Work
Le Labyrinthe : from 'Gouttes d'un Sang Etranger', version for alto/baritone saxophone and viola da gamba
by Felicity Wilcox (2014)
Score
Le Labyrinthe : from 'Gouttes d'un Sang Etranger', version for alto/baritone saxophone and viola da gamba / Felicity Wilcox and Marin Marais.
Library shelf no. 785.4412/WIL 4 [Available for loan]
Work Overview
This is a recomposition from the Suitte d'un Gout Etranger, composed by Marin Marais in 1717. It builds on his earlier work significantly, by borrowing phrases from it and transforming them with 21st c. techniques. This fragment stands alone as an individual piece or as Movt 7 in the long-form work Gouttes d'un Sang Etranger.
Work Details
Year: 2014
Instrumentation: Saxophone (baritone/alto), viola da gamba.
Duration: 9 min.
Difficulty: Advanced — Filigree and Baroque gestures. High register, extended techniques, microtones, multiphonics.
The composer notes the following styles, genres, influences, etc associated with this work:
Marin Marais Baroque, early music, recomposition, viola da gamba, saxophone, duet
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