4 A.M.

for alto saxophone & Jazz orchestra (2022)

Due to the pandemic, 4 a.m. had to be recorded remotely and separately, with every player recording his/her part in their own studio set-up. When all parts were performed satisfactorily, they had to be jigsawed together into what you now hear.

Time: 7:19

Instrumentation

Woodwinds:
2 flutes (2nd doubles on piccolo)
2 oboes
2 clarinets in Bb
alto saxophone
2 bassoons

Brass:
3 French horns in F
trumpet 1 in Bb
trumpet 2 in Bb [cup mute and plunger, begin open]
trumpet 3 in Bb [Harmon mute (no stem), begin open]
trumpet 4 in Bb
trombone 1 [straight mute, begins open]
trombone 2 [straight mute, begins open]
trombone 3 (Bass)
tuba

Percussion:
Percussion 1 [Orchestra Bells (hard plastic and medium-soft mallets), Tympani (4)]
Percussion 2 [Drum set with sticks and brushes]
Percussion 3 [Vibraphone 2 soft & 2 regular mallets, Suspended cymbal (2 medium mallets), Woodblocks (high/ low), Bass drum, Triangle]
Acoustic piano

Strings:
first violins
second violins
violas
cellos
double basses [alternates between solo & tutti]