James MacMillan
Intercession
for 3 Oboes (Saxophones)
James MacMillan
Intercession
for 3 Oboes (Saxophones)
- Instrumentation Oboe Trio
- Optional Instrumentation Saxophone Trio
- Composer James MacMillan
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Difficulty Level
- Edition Score
- Publisher Boosey & Hawkes
- Order no. BH80206
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Description:
The composer states that 'the piece begins with a slowly falling scale of seven notes, thrown from one player to another, repeated nine times and embellished with ornamental flurries which outline a gradually evolving harmonic pattern. The repetitive nature of the music is like a peal of bells or some other kind of evocation. Eventually the music breaks out of this cyclic inevitability and heads into a faster dance-like material which in turn develops its own ritualistic recurrences.'