Commissioned by he Music Teachers National Association

and by the Colorado State Music Teachers Association

Canticles

for Saxophone Quartet

Kirk O'Riordan (1996, rev. 2008)

slowly, with reverence; as a processional ( q = 76)

Soprano Saxophone

molto legato sempre

Alto Saxophone

pp

Tenor Saxophone

Baritone Saxophone

Sop. Sax.

molto legato sempre

pp

Alt. Sax.

Ten. Sax.

Bar. Sax.

Sop. Sax.

14

Alt. Sax.

Ten. Sax.

Bar. Sax.

molto legato sempre

pp

Copyright 1996, 2008 by Kirk O'Riordan. All rights reserved.

20

Sop. Sax.

Alt. Sax.

Ten. Sax.

Bar. Sax.

pp

26

Ten. Sax.

Bar. Sax.

32

Ten. Sax.

Bar. Sax.

p cresc. sempre, poco a poco

p cresc. sempre, poco a poco

Sop. Sax.
Alt. Sax.

molto legato sempre

Sop. Sax.
Alt. Sax.

p cresc. sempre, poco a poco

p cresc. sempre, poco a poco

mp
mp cresc. sempre, poco a poco

mp cresc. sempre, poco a poco

mp cresc. sempre, poco a poco

37

Sop. Sax.

Alt. Sax.

Ten. Sax.

Bar. Sax.

mf

mf

cresc. sempre, poco a poco

mf

mf cresc. sempre, poco a poco

43

Sop. Sax.

Alt. Sax.

Ten. Sax.

Bar. Sax.

Sop. Sax.

Alt. Sax.

Ten. Sax.

Bar. Sax.

49

Sop. Sax.

54

Alt. Sax.

Ten. Sax.

Bar. Sax.

Alt. Sax.

Ten. Sax.

Bar. Sax.

mp

pp

pp

pp

67

Ten. Sax.

Bar. Sax.

pp

mp

Sop. Sax.
Alt. Sax.

61

Sop. Sax.

poco meno mosso

72

Sop. Sax.

Alt. Sax.

Ten. Sax.

mf

cresc.

mf

cresc.

Ten. Sax.

Bar. Sax.

cresc.

cresc.

cresc.

cresc.

81

Sop. Sax.

Alt. Sax.

Ten. Sax.

Bar. Sax.

poco piu mosso

mp molto legato

Alt. Sax.

cresc.

76

Sop. Sax.

cresc.

Bar. Sax.
mf

mf

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86

Sop. Sax.
Alt. Sax.

Ten. Sax.

a tempo

mf

mf

91

rit.

Sop. Sax.

Alt. Sax.

mf

mf

Bar. Sax.

rit.

Ten. Sax.

Bar. Sax.

96

Sop. Sax.

ff

Alt. Sax.

sub. pp

ff

ff

Bar. Sax.

E freely; meno mosso, simplice e dolcissimo ( q = ca. 70)

non vib.

Ten. Sax.

ff