A Conductor’s and Performer’s Guide to Steven Bryant’s Concerto for Alto Saxophone - Chester Jenkins

55 Figure 39. Concerto for Alto Saxophone 1 st movement, measures 233-235. Hum/growl effect called for on measure 235 in clarinets and saxophones. Movement II At the beginning of the 2 nd movement, Bryant gives a metronome marking of quarter = 90 or half-note = 45. The marking of 45 beats per minute shows the pulse of the movement. This is promoted by the repeated Bb half-notes in the piano part, only once interrupted by one whole note, for the first 68 measures of the work. While that pulse is