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Elementum

Vincent DAVID

Commande du quatuor Habanera en 2020.

Les quatre éléments (eau, terre, air, feu) sont la source d’inspiration de ce quatuor de saxophones et sont représentés en quatre mouvements.

L’exécution doit se faire sans pause entre chaque mouvement ou inter-mouvement.

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Details

Instrument family Saxophone
Catalog classifications 4 saxophones (quartet)
Instrument nomenclature quatuor de saxophones
Total duration 00:25:00
Publisher Éditions Billaudot
Cotage GB10209
Total number of pages 144
Languages French, English
Cycle / Level concert
Musical style Contemporary
Directory type Original work(s)
Copyright year 2025
EAN code 9790043102090
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Description

Commissioned by the Habanera Quartet in 2020, the four elements (water, earth, air, fire) are the source of inspiration for this saxophone quartet and are represented in four movements:

• Source
• Crystal

• Helium

• Igneous

The symbol of the title of the first movement, in reference to water, sets out the main idea and develops a music that takes its source in its first gestures and the moment from which the entire quartet will flow. Water is the source of life and also that of the musical material.

A quintuplet gesture structures the entire piece and is transformed by the elements, as in “Helium” where it appears tinged with breath.

Even though each movement develops an element, many motifs are found, transformed and run through the entire piece. Like an organic structure that changes state, passing from water to solidification, sublimation and finally to fire.

The execution must be done without pause between each movement or inter-movement.


Sponsor
Quatuor Habanera
Creative note
Premiere on January 2023, at the Washington International Saxophone Symposium (USA) by the Habanera Quartet