Kawai Piano Prices: William Bolcom - Lilith: for E-Flat Alto Saxophone and Piano (E.B. Marks) [Paperback] Review

William Bolcom - Lilith: for E-Flat Alto Saxophone and Piano [Paperback]

I played this piece with a copy of a handwritten manuscript of this piece, and enjoyed playing it so much that I just had to jump at the opportunity to buy an actual printed score.

I'm a pianist, and this is one of the most difficult pieces I've ever played.Expect many hours of practicing, rehearsal time, and frustration when learning this.I actually almost cancelled it three weeks before the show.Thankfully, I didn't, and the performance was well worth the time put into it.It's actually a really cool example of contemporary chamber music.

There are some mistakes in the score (when compared to the the manuscript that I have).Also, the original manuscript requires both performers to read off the score, but this printing supplies the score and sax part.I think it should be two scores, because there are enough parts where the saxophonist needs to see what the pianist is doing.

Overall, a great piece, but ridiculously hard.

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Product Description:
Lilith was a female demon, dating from ancient times, a child-stealing witch of worldwide folklore. This five-movement virtuoso show piece is among the most ambitious music ever written for alto saxophone. Now in print some years after composition, it has already become a near legendary challenge in university classical saxophone circles. The five movements are: The Female Demon, Succuba, Will-O'-the-Wisp, Child-Stealer, The Night Dance.

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