The original version of this music was commissioned, premiered and recorded by the UK-based ensemble, the Aquarelle Guitar Quartet.<\/p>\n
From the eight short movements the composer has taken four and arranged them for flute, tenor saxophone, and harp, which prior to publishing have been performed extensively by the Caliente Trio (Clare Southworth \u2013 flute, Lauren Scott \u2013 harp, and Andy Scott – saxophone).<\/p>\n
The four movements are:
\n“Easy” \u2013 which refers to the American big band term, meaning relaxed, with groove. The flute and tenor sax interact over the rhythmic and harmonic foundations of the harp.
\n“Line” \u2013 brief and virtuosic interplay between flute and tenor sax, with sparse and abrupt additions from the harp.
\n“Film” \u2013 an evocative and gentle piece, with a simply-stated melody.
\n“Big!” \u2013 the title refers to the soundworld that is created, a full sound that is Spanish-influenced, with varying time signatures and intricate ensemble.<\/p>\n
These four movements seemed to be obvious choices to arrange from the original guitar quartet work. Musically I could hear them adapting to flute, tenor saxophone and harp, and I felt that they would work in that order, creating a sense of journey during the course of nine minutes.<\/p>\n
I would encourage everyone to listen to the fine recording of the original pieces, on the CD \u2018Dances\u2019 by the Aquarelle Guitar Quartet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Aquarelle<\/em>, an original work by Andy Scott for pedal harp, flute, and tenor saxophone, is in four short movements. A sense of journey is created as the style ranges from a relaxed groove, to virtuosic interplay, to gentle and melodic, and finally to a Spanish-influenced, full sound. Scroll down for more notes from the composer.<\/p>\n This piece is available as a PDF download for $24.00<\/strong> (includes score and individual parts).<\/p>\n Length<\/em>: score is 20 pgs.; parts are 7-10 pgs.<\/p>\n Duration<\/em>: 9:00<\/p>\n Note<\/em>: This piece is formatted for A4 paper size. Use the settings in your printer dialog box to get the best fit for your paper size.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":43485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[1192],"product_tag":[481],"class_list":["post-43484","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-andy-scott","product_tag-harp-and-others","pa_artist-scott-andy","pa_composer-scott-andy","pa_genre-contemporary","pa_genre-original","pa_harp-type-harp-pedals","pa_instrumentation-harp-flute-and-tenor-saxophone","pa_level-advanced","pa_nationality-north-american","pa_publisher-astute-music","first","instock","downloadable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"exclude_global_add_ons":[],"addons":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/43484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43484"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=43484"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=43484"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=43484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}