was No Mention Of A Second Composer, Even Though The 1936 Publication Adapted For Saxophone And Piano Mentioned The Name By André Petiot (1886 1976). The Concerto Starts With An Allegro Moderato In 4/4, Followed By An Andante Transition Mainly In C Flat Major At 3/4, And Ending On A Fugato In 12/8. The First Performance Of This Concerto In Public Occurred After The Death Of Its Author, In Paris. Alexandre Glazounov (1865 1936) Is A Famous Russian Romantic Composer. Considered As A Prodigy And Mentored By Belyayev, He Composed Ballets, Concertos, Symphonies And Later Became Director Of The Saint Petersburg Conservatory. He Had A Strong Influence On Stravinsky's And Shostakovich's Careers And Died Near Paris, In 1936. This Concerto Is A Classical Piece Of The Saxophone Romantic Repertoire.