Italian Saxophone Quartet

Led by superstar sax player Federico Mondelci, the Italian Saxophone Quartet has given hundreds of concerts around the world, bringing their dazzling virtuosity and charisma to music from Bach to tangos, ragtime, blues, Greek dances and film scores. They never fail to bring the house down.

 
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Performance:

Thursday, March 10, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
First Presbyterian Church
1100 Carter Creek Parkway
Bryan, Texas 77802

Outreach:

Outreach to be announced.

 

Program:

Program subject to change.

 

Prelude and Fugue XVI     Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

 

Three Pieces     Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757) / Gabriel Pierné (1863–1937)
     Presto giocoso
     Andante
     Scherzo

 

Adagio from Serenade in B flat, K.361     Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
                                                                        Salvatore Sciarrino (b. 1947)

 

La tempesta di mare     Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)
     Allegro giocoso
     Largo
     Presto

 

Petit Quatuor     Jean Françaix (1912–1997)
     Gaguenardise
     Cantilène
     Sérénade comique

 

Tony's Song     Michael Nyman (b. 1944)

 

Intermission

 

Suite Hellénique     Pedro Iturralde (b. 1932*)
     Kalamatianos
     Valse
     Kritis

 

Cycles     Pepito Ros (b. 1965)
     Meditativo
     Vivo

 

The Easy Winners & Cascades     Scott Joplin (1867–1917)

 

Blues from An American in Paris     George Gershwin (1898–1937)

 

Contrabajeando     Ástor Piazzolla (1921–1992) / Aníbal Troilo (1914–1975)

 

Oblivion & Libertango     Ástor Piazzolla (1921–1992)

 

Passerella from Fellini's 8 1/2     Nino Rota (1911–1979)

 

* Date may not be accurate.