Kaleidoscope Saxophone Quartet: Hattori Foundation Rush-Hour Recital at 1901 Arts Club, London on Thursday 22nd October 2015

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Kaleidoscope Saxophone Quartet

Hattori Foundation Rush-Hour Recital

Add to my Calendar 22-10-2015 19:00 22-10-2015 21:00 36 Kaleidoscope Saxophone Quartet The Kaleidoscope Saxophone Quartet is an innovative collaboration between four versatile young artists.  The group's approach makes use of the diverse talents of its members, creatively combining musical performance, composition and film. Trained at top UK conservatoires including the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the Royal Northern College of Music, the quartet mixes high profile performances at venues such as the Wigmore Hall and Purcell Room with multimedia performances, new music concerts and recitals.The group features an array of artistic skills: Award-winning saxophonist and composer John Rittipo-Moore; multifaceted musician and photographer/film-maker Ian Dingle; folk and jazz-influenced saxophonist Guy Passey; and award-winning chamber musician and soloist Sally MacTaggart.  The quartet is committed to the creation and performance of new music, and has commissioned and premiered works from an array of composers including Michael Cryne (LSO Panufnik Young Composer), Samuel Quartermaine Smith (London Sinfonietta) and Oliver Leith (Sound and Music Next Wave, RPS Prizewinner).  The group are also passionate about workshop and outreach work, and perform across the country through their work on the Live Music Now scheme and with organisations such as Enterprise Music Scotland.In 2014 the group were named City Music Foundation Artists, with the foundation supporting development of the quartet's debut CD along with the Help Musicians Emerging Excellence award.  In recent months Kaleidoscope have made their Wigmore Hall debut as recipients of a Musicians' Company Maisie Lewis Foundation award, and also a first appearance at the Purcell Room under the Park Lane Group banner, with the concert given a four-star review in The Times.  In January the group toured Scotland as Tunnell Trust artists, travelling across the country and performing seven concerts in as many days with a programme mixing traditional repertoire with contemporary pieces and a multimedia piece created by the group.  Upcoming projects include a performance at the Northern Aldborough Festival in Yorkshire, recitals in St Martin-in-the-Fields and St James' Piccadilly, and opening the Manchester Midday Concert season at the Bridgewater Hall. The Hattori Foundation is a charitable trust offering awards to exceptionally talented young instrumental soloists or chamber ensembles whose talent and achievements give promise of an international career. The Hattori Foundation Rush Hour Recitals are now in their 8th season. In each year alumni and current award winners are presented in a series of intimate recitals at our home, the 1901 Arts Club. Tickets include a pre-concert drink, the recital (approx 1 hour), and an opportunity to join and meet the musicians in the bar after the performance for light refreshments. 1901 Arts Club, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

1901 Arts Club
7 Exton Street
Waterloo
London
SE1 8UE
England

Thursday 22nd October 2015
7:00 PM

Programme

Claude Debussy – String Quartet in G minor, Op.10
Django Bates – Travel Cartoons for the Blind
Barbara Thompson – Saxophone Quartet no. 3 'Body Language'
Astor Piazzolla – Histoire du Tango
George Gershwin – 3 Preludes for piano

Performers

Kaleidoscope Saxophone Quartet

Programme Note

The Kaleidoscope Saxophone Quartet is an innovative collaboration between four versatile young artists. The group's approach makes use of the diverse talents of its members, creatively combining musical performance, composition and film. Trained at top UK conservatoires including the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the Royal Northern College of Music, the quartet mixes high profile performances at venues such as the Wigmore Hall and Purcell Room with multimedia performances, new music concerts and recitals.

The group features an array of artistic skills: Award-winning saxophonist and composer John Rittipo-Moore; multifaceted musician and photographer/film-maker Ian Dingle; folk and jazz-influenced saxophonist Guy Passey; and award-winning chamber musician and soloist Sally MacTaggart. The quartet is committed to the creation and performance of new music, and has commissioned and premiered works from an array of composers including Michael Cryne (LSO Panufnik Young Composer), Samuel Quartermaine Smith (London Sinfonietta) and Oliver Leith (Sound and Music Next Wave, RPS Prizewinner). The group are also passionate about workshop and outreach work, and perform across the country through their work on the Live Music Now scheme and with organisations such as Enterprise Music Scotland.

In 2014 the group were named City Music Foundation Artists, with the foundation supporting development of the quartet's debut CD along with the Help Musicians Emerging Excellence award. In recent months Kaleidoscope have made their Wigmore Hall debut as recipients of a Musicians' Company Maisie Lewis Foundation award, and also a first appearance at the Purcell Room under the Park Lane Group banner, with the concert given a four-star review in The Times. In January the group toured Scotland as Tunnell Trust artists, travelling across the country and performing seven concerts in as many days with a programme mixing traditional repertoire with contemporary pieces and a multimedia piece created by the group. Upcoming projects include a performance at the Northern Aldborough Festival in Yorkshire, recitals in St Martin-in-the-Fields and St James' Piccadilly, and opening the Manchester Midday Concert season at the Bridgewater Hall.

The Hattori Foundation is a charitable trust offering awards to exceptionally talented young instrumental soloists or chamber ensembles whose talent and achievements give promise of an international career.

The Hattori Foundation Rush Hour Recitals are now in their 8th season. In each year alumni and current award winners are presented in a series of intimate recitals at our home, the 1901 Arts Club. Tickets include a pre-concert drink, the recital (approx 1 hour), and an opportunity to join and meet the musicians in the bar after the performance for light refreshments.

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