Instrumentation: Alto saxophone and piano 

Programmatic information: 
Samba contains striking melodies in a mostly jazzy context, intermingled with
contemporary musical elements.  It poses extremely challenging passages for, not only
both instruments, but also for the ensemble playing.
Basic two-bar syncopated rhythmic pattern on which the whole composition is based. It
is repeated and later transformed, and later followed by contrasting triplets. A basic
harmonic feature is four bars of relative consonance, answered by four dissonant bars.
There are solo sections for both saxophone and piano; both intended to be alternatively
for jazz-style improvisation, at the discretion of the performers.

(Programme notes by Petrus Krige, father of Jacus)

Instrumentation: Soprano saxophone, two violins and bassoon

Programmatic information:

This composition is probably named after the Russian actor Yevgeni Urbansky (1932-
1965), who featured in Soviet films released in 1958-1966. The music is clearly
programmatic in nature and intended as film music, which was Krige’s favourite genre of
composition. It describes live events as they happen.
Urbansky was included in his portfolio of compositions for an MMus degree at UCT,
which was awarded to him with distinction, four months before his death of cancer in
2015.

The composer was a saxophonist. The two violin parts are written on one stave in close
range, so it can alternatively be played by one hand on a keyboard instrument. Originally
scored for clarinet, two violins and bassoon, the clarinet part has been adapted for
soprano saxophone, according to the following background by the composer himself:
“This quartet for clarinet in B b , two violins and bassoon was designed to cross borders
between musical genres. It can also be presented as an electronic composition in a
dance/hip-hop style, or adapted to be performed in a funk style by a four-piece jazz
ensemble. This short composition of less than three minutes results in an energetic and
rhythmically challenging piece.

URBANSKY is written as a cross-style composition. It is scored for clarinet in B b , two
violins and bassoon. However, it can be reworked for a number of situations of which
some suggestions are given:
 as quartet for other orchestral instruments, for example string quartet,
 for organ with pedal board,
 played by small jazz ensemble with saxophone, guitar, bass and drums (not
notated) in a funk style or
 it can be rendered as an EDM (electronic dance music) song with programmed
drums (not notated).”