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

70 perform a smack tongue. This should be interpreted as a percussive articulation, where more tongue in used against the reed, resulting in an aggressive and dirty attack. This should not be interpreted as the more pizzicato-like slap tongue. Figure 49. Concerto for Alto Saxophone 1 st movement, measures 211-216. Measure 237 is one of several times that the soloist is given a little ‘mini-cadenza’ to perform. Care should be taken to consider the leading properties of notes within the line to determine appropriate phrasing. 59 Due to the mostly step-wise and chromatic movement of the line, the technique feels idiomatic to the horn, so care should be taken to consider the line and shape of the phrase, and not let the execution of the phrase take over. Beyond the improvisation sections already discussed earlier in this chapter, the second movement provides some additional challenges to consider. The passage at measure 88 can be stretched a bit, as almost another mini-cadenza as it rises to begin the sustained 59 Howard Gourwitz and Joe Lulloff, interview by author, Cincinnati, OH, March 11, 2018.