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Saxton Rose : Notebook
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Last weekend I had the immense honor of performing my first concerts with Zéphyros Winds, a wind quintet based in New York City I joined last December. I can’t adequately describe what a joy it is to play with this group of virtuosi. They are an enormous source of inspiration and I can’t wait to [...]
2 months ago | |
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On January 12, 13, 15 I performed the Mozart Bassoon Concerto with the Winston-Salem Symphony. Video of the final performance can be seen here: Mvmt I, II: http://youtu.be/sFAGe38umdU Mvmt III, Encore: http://youtu.be/TMgJ1e646U0
4 months ago | |
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Just in time for Christmas: A new CD of works by contemporary Puerto Rican composers has recently been released entitled Obras Puertorriquenas Contemporaneas Vol. 1. On it is a recording of percussionist Andrew Lázaro and myself playing Alfonso Fuentes’ Bassoon/Bongo piece Mejunje Del Fagobongo. It’s $0.99 on CDBaby. https://www.cdbaby.com/cd/cameratacaribe
5 months ago | |
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From November 8-16 I performed with the Rushes Ensemble throughout The Netherlands and Belgium performing Michael Gordon’s new hour-long work for seven bassoons. The piece is a result of the New Music Bassoon Commissioning Fund spearheaded by Dana Jessen. The ensemble is made up of seven of the United States’ leading performers of contemporary bassoon [...]
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On October 27 I conducted the UNCSA contemporary music ensemble, called nu, in a concert in Watson Hall. I’m the music director of the group which has been enormously challenging and rewarding. The program was as follows: Wolfgang Rihm: Will Sound (2006) Giacinto Scelsi: Prânam II (1973) John Cage: Dance Music for Elfrid Ide (1940) [...]
6 months ago | |
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On September 15th I had the pleasure of performing the world premiere of Rushes, a piece for seven bassoons by Bang on a Can composer Michael Gordon. The new work is a 60+ minute tour-de-force that takes some inspiration from Gordon’s recent work for percussion, Timber. In the new work Gordon shifts polyrhythmic material not [...]
6 months ago | |
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Performances October 13, 14, 16 with the Winston-Salem Symphony of Tchaikovsky’s Sym No. 5, Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with pianist Antonio Pompa-Baldi, and Zhou Tian’s A Thousand Years of Good Prayers.
6 months ago | |
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Performances September 21, 22, 23 with the Winston-Salem Symphony and violinist Jennifer Koh. Sibelius Violin Concerto, Copland Sym. No. 3, and Beethoven Leonore Overture.
7 months ago | |
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On September 7, 2012 I performed a recital to benefit the restoration and installation of a rare 1898 Hook & Hastings pipe organ at St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church in Winston-Salem, NC. The program included the following: Triébert/Jancourt’s Fantasia Concertante on the theme of Rossini op. 15 for bassoon, oboe, and piano with Oboist John Hammarback [...]
8 months ago | |
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See previous schedules: 2009/10, 2010/11, 2011/12 The following is Saxton Rose’s performance and event schedule for the 2012/2013 season. It is subject to change so if you have questions about attending an event, please contact me. Map to University of North Carolina School of the Arts. August 25: Performance of Martinu’s Revue de Cuisine with [...]
9 months ago | |
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