Karg-Elert; V. "Giga" from Twenty-Five Caprices - Aaron Lington, baritone saxophone

I've loved these etudes for quite some time. They are quirky and surprising, yet musically and technically rewarding.
Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933) was a German composer who is most well known for his compositions for pipe and reed organ. I love this statement from Wiki, which sums up how I feel fairly concisely "Karg-Elert regarded himself as an outsider. Notable influences in his work include composers Johann Sebastian Bach (he often used the BACH motif in Bach's honor), Edvard Grieg, Claude Debussy, Max Reger, Alexander Scriabin, and early Arnold Schoenberg. In general terms, his musical style can be characterized as being late-romantic with impressionistic and expressionistic tendencies. His profound knowledge of music theory allowed him to stretch the limits of traditional harmony without losing tonal coherence." That last sentence is especially fitting.
His "Twenty-Five Caprices" are a collection of fairly challenging (some more than others) etudes that move through a variety of keys/modes and styles.
Here I have recorded the fifth caprice, "Giga." A giga or gigue is based on a dance that is in compound meter (usually 6/8) and it was usually used as the final movement of the Baroque dance suite.
This giga is in AABB form, although I eschewed the repeats for the sake of time. The amazing thing about the composition of the caprice is that the B section is almost entirely a note-for-note inversion of the A section. Not wholly, but about 90% of it. Super cool.
Hope you enjoy!
Recorded on a Zoom Q8 with a Audio Technica AT4040 mic
Apollo Twin X Audio Interface and Logic Pro X
Selmer Super Action 80 Serie II Baritone Saxophone (#511xxx)
Selmer S-80 C** Mouthpiece
Francois Louis ligature
Rico/D'Addario Reserve Reed #4