BACHiana – Humility & Models VIII
Today's Music
Wednesday, 26 July 2023
7.30 pm, Boltigen Church
This is another programme that gives pride of place to Johann Sebastian Bach, but a Bach revisited thanks to the imagination of a joyful quartet of saxophonists ... whose instrument was born almost a century after the composer's death! Formed in Cologne in 2006 and recorded in 2021 by Deutsche Grammophon, the SIGNUM Quartet will be performing in the choir of the beautiful Boltigen Church with a well-known cellist, Anastasia Kobekina, winner of the 2021 “Jeunes Etoiles” Voting, for a cheerful dialogue between pages of Bach (original and arranged) and South American masterpieces, including the No. 5 from the famous Bacchianas brasileiras Suite by Heitor Villa-Lobos, originally written for soprano and cello ensemble, and a vibrant tribute to the Cantor at St. Thomas.
Anastasia Kobekina, Cello
SIGNUM Saxophone Quartet
Blaž Kemperle
Jacopo Taddei
Alan Lužar
Guerino Bellarosa
| Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) | |
| Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C Major, BWV 1066 (arr. for saxophone quartet by the SIGNUM Saxophone Quartet) | 25' |
| Suite for Solo Cello No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009 | 22' |
| Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048 (arr. for cello and saxophone quartet by the SIGNUM Saxophone Quartet) | 12' |
| Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983) | |
| “Danzas argentinas”, Op. 2 (arr. for saxophone quartet by the SIGNUM Saxophone Quartet) | 8' |
| Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959) | |
| “Bachianas brasileiras” No. 5 (arr. for cello and saxophone quartet by the SIGNUM Saxophone Quartet) | 12' |
| Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) | |
| “Le Grand Tango” (arr. for cello and saxophone quartet by Miha Ferk) | 12' |
| 100' | |
| CHF 80/60/40 |
