SAXOPHONIA. Sinfonietta Rīga un Alexandre Doisy (Francija)

Musicians:
Alexandre Doisy, saxophone
Arvīds Kazlausks, saxophone
Katrīna Kivleniece, saxophone
The Rīga Saxophone Quartet
Sinfonietta Rīga
Normunds Šnē, conductor

Programme:
Justė Janulytė, The Colour of Water (debut), Frank Martin, Ballad for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra, Ģederts Ramans, Concerto for Saxophone and String Quartet, Rihards Zaļupe, Arctic. Reverse (concerto for a saxophone quartet, symphony orchestra and electronics; debut)

The Saxophonia Festival brings new colour to the dingy winter with playful sounds of the saxophone.  Once every two years, the festival brings together the world’s best masters of saxophone performance.  French professor Alexandre Doisy will perform music by the Swiss composer Frank Martin, Latvian saxophonist Katrīna Kivliniece will perform Ģederts Ramans’ Saxophone Concerto, which once was performed by the legendary Alnis Zaķis, and Docent Arvīdas Kazlauskas, who was born in Vilnius but teaches at the Latvian Academy of Music, will perform a premiere of an opus by Justė Janulytė.  At the conclusion of the evening, the audience will hear music by Rihards Zaļupe, a master of Latvian ambient music who has composed a new score for a saxophone quartet, chamber orchestra and electronica.