Not much saxophone in the show for any of the three books, but what is in there is definitely critical as it’s part of 1920’s flapper jazz charts so there is no getting away from it unfortunately.
If it’s useful, I end up calculating percentage breakdowns when I work on a show, and in the music director’s Facebook group the question came up for Anastasia! Here are the breakdown details!
Added based on a comment by Tom Schubert.
According to the Concord Theatricals website:
Reed 1: piccolo, flute, oboe, English horn, clarinet and alto sax.
Reed 2: flute, clarinet and tenor sax.
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How much alto and tenor sax is there?
Not much saxophone in the show for any of the three books, but what is in there is definitely critical as it’s part of 1920’s flapper jazz charts so there is no getting away from it unfortunately.
If it’s useful, I end up calculating percentage breakdowns when I work on a show, and in the music director’s Facebook group the question came up for Anastasia! Here are the breakdown details!
Reed 1
Piccolo – 5%
Flute – 33%
Clarinet – 30%
Oboe – 27%
English Horn – 9%
Alto Sax 6%
Reed 2
Flute – 14%
Clarinet – 78%
Tenor Sax – 8%
Reed 3
Clarinet – 2%
Bassoon – 83%
Bass Clarinet – 7%
Bari Sax – 8%