Libby Larsen

Holy Roller

Conductor's score and parts on hire

Forces or Category: Solo alto saxophone & wind band

Orchestration: Solo asx, picc, 2 fl, 2 ob, ca, 2 bn, cbn, 1 Eb cl, 3 cl (in Bb), bcl, contra bcl, ssx, asx, tsx, barisx, 4 hn, 3 tpt, flugel, 4 tbn, euph, tba, pn/cel, 2 mallets, timp, 3 perc, db

for alto saxophone solo and wind/concert band.
Holy Roller is a revival sermon captured in the sounds of the alto saxophone and wind/concert band. It is inspired by classical revival preaching and the music seeks to represent the language: cajoling and incanting, with the intention of magnetizing and mesmerizing the listener through the usage of what Larsen describes as "musical masterpieces of rhythm, tempo and extraordinary tension and release."

Version for alto saxophone and piano is available on sale.

Holy Roller

Conductor's score and parts on hire

Libby Larsen

Description

Programme Notes:

The longest running revival meeting in America took place on Azusa Street in Los Angeles, California and lasted from 1906 to 1909. Night after night, the Reverend William Seymour preached so passionately that he brought about an ecstatic outpouring from all that were there. They wept, shouted and dropped into dead faints. They spoke in tongues. They jerked uncontrollably. They danced in the aisles. It is said that the Pentecostal movement in the United States was born of this

Holy Roller

Conductor's score and parts on hire

Libby Larsen

Composer Information