Barren Rhapsodies

For soprano saxophone and chamber orchestra (also available in 2-piano reduction)
Length: 7:15
Difficulty rating (1-5): 5 (solo part)/4 (orchestra)

• Listen to a performance by Steven Mauk, soprano saxophone, on Soundcloud.
• View a PDF score excerpt of the orchestral score
• View a PDF score excerpt of the 2-piano reduction
• Purchase, request full review copy or more information, etc.
• Orchestral score: $5; Set of orchestral parts: $20; 2-piano reduction and sax part: $5 (for reproduction rights; additional charge for hard copies)

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Steven Mauk of Ithaca College premiered the two-piano version of Barren Rhapsodies at the North American Saxophone Alliance conference in Tucson. It’s a passionate work about the perils and heartache of unrequited—the ultimately fruitless excesses of joy and woe to which the would-be lover can drive himself.