Monday at Last with Sascha Armbruster
String trio ZilliacusPerssonRaitinen is joined by a saxophonist.
Monday At Last! String trio ZilliacusPerssonRaitinen continues to welcome guest musicians to explore both old and new music alike, as always, in close proximity to the audience. This time, they are joined on stage by saxophonist Sascha Armbruster.
The concert truly lives up to the trio’s aim to play both old and new music. Included is music by Jean-Philipp Rameau, active in the eighteenth century, as well as a piece by French Betsy Jolas, who studied at the conservatory in Paris under Darius Milhaud and Olivier Messiaen and still very much active. A true discovery is also Jean Cras, French composer and marine officer, featured with his beautiful and original string trio of 1926.
To conclude a collage made up of shorter bits of music, mainly French but also music by the American composer (and piano virtuoso) Frederic Rzewski. His series of ”Spots” for four players are open for any choice of instrument.
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The music
Approximate times -
Betsy Jolas Episode quatrième for tenor saxophone solo8 min
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Jean Cras String Trio25 min
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Intermission25 min
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Jean-Philippe Rameau Sixième concert en sextuor, version for soprano saxophone and string trio arr Beat Hofstetter16 min
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Francis Poulenc Pastourelle from L’éventail de Jeanne, version for saxophone and string trio arr Andrew Digby2 min
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Erik Satie La balançoire, La chasse, Le réveil de la mariée, la pêche from Sports et divertissements arr Andrew Digby7 min
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Frederic Rzewski Spot 9 and Spot 10 from 13 one-minute pieces for any instruments2 min
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Erik Satie Le yachting, Les courses, Les quatre-coins, Le tango perpétuel from Sports et divertissements arr Andrew Digby4 min
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Frederic Rzewski Spot 6 from 13 one-minute pieces for any instruments1 min
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Jacques Ibert Le petit âne blanc from Histoires arr Andrew Digby2 min
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Frederic Rzewski Spot 5 from 13 one-minute pieces for any instrument1 min
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Jacques Ibert Le vieux mendiant from Histoires arr Andrew Digby3 min
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Francis Poulenc Pastourelle from L’éventail de Jeanne, version for saxophone and string trio arr Andrew Digby2 min
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Participants
- Sascha Armbruster saxophones
- Cecilia Zilliacus violin
- Malin Broman viola
- Kati Raitinen cello