Pagan Dances for Saxophone Quartet - Score Video

This piece is a suite of seven movements, composed by Steve Winstead. Dark and quirky, lots of fun to play! Performance by the Capital University saxophone quartet.
0:00 Pagan Waltz
1:45 Pagan Chant
3:53 Pagan Cakewalk
5:02 Pagan Scherzo
6:46 Pagan Ballad
9:33 Pagan Tarantella
11:03 Pagan Rondo
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[@smooth_jazz8877]

As a saxophone teacher I would love to work with this group to elevate the piece to the next level. Lovely performance and excellent writing

[@twanswagtencomposer]

Humoristic and very cool piece!

[@linousheee5843]

thanks!

[@russsian1582]

I performed this with my sax quartet

[@sigmasquaredmusic]

That’s awesome, how was your performance?

[@russsian1582]

@@sigmasquaredmusic it went very well

[@edp9863]

This is the greatest saxophone quartet I have ever heard

[@sigmasquaredmusic]

What a compliment, thanks for listening!

[@themosterstoster7587]

pagan ballad sounds strikingly similar to the 1st movement of philip glass' saxophone quartet

[@sigmasquaredmusic]

I loved that piece when I discovered it in college. It definitely influenced this one.

[@bassclarineric6173]

Can you arrange this for clarinet quartet please?

[@sigmasquaredmusic]

I already did! You can find it on my website here: sigmasquaredmusic.com/products/pagan-dances-clarinet-quartet

[@henryportilla6300]

Estoy iniciando mi cuarteto, alguien que me pase las partituras?

[@sigmasquaredmusic]

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[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

You would love the suite from fetus du Pour du village saxophone. Its in french and that's all I can remember of the name, I'll link you to the pieces. They are all gorgeous, much like your work here, that 3/4 feels so unsure of being a 3/4 I love it.
ua-cam.com/video/S9vKLOZvUAM/v-deo.html

[@sigmasquaredmusic]

I agree, great piece, reminds me of a solo saxophone work by Jeanjean that I played in college. Thanks for sharing!

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

@@sigmasquaredmusic haha, well little did you know, that is JeanJean! Took me 2 years to find the piece, trying to remember the french title. I've seen so many pictures of french villages that I became an architect before I finally found the piece.

[@jacobbass6437]

Umm why refer to this as pagan? Does it reference pagan cultures in anyway? Does it just use the word pagan because it commodifies the word.

[@sigmasquaredmusic]

I studied pagan religions a lot when I was younger. This suite is how I envisioned their dances would have sounded.

[@pikachuchujelly7628]

Which kind of pagan culture? Greek? Roman? Norse?

[@sigmasquaredmusic]

Greek.