laefer quartet saxophone
"fine ensemble playing, crisp articulation, contrasting vibrant and warm tones, close interplay between performers, and a sense of wit and playfulness" (the cross-eyed pianist) The vibrant young Laefer Quartet present a varied programme of works originally for saxophone quartet and transcription, including the UK premier of Joel Love's extremely moving tribute to his late father, In Memorium.
Sunday 24 October 2021, 3pm at Holy Trinity Church, Haddington
Sunday 24 October 2021, 3pm at Holy Trinity Church, Haddington
Jean-Baptiste Singelée : Premier Quatuor, Op.53
Joel Love : In Memoriam: I. Threnody II. Adieu UK première
Scarlatti : Selection of Harpsichord Sonatas
Ravel : Le Tombeau de Couperin
Stravinsky : Circus Polka
Erica Telisnor : The Bridge
Guillermo Lago : Ciudades – Sarajevo, Addis Ababa
Joel Love : In Memoriam: I. Threnody II. Adieu UK première
Scarlatti : Selection of Harpsichord Sonatas
Ravel : Le Tombeau de Couperin
Stravinsky : Circus Polka
Erica Telisnor : The Bridge
Guillermo Lago : Ciudades – Sarajevo, Addis Ababa
The Laefer Quartet is widely regarded as one of the most exciting and dynamic saxophone quartets currently performing in the UK. They have been recipients of numerous awards, including Park lane Group Artists, the Elias Fawcett Ensemble Award for an Outstanding Ensemble in the 2017 Royal Overseas League Competition, and are Making Miusic Selected Artists. Formed in 2012 at teh Royal College of Music, they were awarded the Boconnoc Music Award during their time there, and have since been performing across the UK at venues including the Royal Albert Hall's Elgar Room, St James's Picadilly, and The Forge, Camden.
AS INDIVIDUALS AND AS A GROUP the quartet are experienced in a variety of genres but specialise in performing contemporary classical repertoire and transcriptions of works by classical composers. Performance highlights include the closing concert in the Three Palaces Festival, Malta, three world premières as part of the Listenpony concert series, a Nonclassical debut at The Victoria, Dalston, and UK premières of works by contemporary composers including Ivan Fedele, Ed Scolding, William Marsay, Andrew Chen, and Alexander Glyde-Bates. The quartet made their St John's Smith Square debut in 2017, premièring works by Giles Swayne and Charlotte Harding, and their Wigmore Hall debut in May 2018. In January 2019 they gave their Purcell Room debut to a full house as part of the Southbank Centre's SoundState Festival, with a programme of 21st-century saxophone works including a world première by Michael Cryne.
THE WORD 'LAEFER' (pronounced lay-fer) is Anglo-Saxon for 'reed' and 'sheet metal'.
www.laeferquartet.com
AS INDIVIDUALS AND AS A GROUP the quartet are experienced in a variety of genres but specialise in performing contemporary classical repertoire and transcriptions of works by classical composers. Performance highlights include the closing concert in the Three Palaces Festival, Malta, three world premières as part of the Listenpony concert series, a Nonclassical debut at The Victoria, Dalston, and UK premières of works by contemporary composers including Ivan Fedele, Ed Scolding, William Marsay, Andrew Chen, and Alexander Glyde-Bates. The quartet made their St John's Smith Square debut in 2017, premièring works by Giles Swayne and Charlotte Harding, and their Wigmore Hall debut in May 2018. In January 2019 they gave their Purcell Room debut to a full house as part of the Southbank Centre's SoundState Festival, with a programme of 21st-century saxophone works including a world première by Michael Cryne.
THE WORD 'LAEFER' (pronounced lay-fer) is Anglo-Saxon for 'reed' and 'sheet metal'.
www.laeferquartet.com
