THE MYTH OF THE PHOENIX ( For Saxophone solo ) Composer : Ehsan Saboohi Technical Notes : Select and the change musical instrument ( S.A.T.B.) Saxophone Between movements are to be taken freely by performers understanding of the Narrative and formal structure of the movements. Tehran/ March/ 2011 1 The Myth of the Phoenix Primordial Images Ehsan Saboohi Tehran/marche/2011 h= ca 90      Saxophone                  f  3                       5                  mp mf  7                        f f mp 9               f 11                       13               2 15                  17                   ff p 19               ff fff [27 sec.] Enternal Now 3 q= ca 65 accel. 2 sec. 1 sec. 0.5 sec.                        ppp f q= ca 70 Ampolloso  2 sec.  1 sec.                   Battimento    Vibrati il canto Energico             port.     pp f 4 sec.                3 pp ff Accelerando sin al fine. 1 sec.      1 sec + tr  fp       pp mf pp Ben legato e contando                     p pp f            mp p pp ppp [40 sec.] Escape Flights 4 1 h.= ca 82                    f fp 5                       fp 9                  fp fp fp f 13                       18                   fp fp fp fp poco rit. 23                  ff pp A tempo 27                 f mf f 30                      p f pp mf 5 34                  p mf f 37 3 3 3                     mp 40                     ff pp ----------------------------------------------- ff 44                      fp mf 48                        fp fp mp f 53                      57                    60             fp fp fp ppp [55 sec.] Arousal 6 ( Interpretation of folk song ) q.= ca 120 Slap tongue. ("wood block" slap.) 1                                   mp mf 5                            f 8                         11                       14                           fp fp fp fp ff Slap ton. 17                                                   mp 7  21                           ff    24                        p fp 27                           f  30                       33                                 p f 36                           ff pp p  39                         fff 8  42                        Slap tongue. ("wood block" slap.) 45                           mf mp molto accel. 48                                  ffff 52                                [1 min.] 9 The departing sun q._h= ca 50 1                  f  3                 p fp fp fp pp 5                      f 7                       p  9                  f 11                         ppp 13                  fp p 15                      17 f                  p