Polar Vortex for Saxophone Quartet - Chris Evan Hass, performed by the Sinta Quartet
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- A perusal score video for my first piece for saxophone quartet, Polar Vortex, using the recording from the premiere performance of the piece by the Sinta Quartet at their 2016 New Music Concert.
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Program Notes:
Polar Vortex for Saxophone Quartet is a two movement work with loose programmatic ties to a winter storm in Michigan in 2014. The piece follows the timeline of that winter, beginning with optimism and peacefulness at the first snowfall that quickly leads to chaos and mayhem in the heart of the storm
The first movement, Snowfall, finds its mood through slow moving melodic and textural figures directly mimicking a short flurry of snow. Modulations provide interest to an otherwise calm and stable piece.
The second movement, Bloodthirsty Blizzard, heavily contrasts this first movement. With a much faster tempo, intense and jagged rhythmic activity, and a ubiquitous use of subito dynamic changes, this movement depicts the heart of the storm, or the polar vortex itself. The whole movement aggressively and constantly modulates throughout different keys and expands upon motivic material from the very beginning. A huge emphasis is on the octatonic, or diminished, scale and the work extends this emphasis by outlining a diminished chord through tonal centers of each major section.
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Thank you for listening to the Sinta Quartet's beautiful performance of my composition 'Polar Vortex'! More information and payment links can be found on my website:
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Y'know I have never seen saxophone quartet pieces this interesting. I've gotten very obsessed with your pieces lately, they're amazing.
Hey, I really appreciate it! I’m glad my music has resonated with you!
if you like this, you should listen to “the contraption” i’ve been obsessed with it for months now.
@@eternalohmen5440 same lol
@@eternalohmen5440 wish the composer's website was still up so I could buy it
I love the bari part for this it’s very challenging and very hard to master the triplets but very fun to play once you get it down
As a low brass player myself, I've always loved the bari sax! Wanted to make sure I give them a good part in this.
We studied this piece in my Chamber Literature class. I keep coming back to listen, this is such an awesome piece!!!
That's amazing! I'm glad you enjoyed the piece!
this is the best thing i've seen within the past week other than a little girl riding a dirt bike at my local park
this actually goes hard
The second movement reminds me of Strange Humors by John Mackey, which is a favorite of mine.
Absolutely gorgeous. Thank you
This is one of my favorite pieces I've heard.
ah. My new quartet piece that ive decided I'm playing. very cool
How did it go?
This is my all-time favorite quartet piece for any instrument!!
That’s amazing! Thank you so much!
Just performed this with my UWEC quartet, it was amazing, I'd be super curious to see a 3rd movement combining the two elements of winter, into perhaps winter driving. Such a fun piece to prepare and play!
I just found this piece and everyday i jjst have to listen to it. Amazing job
Wow that’s incredible, I appreciate it! I hope you won’t get too sick of the piece! 😜
@@cehass11I don't think it's possible to get tired of it! Snowfall especially was and still is very calming to play.
Wow, I was tearing up at the end of the first movement. You are such an inspiration, and I hope I can make compose such amazing things like this someday!
That means so much to me!! I'm glad this piece spoke to you in such a significant way. My go to advice for composers is to follow your intuition and write the music that you feel passionately about, so I think your emotional connection to music will take you a long way!
Im going to play this in my ensemble next year
How interesting of a piece for a saxophone quartet! I love it!
great piece
When all the four parts are simultaneously played it gives the effect of playing duplication of same copy of melody on both of the hands with addition of two more keys in between on foot-pumped harmonium. But when one part is played and the other three parts are silent the voice of individual instrument (saxophone) is clearly understandable.
I love the alto part in mt.1
Sounds great, and beautifully engraved!
This is really beautiful!
Thank you!!
I love the second movement! I do think that a piece with low brass instruments like the trombone and euphonium would sound great in a style like that! This music all together is amazing keep up the great work 👍🏻
Sorry, just saw this! I like the idea though. I’m a trombonist myself, so I always like writing for low brass. The second movement would be a bit too technical for trombone though.
There's a piece called Ricohet. It's a similar style
I discovered this piece on accident and I’m glad I did. It’s a really great piece and I might perform it for our talent show if you don’t mind
Move over Haas, Hass is here
Thank you for the bari sax part for this
oh this is just awesome, i love the second movement soooo much
I love this! Great piece!
II. Bloodthirsty Blizzard 4:25
Fantastic piece
I BOUGHT IT!!!
I APPRECIATE IT!
Idk why but the second movement gives me very much asphalt cocktail vibes
I’m a huge John Mackey fan, so that tracks!
@@cehass11 Haha very understandable
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Amazing stuff, Chris. I listened to another of your sax quartets last night (Contraption), and I’m thoroughly impressed with your writing. This will by no means be the definitive recording of this piece, but it’s a great start.
Agree this piece is amazing. Contraption is by another composer though - also one of my favourites!
@@Nick-ag397di love the contraption too!! i really want to play it with some friends, but i cannot for the life of me figure out how to buy the music.
@@hannahherrmann4921Murphy music press!
That first melody is almost I’ll Remember April
Bravo!!!
love this!!!!
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
I practiced this way too much... I need a harder quartet piece to learn!!!
How is this man so good at composing music? Also, I play tenor and alto, so I’m learning both parts rn, as well as the soprano part on alto.
I wanna play this so bad but I don’t think all of my quartet can play that second movement (I’m in high school and mained bari for a while but this year my director switched me to first alto, double on sop for some songs)
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I love your pieces! Please, keep going. Dont' you have instagram? I would love to chat with you or follow you.
I appreciate it! Yep, I'm on Instagram at instagram.com/chrisevanhass
Wonderful work, our quartet will definitely play it (if you don't mind :) )
Of course not! You can order the music through Murphy Music Press. Let me know how it goes!
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Great,thank you! I hope that others will like your work as much as i do!
I appreciate it!
Strange is the tag. But the video is very very good
indeed strange
5 times world record 👍
Man, we played this and boy was it a challenge….. I’m a freshman in high school and I played the alto part😭. We competed and got second place in our region.
Oh yeah, it’s a beast especially if you include the second movement. Congratulations though!!
We are going to this piece for our ensemble but we can not do the full 9 minutes. Will it be plagiarizing if we only do half of it and make our own ending so it’s not 9 minutes?
Glad you're wanting to perform the piece! Since it's in two movements (each about 5 minutes), you could just pick one of the two movements to perform to be under the time limit. But feel free to make any cuts you see fit if needed.
0:51 does it go from d flat major to d flat minor? or maybe b double flat major? my music theory knowledge isn’t the best
I want tha sheet music omg
Thank you! The music is available for purchase through Murphy Music Press:
www.murphymusicpress.com/products/q-132
would you ever do perusal score for volcanic ash?
I’ve been meaning to, but the notation is a mess so I need to put some work in first.
@@cehass11 oh gotcha, can't wait to see it
What grade would you consider this piece
The first movement is around a grade 4, the second is either a 5 or a 6.
@@cehass11 thank you
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is there an alto 1 alto 2 tenor and bari arrangement of this?
Not an official one, but I had a quartet ask for an AATB transcription so I can send that to you if needed. I didn't adjust the ranges at all though so the first alto part is high throughout.
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The performance was lacking some musicality at some points by the quartet, but overall very nice!
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