Alter ego II

Quasar

An exceptional meeting between the sax quartets Quasar (Quebec) and Arte (Switzerland).

Quasar has found a kindred soul in the Arte Quartet, its alter ego! Both ensembles share the same vision, sensibility, enthusiasm, and virtuosity, and they have both been devoted to creative music for the past 15 years and share a passion for the music of today.

After a lauded concert in Montréal in 2005, followed by performances in Basel, Lausanne, Lucerne and Zurich, the saxophone octet is back in Quebec. Discover them in quartets and octets written especially for them, including the North-American premiere of Wolf Edwards’ octet.

Program

Urban Mäder
: Flucht , 2009 (north american premiere) for 2 saxophone quartets
Mischa Käser
: Surugau , 2009 (north american premiere) for 2 saxophone quartets
Bernard Falaise
: Axiomoixa , 2001 for saxophone
Wolf Edwards
: Antanaklasi , 2010 - 2011 (north american premiere) for 8 saxophones

Artists

Quasar

Marie-Chantal Leclair

(soprano saxophone)

Mathieu Leclair

(alto saxophone)

André Leroux

(tenor saxophone)

Jean-Marc Bouchard

(baritone saxophone)
Arte Quartett

Beat Hofstetter

(soprano saxophone)

Sascha Armbruster

(alto saxophone)

Andrea Formenti

(tenor saxophone)

Beat Kappeler

(baritone saxophone)

Multimedias and news

Arias; Alter ego II

Representation(s)

Thursday May 19 2011 | 20:00

Place

Chapelle historique du Bon Pasteur

Concert