Well-known Japanese saxophonist, Masato Kumoi, commissioned this work after hearing composer Yukiko Nishimura's popular band work, Star Ship.  His request was for a new solo alto saxophone and band

Edited by Tristan Willems. For alto saxophone & piano reduction. A concerto in three movements. Weinberger composed this work in 1940, and revised and orchestrated it in 1946. Score, 28 p. and part.