Esa Pietilä
Blazing Flames
for tenor saxophone and string quartet
Esa Pietilä
Blazing Flames
for tenor saxophone and string quartet
- Instrumentation Tenor Saxophone, 2 Violins, Viola and Cello
- Composer Esa Pietilä
- Edition Score and Parts
- Publisher Fennica Gehrman
- Order no. MDS-F11979
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Description:
Esa Pietilä's Blazing Flames for tenor saxophone and string quartet (2018) is a 28-minute-long journey with rapids and backwaters. His interest of combining improvisation and composed music makes the quintet makes the music live in the moment: not only the saxophonist but also the string players create environments, questions and answers not all written down. Esa Pietilä (b. 1964) is a well-known saxophonist operating with different musical genres in a creative way that recognizes no stylistic borders. As a composer, he has broadened the image of contemporary music with jazz. Pietilä's compositions include often a mixed combination of instruments and styles incorporating also a saxophone soloist. His aim has been to create new repertoire for the tenor saxophone - his own instrument.