As long as you have been playing in a wind orchestra in Japan, you have probably played “Alfred Reed's works” at least once.
This piece is one such work that is still performed more than 40 years after its composition in 1980.
This piece was inspired by the poem “Atlanta in Calydon” by the English poet Swinburne. The music attempts to express “exuberant youthful gaiety” and “the sweetness of tender love".It was commissioned and dedicated by the John L. Forster Secondary School Symphonic Band of Windsor, Ontario, Canada, and its director, Gerald A.N. Brown.
■Arrangement Details(explanation：Eiji Umeda)
This is a saxophone quartet arrangement of an overture for wind orchestra by Alfred Reed, who is also known as the god of wind orchestra.
Dr. Reed's works are characterized by music that intertwines with multiple voices, and I have arranged this piece so that it can be easily played on saxophone while retaining as much of its quality as possible.
