Episode Quatrieme - Unaccompanied Tenor Sax

This piece, completed in Sept. 1983, is the fourth in a series with the same title intended for a solo instrument. It may be observed that the piece calls for a member of the large saxophone family that is curiously little used outside the field of jazz. Thus the work clearly falls in line with the research undertaken at the time in "Points d'or" for one saxophonist playing 4 saxophones. In short, the present piece is designed to offer a step-by-step exploration of the entire register of this fine instrument with an almost systematic outward and return journey