Alto Saxophone and Concert Band
Duration: 11 minutes
Instrumentation:
Solo Alto Saxophone
Piccolo
2 Flutes
2 Oboes
2 Bassoons
3 Clarinets in Bb
Bass Clarinet
Soprano Saxophone
Alto Saxophone
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
3 Trumpets in Bb
4 Horns in F
2 Trombones
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
5 Percussion
In the still of the night, a tiny bat emerges from a long forgotten cave. With infernal energy and insatiable hunger, the creature darts about as if dodging the fires of hell, furiously fast and untraceable, wreaking havoc and destruction until dawn.
Bat out of Hell was composed for Jonathan Helton and the Mahidol Wind Symphony, Christopher Hughes, conductor, for the 2009 World Saxophone Congress in Bangkok, Thailand.
Published by Jeanné, Inc., 2013.
Recorded by The University of Florida Wind Symphony, 2013.