Apollo Saxophone Quartet

Apollo Saxophone Quartet

Wednesday 31 October 2012 at 7.30PM
Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall

Rob Buckland
Carl Raven
Andy Scott
Jim Fieldhouse saxophones

Trad Bulgarian             Kaval Sviri  (arr. Rob Buckland)
Django Bates              Travel Cartoons for the Blind
Keith Tippett                Five Melodies & Four Whispers for Archie's Chair
Barbara Thompson       Saxophonic Movements
Kenny Wheeler            Just Four Men
Will Gregory                 High Life

Journey Across The Impossible
(Music with Silent Film)

   The Black Imp:  Rob Buckland
   The Dancing Pig: Andy Scott
   The Acrobatic Fly: Rob Buckland
   The Collapse of the Bridge over The Tacoma Narrows: Will Gregory
   Dream of a Rarebit Fiend: Will Gregory
   The Man with a Rubber Head: Carl Raven
   The Infernal Cake-Walk: Jim Fieldhouse

   

This engaging and entertaining retrospective of one of the country’s most successful instrumental ensembles displays the immense breadth of sounds and colours of the quartet to the full.   It includes music written for it by Django Bates, Barbara Thompson, Keith Tippett, Kenny Wheeler and Will Gregory – York alumnus and now half of Goldfrapp – amongst others, alongside a fascinating, quirky and hilarious set of early black and white films set to music by present and former members of the ASQ.

http://www.apollosaxophonequartet.com

Tickets: £15; concessions £13; students £3

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