THE MYTH OF THE PHOENIX

( For Saxophone solo )

Composer :

Ehsan Saboohi
Technical Notes :

Select and the change musical instrument ( S.A.T.B.) Saxophone

Between movements are to be taken freely by performers understanding of the
Narrative and formal structure of the movements.

Tehran/ March/ 2011

The Myth of the Phoenix

Primordial Images
Ehsan Saboohi
Tehran/marche/2011

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[27 sec.]

Enternal Now
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port.

Ben legato e contando

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Accelerando sin al fine.

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Battimento

Energico

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Vibrati il canto

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Ampolloso

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Escape Flights

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A tempo

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poco rit.
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[55 sec.]

Arousal

( Interpretation of folk song )

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Slap ton.

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[1 min.]

The departing sun

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[52 sec.]

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Duality
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semprelegato

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poco rit.

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"Any fire might contain a phoenix"

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A tempo

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[1 min. 15 sec.]

Agp

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breathing voice

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" Was ist der menschen , ein bild der Gottheit"

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[4 min. 33 sec.]