Chasing, Yearning

Logan Rutledge

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Saxophone Quartet

2020

Soprano Saxophone

Alto Saxophone

Tenor Saxophone

Baritone Saxophone

Program Notes: Chasing, Yearning, like most of my music, is deeply personal in its narrative and meaning. This narrative is an even deeper search into the issues of addiction, sobriety, recovery, and identity than a previous work with similar themes, Secrets in the Seams. While Secrets in the Seams dealt with the anonymity and loneliness that sobriety brings, the tragedy that is a world without empathy and compassion in the personal and professional world, Chasing, Yearning deals with the inner struggle of addiction itself. By inner struggle I'm not necessarily referring to relapse or a specific event, but rather, the battle within. The chasing literally refers to the cycle of addiction; chasing a high, money, theft, intimacy. The yearning refers to the desire for positive forces of contentment and mindfulness and the hope for an ability to overcome compulsion. It is my hope that performers and audience alike keep these ideas in mind, not as a prescriptive method to hear and perform the piece, but as a portal to better understanding.
Performer Credits: Project Fusion Sax Quartet
Publisher: Rutledge Press (ASCAP)