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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
Flux - Ferio Saxophone Quartet - Chandos Records

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
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29/11/2023