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Stephen Yates - Il Baco |
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Stephen Yates - Il Baco for Soprano
Saxophone and Piano (1997) |
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Il Baco
was written for Jason Xanthoudakis in 1997. |
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The structure of
the piece was dictated, to a certain extent, by a non-musical program
and some |
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pictorial elements
are present, the piece can be looked upon as an instrumental drama
‘deprived of |
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the resource of
words’, to quote Hector Berlioz. There are two main ideas or
characters, the first |
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portraying ‘a
bird’ (saxophone) and ‘the worm’ (piano). |
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Beginning
innocently enough with the saxophone greeting the ‘early morning sun’
with a series of rising |
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scale passages,
the bird contemplates breakfast. The obvious happens of course and
after a |
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somewhat turbulent
‘chase’ sequence a third character appears which threatens both
protagonists. |
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It’s identity is
revealed during the saxophone cadenza. |
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The piece ends
with a much chastened bird returning to it’s nest, the worm safely
underground and the |
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audience left to
find a moral to fit the fable. It could be................that
if you really must go down to the |
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woods today, or
any other day, remember to bring a harpoon with you for you might get a
nasty |
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surprise! |
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Programme Notes by
Stephen Yates |
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Il Baco by Stephen Yates was
premiered on the 4th of November 1999 at the Sydney Conservatorium |
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of Music with Jason Xanthoudakis -
Soprano Saxophone and Clemens Leske - Piano. Since the |
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premier of this work it has become
one of the most frequently performed pieces in Jason's repertoire. |