Part 2 - Passacaglia Dahl Concerto for Alto Saxophone

[saxmanclay]

Awesome job man!

[Eaglesax1]

holy shit that altissimo is nuts man

[shnimmuc]

Thre is some nice playing here. This a terrible dated work without one first rate idea. The soloist should look into the Cummings Sop.Sax Concerto or the Torke Concerto.

[joethemusician]

i think the soloist made the right decision by playing this.

[KentuckyKid84]

How is the Dahl terrible and dated? The sonorities still work well, the planning is great, and it's still a great challenge to play.

What I also like is the different choices one can make as far as when to play in the altissimo and when not. The last page of this movement, for example. Do you start off in the altissimo to bring out the isolation of the soloist after the massive section just before it? Or do you play in the lower octave as a type of release?

[saxophoney]

Beautiful, delicate altissimo. Bravo.

[saxfredda]

Nice play and good altissimo, but you should practice intonation. Remember that the sonority of the saxophone should be egal. Also in altissimo. You play far better than that sucker harvey pittel already;) haha. Good luck

[KentuckyKid84]

Honestly...no matter what you think of somebody as a performer, you shouldn't put that on this website.

[mort85]

I don't think he was saying he was a bad performer. Everyone can work on their intonation, and there a few intonation issues. This does not minimize the fine job that Mr. Hurlburt did, it just means he is human. A very fine performance of a very difficult piece.

[jzer21]

Wow! Sean has great control!