Irish Fantasy

Irish Fantasy

Swann Hennessy (1866-1929)

SATB Saxophone Quartet

Irish Fantasy by Swann Hennessy, for SATB saxophone quartet. This fantasy is based on Hennessy’s Second String Quartet. It is comprised of excerpts of the two final movements of that work and includes many well known Irish tunes including “Coming Thro’ the Rye” and “Charlie, He’s My Darling”. If you enjoy playing Eliot del Borgo’s Irish Suite, you might like Hennessy’s Irish Fantasy.

This transcription is for SATB Saxophone Quartet. No altissimo is required of any player but the full range of the saxophone is used.

• The range for each saxophone part is shown below.
• Audio and score excerpts are available above.
• Registered users can download a complete sample score and full length audio file of Irish Fantasy on the ‘Samples’ tab.

Swann Hennessy was a concert pianist and composer of Irish descent born in Rockford Illinois. He studied in Stuttgart, settled in France and died in Paris in 1929. He published many chamber works – most with a strong Celtic or Irish flavor.