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New Century Saxophone Quartet Program

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Brown County Civic Music Association
West High School, Green Bay, Wisconsin
Sunday, March 9, 2014

The Art of the Fugue, J.S. Bach (1685-1750) Selections from

Porgy and Bess, George Gershwin (1898-1937) Selections from

West Side Story, Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) Selections from

Intermission

“Veracruz,” Jose Oliver Riojas (b. 1982)

Robert Burns Suite, Paul Harvey (b. 1935)
“My Wife’s a Winsome Wee Thing”
“Bannocks O Bearmeal”

Histoire du Tango, Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
“Bordel 1900”

“Wedding Dance,”  Jacques Press (1903-1985)

“My Lord What A Morning,” Glenn Haynes (b. 1956)

Folk Dances, Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)

New Century Saxophone Quartet

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New Century Saxophone Quartet
New Century Saxophone Quartet

Classical sax! They have been heard in major concert halls, on NPR and even at the White House in command performances for sax-loving former president Bill Clinton.  Winning new fans for the serious saxophone quartet, New Century plays music from Baroque to innovative contemporary to imaginative transcriptions. “Polish and vitality distinguish this group,” writes the Los Angeles Times. “Tackling new territory in the conservative-leaning realm of classical music tradition takes a unique blend of conviction, refined talent and damn-the-torpedoes ambition… They made believers here.”

 2 p.m. Sunday Matinee

Please note that the New Century Saxophone Quartet concert will begin at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 9, 2014. Doors will open at 1:30 p.m. Read More