Glazunov - Saxophone Concerto

Al ex anderGl az unov( 1 86 519 36 ) Conc er t oi nEfl atf orAl t oSax o phoneandSt r i ngs Th e Ru s s i a nc o mp mp os e rAl e x a nd erGl a z un ovs t u di e dc o mp mp os i t i o nu nd ert h ed i r e c t i o no fNi k o l a iRi ms k y Ko r s a k o va nd we nto nt ob ec o me meo neo ft h emo s tma j o rRu s s i a nc o mp mp os e r soft h en i n et e en t hc e nt u r y ,t o ur i n ge x t e ns i v e l yt h r o ug ho ut Eu r o pe . Het a ug hta tt h eSt .Pe t e r s b ur gSc ho olo fMu si can dl a t e rb e ca me mei t sdi r e ct o ri n19 05 . Byt h i st i mehewa sa t t h eh ei g hto fh i sc r e at i v ep o we r sp r o d uc i n gs o me me o fh i sb es two r k s ,s u c ha st h e Ei g h t h Sy mp mp ho n ya nd t h e Vi o l i n Conc er t o.Thi swasal s ot het i meo fh i sgr eat es ti nt e r n at i onalac c l ai m.Hec onduc t edt h el as toft heRus s i anHi s t or i c al Co nc e r t si nPa r i son1 7Ma y1 90 7a ndr e c ei v e dh on or a r yDo c t o ro fMu s i cde gr e esf r o mt h eu ni v e r s i t i e so fOx f o r da nd Ca mb mb r i d ge .T he r ewe r ea l s oc y c l e so fa l l Gl a z un ovc o nc e r t si nSa i n tP et e r s b ur ga ndMo s c ow t oc e l e br a t eh i s2 5t h a nn i v e r s ar ya sac omp os er .I n1 92 8,Gl a zu no vl e f tRu ss i af o re t e r n i t y ,t o ur i n gEu r o pea ndt h eUn i t e dSt at e sa ndfi na l l y s et t l i ngi nPar i s . I n1 93 4,h ec omp os edh i sl a s tma j o rwo r ke nt i t l e dCo orc l as si c als ax ophoni s tSi gur d nc e r t oi nEbf o rAl t oSa x o ph on e,f Ra s c he r .Th e Co nc e r t oi sa r h ap s od i cs i n gl e mo v e m me e ntwo r ki n f u s ed wi t he l e me me nt so ff o l kmu s i c .I nt h i st we nt i e t h c e nt u r y wo r k ,Gl a z un ovs t r i c t l ya v o i d ed c o nt e mp mp or a r yat o na lf o r mss u c ha ss e r i a l i s m, m,mi n i ma l i s m, m,a n do t h erNo nWest er ni di oms ms.I nst ead Gl azunov used har moni es and or name ment at i on t hatar e adapt ed t or oma mant i c musi c and mo du l a t e dt oc l o se l yr e l a t e dk e y sa ndr e mo mo t ek e y s ,c r e at i n gn ew t o na lc ent e r s .Ch r o ma ma t i c i s m, m,d yn ami c s ,v a r i a t i o nso f ar t i c ul at i o ns ,a ndv ar i a t i o nsi nt empot ak epl ac et hr o ughoutt hi sc ompos i t i onbuti tmai nt ai nsav er yr omant i cout l ook s epar at eds t y l i s t i c al l yandaes t he t i c al l yf r om o t hermus i coft het i me. Fr om i t sex pans i v eopeni ngt hec onc er t omo v es t hr o ug ht e nd ermi d dl es ec t i o nb ef o r ec ul mi n at i n gi na ne x t e nd edf u ga lfi na l e ,wh i c hd r a wst h ewo r kt oac l o se . Th eCo nc e r t oi nEbwa sGl a z u no v ’ sl a s tma j o rwo r kb ef o r ehep a s s edawa yo nMa r c h2 1 ,1 93 6i nPa r i s .Be c a us eofh i s c o mp mp os i t i o na ls t y l et h ea nn ou nc e me me nto fh i sde at hs h oc k e dma ny .Th eyh adl o ngas s o c i a t e dGl a z un ovwi t ht h emu s i co f t h ep as tr a t h ert h ano ft h ep r e se nt ,s ot h eyt h ou gh th eh adal r e ad yb ee nd ea df o rma nyy e ar s .