Christopher Jessup - Soliloquy for Solo Alto Saxophone

for Solo Alto Saxophone

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Soliloquy unfolds as an intimate, single-voice meditation. At its heart lies a subdued and sensitive character—fragile, searching, and reflective—yet the music constantly blossoms with flashes of color and bursts of energy. The alto saxophone, with its wide expressive range, shifts between whispering lyricism and spirited outcry, weaving a narrative that is both inward-looking and expansive. Rather than following a traditional structure, the piece flows like a stream of consciousness: moments of quiet contemplation are suddenly interrupted by vivid gestures, urgent rhythms, and glowing harmonic colors. This interplay of restraint and vitality creates a musical language that is at once vulnerable and vibrant. In this way, Soliloquy becomes less a “speech without an audience” and more an interior dialogue—a portrait of the saxophone as both poet and storyteller, revealing the many shades of its voice in a single breath of time.

Duration: ca. 4 minutes

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