JACKHAMMER HERACLES by Michael Schelle published on 2021-02-06T14:37:47Z Michael Schelle JACKHAMMER HERACLES (2021) - for alto sax and piano Written for Joshua Heaney Heracles (aka Herakles) was a divine hero in Greek mythology, the son of Zeus and Alcmene. He was the greatest of the Greek heroes, a paragon of masculinity, extraordinary strength, courage, ingenuity, and sexual prowess with both males and females. There was also a tender, sympathetic side. He was the ancestor of royal clans who claimed to be Heracleidae (Ἡρακλεῖδαι), and a champion of the Olympian order against chthonic monsters. Like Heracles (née Hercules / Roman) - and like a jackhammer - the piece is just damn loud and aggressive all the time (until m. 88) www.schellemusic.com . Genre Classical