Planning Ideas
Featured Proposals
Rossini, Donizetti, Bizet
Ferio Saxophone Quartet
| Gioachino Rossini, arr. Ferio: Overture from The Barber of Seville |
| Gaetano Donizetti, arr. Ferio: Una Furtiva Lagrima from L’Elisir D’Amore |
| Kurt Weill, arr. John Harle: Music from the Threepenny Opera |
| George Bizet, arr. Ferio: Suite from Carmen |
Gershwin, Miller, Wiberny, Gregory
Ferio Saxophone Quartet
| George Gershwin, arr. Nigel Wood: An American in Paris |
| George Gershwin, arr. Jeffery Wilson: Summertime |
| George Gershwin, arr. Art Marshall: Liza |
| Glenn Miller, arr. Bill Holcombe: Glenn Miller Medley |
| Heiner Wiberny: Ulla in Africa |
| George Gershwin, arr. Nigel Wood: Rhapsody in Blue |
| Will Gregory: Hoe Down |
Bach, Piazzolla, Bernstein
Ferio Saxophone Quartet
| Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Nigel Wood: Bach Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 |
| Astor Piazzolla: Histoire du Tango (selection) |
| Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. David Maslanka: Goldberg Variations (selection) |
| Interval |
| Leonard Bernstein, arr. Boatman: West Side Story Suite (selection) |
Collaborations:
Evoke – with Timothy End
Ferio Saxophone Quartet and Timothy End (piano)
| Featuring music from the Ferio Saxophone Quartet’s CD ‘Evoke’ (released November 2021), performed with pianist Timothy End. The full programme can be provided on request and would also include some pieces for saxophone quartet alone. |
| Dmitry Shostakovich, arr. Iain Farrington - Suite for Jazz Orchestra |
| Pedro Iturralde - Memorias (Triptico) |
| George Bizet, arr. Iain Farrington - Suite from Carmen |
| Iain Farrington, arr. Iain Farrington - Animal Parade (selection) |
Revoiced: Voices and Saxophones
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Corvus Consort (vocal ensemble) and Ferio Saxophone Quartet
| Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Freddie Crowley - Jesus bleibet meine Freude, from Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147 |
| Sarah Rimkus, arr. Sarah Rimkus - Mater Dei |
| Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Freddie Crowley - Weil du mein Gott und Vater bist, from Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz, BWV 138 |
| George Frideric Handel, arr. Iain Farrington - Water Music Suite no. 3 in G major, HWV 350, Minuet II |
| Andrea Gabrieli, arr. Freddie Crowley - O salutaris hostia |
| Johann Michael Bach - Nun treten wir ins neue Jahr |
| Johann Michael Bach, arr. Freddie Crowley - Ich weiss das main Erlöser lebt |
| Owain Park - Miserere after Allegri |
| Interval |
| Henry Purcell, arr. Iain Farrington - Rondeau from Abdelazer Suite, Z. 570 |
| Heinrich Schütz, arr. Freddie Crowley - Selig sind die Toten, from Geistliche Chor-Music, op. 11 |
| Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Freddie Crowley - Zion hört die Wächter singen, from Wachet Auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140 |
| Johann Michael Bach, arr. Freddie Crowley - Herr, ich warte auf dein Heil |
| Heinrich Schütz, arr. Freddie Crowley - Was mein Gott will, das g’scheh allzeit, from Geistliche Chor-Music, op. 11 |
| Johann Christoph Bach - Es ist nun aus mit meinem Leben |
| James MacMillan, arr. Freddie Crowley - Christus vincit |
| Heinrich Schütz, arr. Freddie Crowley - Das Wort ward Fleisch und wohnet unter uns , from Geistliche Chor-Music, op. 11 |
Further proposals:
Purcell, Bach, Byrd, Pierné and Lago
Ferio Saxophone Quratet
| Henry Purcell, arr. Iain Farrington - Rondeau, Abdelazer Suite, Z. 570 |
| Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Tochio (I and III) and Ferio (II) - Italian Concerto BWV 971 |
| William Byrd, arr. Iain Farrington - Pavane and Gigue |
| Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Iain Farrington - Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 in G major, BWV 1048 |
| Interval |
| Gabriel Pierné - Introduction et variations sur une ronde populaire |
| Guillermo Lago - Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, from The Wordsworth Poems |
| Guillermo Lago - With ships the sea was sprinkled, from The Wordsworth Poems |
| Guillermo Lago - Ciudades (selection) |
Bach, Purcell, Handel, Corelli
Ferio Saxophone Quartet
| Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Iain Farrington - Fugue in G Minor BWV 578 |
| Johann Sebastian Bach - Well-Tempered Clavier Prelude & Fugue XII - BVW881 |
| Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Iain Farrington - Schafe Konnin Sicher Weiden, from BWV 208 – Sheep May Safely Graze |
| Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Iain Farrington - Air from Suite no.3 In D Major, BWV 1068 |
| Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Iain Farrington - Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 in G major, BWV 1048 |
| Interval |
| Henry Purcell, arr. Iain Farrington - Rondeau, Abdelazer Suite, Z. 570 |
| George Frideric Handel, arr. Iain Farrington - Water Music Suite no. 2 HWV 349 (selection) |
| Arcangelo Corelli - Adagio from Concerto Grosso in G Minor, op. 6, no. 8, Christmas Concerto |
Pierné, Bozza, Lago, Reinhart, Gregory
Ferio Saxophone Quartet
| Gabriel Pierné - Introduction et variations sur une ronde populaire |
| Eugène Bozza - Andante et Scherzo |
| Guillermo Lago - The Wordsworth Poems |
| Interval |
| Hugo Reinhart - Quartet in F minor for Saxophone Quartet |
| Guillermo Lago - Ciudades (selection) |
| Will Gregory - Hoe Down |
Bach, Handel, Reinhart, Grieg, Lago, Gregory
| Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Tochio (I and III) and Ferio (II) - Italian Concerto BWV 971 |
| Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Iain Farrington - Schafe Konnin Sicher Weiden, from BWV 208 – Sheep May Safely Graze |
| Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Iain Farrington - Air from Suite No.3 In D Major, BWV 1068 |
| George Frideric Handel, arr. Iain Farrington - (from) Water Music Suite no. 2 HWV 349 |
| Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Iain Farrington - Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 in G major, BWV 1048 |
| Interval |
| Hugo Reinhart - Quartet in F minor for Saxophone Quartet |
| Edvard Grieg, arr. Ferio - Air from Holberg Suite, Op. 40 |
| Guillermo Lago - Ciudades (selection) |
| Will Gregory - Hoe Down |