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Concerts for Craswall presents The Laefer Quartet

When
Saturday October 15, 2022 at 17:00
Where
St Michael's Church, Michaelchurch Escley
Tickets
£18, student under 25 £9
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  1. Le tombeau de Couperin - Maurice Ravel, arranged for saxophone quartet by Christopher Enzel
    • Prelude
    • Rigaudon
  2. Circus Polka for a Young Elephant - Igor Stravinsky, arranged for saxophone quartet by Olaf Mühlenhardt
  3. Recitation Book - David Maslanka
  4. Premiere quatuor pour saxophones Op 53 - Jean-Baptiste Singelée
  5. Untitled, for saxophone quartet - Clare Loveday
  6. Tango virtuoso, for saxophone quartet - Thierry Escaich
  7. String Quartet No 2 - Michael Nyman, arranged for saxophone quartet by David Roach
    • 1st movement: 4 beat
    • 3rd movement: 6 beat
    • 4th movement: 7 beat

Widely regarded as one of the most exciting and dynamic saxophone quartets currently performing in the UK, the Laefer Quartet are roundly acknowledged for their ‘mercurially brilliant playing.’

Multi-award winners, their wide-ranging programme is both varied and diverse, crossing musical continents and genres. It explores the saxophone quartet from the earliest piece written for the quartet formation by Belgian composer Singelée, right up to the present day with South African composer Clare Loveday and American composer David Maslanka with his beautiful and exhilarating Recitation Book.

As well as these original works for the instrument, the quartet will explore transcriptions of works by Ravel, Stravinsky and Nyman - each piece brought to life by the vibrant and engaging colours of the saxophone quartet.

So, whether it's Stravinsky’s Circus Polka, written for the ground-breaking collaboration between George Balanchine’s ballet company and the Barnum and Bailey Circus, or Thierry Escaich’s boundary-pushing Tango Virtuoso, with its ‘tango nuevo’ style so popularised by Astor Piazzolla, you can expect a truly thrilling performance!


Venue
St Michael's Church
Michaelchurch Escley
Herefordshire
HR2 0JS
England


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