Instruments:

• 2 Bb Soprano Saxophones
• 2 Eb Alto Saxophones
• 2 Bb Tenor Saxophones
• 2 Eb Baritone Saxophones

Octet for Saxophones was written for a joint concert with the Aurelia Quartet from the Netherlands, commissioned by the Trouvere Quartet. It was composed in October 2000 and premiered in Amsterdam that December, followed by performances in Tokyo and Hiroshima.

The composition is **not for eight saxophones because of this background; it is written for two quartets (S.A.T.B)...