Branches

By Raymond J. Horvat

For Saxophone Quartet

Score Video: https://youtu.be/U0hoUk3ybSM

Branches is a fast and exciting work written for saxophone quartet. It was written in honor of the nature and the National Parks of the United States. It was inspired by looking at the branches of trees. Branches is meant to evoke a sense of deep growth, and the spreading of roots and limbs. The broken intro soon evolves into long soaring notes that overtake one another as the piece develops. Each line branches off from the other lines as they separate their growth slows, and then the cycle repeats. As the piece develops the branches get more distant from each other both in register and tonally. All throughout the soaring, deep growth them keeps coming back around. The piece ends and the branches end up back together and keep growing ever faster, and louder until the climactic ending.

Orchestration: Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, and Baritone Saxophone

Difficulty: Advanced

Product cost: $30.00