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LeFanu: In the Forests of the Night (2020)

The Megalopolis Saxophone Orchestra performs Nicola LeFanu's "In the Forests of the Night" October 10, 2021 Roulette Intermedium Brooklyn, NY "In the Forests of the Night" is a fantasia for saxophone orchestra, lasting about ten minutes. I love the saxophone for its combination of power and agility, strength and expressivity. The saxophone’s ability to unite these contrasting qualities led me to my title, which comes from William Blake: "Tiger tiger burning bright / In the forests of the night" My fantasia explores this potent sound world of light and dark, using the orchestra both as a massive tutti and in its smaller ensembles. The music’s energy is sometimes contained, rooted, sometimes extrovert and brilliant. The harmony is often enriched by microtones, and this is especially apparent in the lyrical solo lines that lead the music onward, like paths through a forest. The piece was composed for Andrew Steinberg and the Megalopolis Saxophone Orchestra, who commissioned it with colleagues from Fredonia College, Washington District, Musikhochschule Lübeck and the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. It is dedicated to the memory of John-Edward Kelly, virtuoso saxophonist, with whom I had the pleasure of working over many years, until his untimely death. Program Note by Nicola LeFanu Support Megalopolis today: https://www.themso.org/support The Megalopolis Saxophone Orchestra Andrew R. Steinberg, director Soprano Saxophone: Michael Hernandez Jacob Swanson Alto Saxophone: Thomas Giles Sean Mix Michael Mortarotti Wildy Zumwalt Tenor Saxophone: Eric Barreto Sarah Marchitelli Baritone Saxophone: Seychelle Dunn-Corbin Dannel Espinoza Bass Saxophone: Ryan Mantell A/V: Roulette Intermedium and Gleb Kanasevich