In this concert with the Swiss Orchestra and French saxophonist Valentine Michaud, the saxophone now takes center stage: with its versatile and expressive tone – sometimes soft and dreamy, sometimes sharp and piercing, sometimes melancholic and lamenting, sometimes passionate or playful – the woodwind instrument is capable of evoking diverse associations and inner images: from nocturnal cityscapes to intimate, personal moments.
PROGRAMME
FRANK MARTIN
Pavane couleur du temps
JOSEPH LAUBER
Sérénade pour orchestre à cordes
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
Concerto in E-flat major for alto saxophone and string orchestra Op. 109
FRANÇOIS BORNE
«Fantaisie Brillante sur des airs de Carmen»
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK
Serenade in E major for string orchestra Op. 22
JOHANN STRAUSS (JUNIOR, 1825–1899)
Annen-Polka Op. 117
JOHANN STRAUSS (SENIOR, 1804–1849)
Radetzky March
Switzerland
Germany
Austria
