Rhizome: a modified stem running underground, producing roots and shoots .from its nodes. Vivacious music stemming .from a simple musical root and spreading out in multiple horizontal and vertical directions.

Starting from E fiat (the key of the Alto saxophone) as a tribu te to Glazunovs concerto, the rhizome first sends shoots toward its adjacent pitches E and D before spreading out to cover the whole range of the instrument.

This version for alto saxophone and piano is an adaptation of ...