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Lansing McLoskey:
Works for Saxophone “The music is arresting and compelling… the writing ingenious and brilliant, challenging yet well written for the saxophone, and with a clear intensity throughout.” –
Paul Cohen, President, To The Fore Publishers
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“OK-OK
is
a delightful
addition to the saxophone quartet library so definitely make time to
hear it. It is easily worth it.” –
Paul Wagner, Saxophone
Journal
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SAX QUARTETS:
OK-OK
(2006)
9 minutes
[saxophone quartet]
Commissioned by The Fromm Foundation for The Radnofsky Quartet
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Recording: The Frost
Saxophone Quartet (from the Sixth
Species CD, Albany Records)
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SIKURTAWA
(2015)
5 minutes
[saxophone quartet]
Written for TAWA Sax (Lima, Peru)
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Premiered
by Dale Underwood and The Frost Sax Quartet at the 2016 International
Saxophone Symposium.
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“McLoskey’s musical interests have evolved from being a guitarist and songwriter for punk rock bands to a composer of some of the most unique and engaging contemporary music written today. … Upon hearing [his work] saxophonists will probably be awaiting future compositions from this fine composer. The
music challenges both the performers and the listeners with its
creative
distribution of the
solo throughout four voices and time.
This
fine recording will hopefully lead to
future performances
by other quartets interested in integrating jazz into classical or
contemporary saxophone
programs.” –
Benjamin Faris. The
Saxophone Symposium
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CHAMBER WORKS WITH SAXOPHONE:
PROCESSIONE
DI LACRIME (2009) 7 minutes
[alto
sax, vln, vla, cello]
Written for saxophonist Philipp A. Stäudlin as part of
the Dance Suite Project with Composers in Red Sneakers and Dal Suono
Sommerso (Rome, Italy).
Winner, the 2009 "Music Now" Composition Competition
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Recording: From the Specific Gravity CD, Albany
Records.
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“I
love the movement back and forth between relative dissonances to
consonances [in Quartettrope]…
I love the sound of the piece as just a listener. But as I read through
the score, I realize how clean and pure the whole thing is; and how
wonderfully organized the form is. Really,
really
beautiful! [McLoskey] definitely deserve to get his share of
fame
one day.” –
John Perkins, founder of the afterPostModern
contemporary music blog
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QUARTETTROPE
(2008)
14 minutes
[clarinet, tenor sax, violin,
piano]
(same instrumentation at Webern's Quartett, op.22, and is played inside
the Webern
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Written for The Ibis Camerata
Premiered by Mimesis Ensemble. Recorded by the Stony Brook Contemporary
Chamber Players.
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I. Sehr
maessig (Webern - McLoskey)
II. Etwas langsam (McLoskey - Webern)
BLUR
(2009,
rev. 2011)
12 1/2 minutes
[alto sax & clarinet, with optional
video]
Commissioned for
Dinosaur Annex Ensemble; originally for Basset horn and clarinet,
arranged for alto sax and clarinet for the 2011 soundSCAPE Festival in
Italy.
May be performed with or without the video by award-winning
artist/filmmaker Rita Blitt
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Recording: Jan Berry Baker, sax; Kenneth Long,
clarinet (from the Citizens
of Nowhere CD, Albany Records)
Video w/music can be seen here (Note: the audio on the video
is the version for Basset horn and clarinet):
SPECIFIC
GRAVITY: 2.72
(2012) 12 minutes
[flute,
clarinet, alto sax, violin, cello, percussion]
Commissioned by the newEar Ensemble for their 20th
Anniversary Season.
Winner, the 2014 Red Note Festival Composition Competition.
I. Hardness: 7.5-8
II. November Graveyard
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Recording: The newEar Ensemble; Steven
Davis, conductor (from the Specific
Gravity CD, Albany Records).
WHIRL
(2015)
5 minutes
[alto sax & clarinet]
Commissioned by the Silver Duo (Nathan Mensink, sax; Derek
Smith, clarinet)
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Live premiere recording, Silver Duo, 2015 World
Saxophone Congress, Strasbourg, France, July 9, 2015.
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"Smart,
compelling and fascinating music that gives strong hints of a punk-band
past.…a
chaotic collision of exuberant populist
style with a bluesy edge and
infectious punch." —
Lawrence A. Johnson, Gramophone
Magazine. (review
of Lansing's CD Sixth
Species in
the annual Awards Issue, Oct. 2008)
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