• Karl Aage Rasmussen
  • Camera Oscura (2001)
    (Nine pieces for saxophone quartet)

  • Edition Wilhelm Hansen Copenhagen (World)
  • 4sx
  • 5 min

Programme Note

Nine pieces for saxophone quartet

Written for and commissioned by The Raschèr Quartet

Camera Oscura: “The creation of a picture when a beam of light slips into a dark room through a very tiny hole” (Aristotle).

I Marcato, furioso
II Cantabile, con espressione
III Semplice, crudo
IV Presto, inquietissimo (”Cries and whispers”)
V Lamentoso
VI Prestissimo, nervosissimo
VII Scintillante
VIII Calmo, sustenuto
IX Marcato, energico