5 min.
Hexagonal was written for saxophone quartet (soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone). The piece takes a playful approach to working with various patterns of six, inspired by some of the most common and beautiful patterns found in nature. The beehive, and the snowflake, for example, and of course many flowers and leaves are all based on the hexagon shape. Transposing some of these visual ideas into musical phrases, and exploring some of the colour and textural variations in musical language, this piece is very much about enjoying the simplest pleasures that the natural world has to offer.
Hexagonal received its premiere with the Cobalt Quartet on November 16th, 2024, at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music, New York, NY, USA.
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Sheet music is available through the Canadian Music Centre.