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Summer Triangle for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble
Composers:- Nishimura, Yukiko
Duration: 14
Description:
Well-known Japanese saxophonist, Mr. Masato Kumoi, commissioned this work after hearing the composer’s piece āStar Ship,ā asking that she write something new for solo alto saxophone and band that included the same main theme. According to Wikipedia, a summer triangle is an āastronomical asterism involving an imaginary triangle drawn on the northern hemisphereās celestial sphere, with its defining vertices at Altair, Deneb and Vega, the brightest stars in the three constellations of Aquila, Cygnus and Lyra, respectively.ā The movement titles represent each of these stars, 1. Aquila, 2. Lyra (Star Ship) and 3. Cygnus.