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

61 legato dotted quarter. Similar occurrences happen in measure 223 (legato dotted quarter in the clarinets) and measure 228 and 231 (legato notes in the trombones). It is also important that the marcato attacks are not so short that the harmony of the chord progression is lost. Figure 42. Concerto for Alto Saxophone 3 rd movement, measures 238-241. Marcato sfortzando attacks. The eighth note chords from the ensemble punctuate the screams and rips in the solo line. It can be difficult to maintain the intensity needed for the final forty measures of music,