Richards: Thread for alto saxophone and cello Genre_Duos clarinet and bassoon) and piano

clarinet and bassoon) and piano was prepared by the composer in October and November of 2016

rather than an emphasis on melodic variation

15 minutes

A butterfly coughs in Africa

Code: JP4035

Richards: Thread for alto saxophone and cello Genre_Duos clarinet and bassoon) and pianoCode: JP4107 ISMN: 979 0 3019 0633 0 William E. Stafford (1914 to 1993) wrote a short poem, just 26 days before he died, entitled "The Way It Is". The poem is reflective, but not sentimental, and the words are the inspiration for Paul Richards' 'Thread'for alto saxophone and cello. The work was written in 2019 for the Helton Thomas Saxophone Cello Duo. It is meant to be a companion piece to Paul Richards' "Jigsaw", for the same instrumentation