Sonor Saxophone Quartet - Hanga Kóczán - Attila Jankó: Soundscapes
Classical/Contemporary
Slam poetry
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Sonor Saxophone Quartet - Hanga Kóczán - Attila Jankó: Soundscapes
This programme is held in Hungarian.
The saxophone quartet (tenor, baritone, alto, and soprano) is not the most common chamber ensemble, and as such, it has a relatively small but all the more exciting repertoire. At the Sonor Saxophone Quartet concert, we will hear two works composed specifically for this combination of four saxophones. The quartet will be joined on this evening by visual artist Hanga Kóczán, who will accompany the works performed at the concert with short films created especially for the occasion.
David Maslanka described his piece Mountain Roads as an inner pilgrimage. For him, the mountain is not a landscape, but a symbol of spiritual elevation. Maslanka's works consistently reflect the composer's meditative outlook, spirituality, and exploration of inner journeys. He has a preference for simpler, more refined forms. In Mountain Roads, he uses Bach's works at several points, but these melodies are not presented as quotations, but rather as spiritual sources. Traveling through the "mountain" in six movements, he seems to examine the journey of the soul from six different perspectives: prayer, struggle, devotion, purification, enlightenment, and finally peace.
Córdoba, Sarajevo, Addis Ababa, Montevideo, Cologne, and Tokyo. These six cities are the protagonists of Guillermo Lago's work Ciudades. The composer explores the character of each city in a separate movement, drawing on their historical and cultural roots: In Sarajevo, for example, dark, nostalgic melodies evoke the painful memories of the Yugoslav War of the 1990s, while Cordoba's hot rhythms, interwoven with tango, radiate Spanish passion. In addition to music and visuals, literature also features, with poems recited before each movement composed by Dr. Attila Jankó.
Rock Troubadours (US, 70s): CSNY, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Van Morrison, Roy Harper
