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The Washington Saxophone Quartet

Front Row Washington: Washington Saxaphone Quartet_Horiz4x3

Presented by the Phillips Collection's Sunday Concerts

April 11, 2011, 9:00 pm

The Washington Saxophone Quartet makes its first Front Row Washington appearance with its Phillips Collection Sunday Concerts debut, recorded January 9, 2011.

Featured performances:

ANTONIN DVORAK (arr. Bruce Ronkin)
    Czech Suite, Op. 39 (1879)

LEOS  JANÃCEK (arr. by William Schmidt)
    Out Evenings From  "On an Overgrown Path" (1901)

BELA  BARTOK (arr. by William Schmidt)
    Six Bagatelles from 14 Bagatelles, Op. 6 (1908)

ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV:  Saxophone Quartet, OP. 109 (1936)

JEAN ABSIL:  Suite on Popular Romanian Themes, Op. 90 (1956)

PAQUITO D'RIVERA:  "Sofia" (Bulgaria) from New York Suite (1989)