Carter Pann calls this work "an exploration in bel canto writing for an instrument I have been in love with since my first forays as a composer." The result is a lusciously haunting and dreamy arioso...
A microcosmic masterpiece in its own right and defined by the composer as an encore piece; Bitten at the Opera is all that and more. Carter Pann may leave us guessing about some of the references in h...
Composed in 2016 on commission from Joe Lulloff, Pann's Sonata is a 23-minute monument in 4 movements. The work was inspired by both the saxophone music of late composer William Albright and by Joe's...
Vultures was commissioned in 2013 by Neal Postma for 15 saxophone duos throughout the United States. It is a single movement (fast, slow, fast) lasting seven minutes. Vultures was premiered in March 2...
Carter Pann composed The Mechanics in 2013 at the rustic MacDowell Colony in New Hampshire, as a commission for the Capitol Quartet. Pann describes 'picturing all four gentlemen of the Capitol Quartet...
Following the Capitol Quartet's commission and celebrated premiere of The Mechanics, Carter Pann composed this short encore piece for the Capitol Quartet as a written-out improvisation. The players of...
For String Quartet. Score and parts. Composed 2000. Duration 19:30.
Carter Pann's THIRD STRING QUARTET is an 18-minute suite of four atmospheric tangos; which the composer suggests may be accompanied on stage by authentic tango dancers. The darkness and mysterious tea...
Carter Pann's first journey into wind quintet literature creates color and excitement inspired by the mundane events of daily life. The six movements are titled: I. Americano; II. Apology; III. Adjust...
An extraordinary addition to the saxophone repertoire, Pann's concerto is alternately tender and wild, yet idiomatic even in the most challenging pyrotechnics and altissimo. The four movements show of...