Bagatelles
Premiered at Wolf Trap, February 22, 2008
My long time broadcast partner in the radio series Center Stage from Wolftrap, Rich Kleinfeldt is also the tenor sax player with the Washington Saxophone Quartet, whose playing is known broadly from their hip harmonizations of NPR’s All Things Considered theme.
After four years of stalling I finally coughed up a piece for the Quartet, which they were kind enough to play beautifully.
The three movements, played without pause are:
- Antique Dance
- Ground Round
- Fast and Loose