Diversion for Alto Saxophone and Band / Bernhard Heiden

Diversion for Alto Saxophone and Band was composed in 1943 while Bernhard Heiden (1910-2000) served in a U. S. Army band during World War II. In a career that would span roughly six decades, he became an influential voice in writing for the saxophone, enjoying an early success with the debut of his 1937 Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano, widely considered to be the first sonata written expressly for the instrument.
Soloist: Andy Wilds
Recorded live in concert by the Metropolitan Wind Symphony, Lewis J. Buckley, Conductor, in Lexington MA, on Nov. 4, 2018.