Oskars PETRAUSKIS – alto saxophone
Atomos Saxophone Quartet:
Arvydas KAZLAUSKAS – soprano saxophone
Aigars RAUMANIS – alto saxophone
Roberts MARTINOVSKIS – tenor saxophone
Rūdolfs Pēteris RUBENIS – baritone saxophone
Narrator Goran GORA
Playwright – Jānis JOŅEVS
Artist – Krišs SALMANIS
Director – Roberts RUBĪNS
Conductor Jānis STAFECKIS
PROGRAMME:
Alvils ALTMANIS Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra (new work)
Philip GLASS Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Orchestra
The concert will focus on an instrument with a history of almost 180 years often referred to as the king of jazz – the saxophone. In less than 200 years, it has established a stable and convincing presence in both jazz and academic music, yet it rarely, maybe even reluctantly, appears in symphony orchestra scores. If not part of the orchestra, one must be a soloist, and this evening there will be five of them: Oskars Petrauskis, one of Latvia’s most acclaimed saxophonists, will premiere a new work by Alvils Altmanis, while Atomos Saxophone Quartet will take the stage to perform the Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Orchestra by the American minimalist Philip Glass. And who better to tell you about the saxophone than those who play it, those who write music for it, and, of course, the narrator of the Symphonic Hit Goran Gora.