SHEROW MUSTERY BAR is very appealing as an approach to the repertoire for baritone sax with electronics. In addition, you will enjoy playing modern (almost disco) music and improve some technical skills. Go! The Composer XAVIER PARLANT (b. 1970) started playing the drums at the age of 17. A few months later, he studied at … Leer más
Joan Martí-Frasquier
Design for the booklet of “Made in BCN” (LMG-2154) by Jesús Llungueras TIME FIELDS 1 is one of the most challenging works for baritone saxophone I know. In addition to its high technical difficulty, a copious amount of energy and performing skills are required to play this a such intense and complex work. The composer … Leer más
Premiere of the Concerto in Luxembourg, June 2018 This is not an ordinary Concerto. Instead of proving your technical mastery of the instrument with very fast and difficult passages, this work constantly seeks a very deep and serious expressiveness. Furthermore, if you consider yourself a creative performer, you can make your own cadence at the … Leer más
Cover of the album Dreamlover (Solo Musica 2022, SM394) This is a very original work because of the integration of the feet and the voice in the musical discourse. As a result, the piece is very varied, expressive and theatrical. If you are looking for “something different” for your concerts, don’t hesitate to work on … Leer más
Picture by Anna Guardiola This short and beautiful work originally composed for baritone saxophone solo is, as composer says, “the sounding result of a personal reflection upon the relationship between man and nature”. I love to play music by composers committed to their time. The Composer As a composer, ENRIC RIU (Barcelona, 1968) is a … Leer más
, Detail from the album MADE IN BCN (La Mà de Guido, LMG-2154) Both versions of this work belong to the series of Sound Portraits (solo instrumental pieces) that ENRIC RIU developed in his investigations mid the 2010’s. The main concern in each one of these works is to find paths to break the existing … Leer más
Cover of the printed edition It is a very interesting work originally written for baritone saxophone with lots of rhythmical changes contrasted with lyrical melodies. The composer JEANINE RUEFF (1922 – 1999) studied at the Paris Conservatoire, where she was awarded first prizes in harmony, fugue and counterpoint, composition and history of music. As composer, … Leer más
I have always found Giacinto Scelsi a fascinating composer. His music is almost unique. I was very surprised by the Scelsi’s LATIN PRAYERS, so stylistically different from his best-known works. And I thought, why not to play them? The Composer GIACINTO SCELSI (La Spezia, Italy, 1905 – Roma, Italy, 1988) came from an aristocratic family. … Leer más
photo: Anna Guardiola Originally composed for Bass Clarinet in 1995, this work demands a detailed work of precision in articulations, agility in intervals and changes of registers. You will enjoy playing it in concert! The Composer WAYNE SIEGEL (Los Angeles, USA, 1953) has a wide production including all genres of music, from sound installations to … Leer más
On June 6th 2021 in La Ràpita (Catalunya), I performed for the first time a set of original pieces for solo baritone saxophone that I named it after the international new music festival held yearly in Barcelona since 2012. In 2018, I had the chance to participate as a performer in the Composition and Sound … Leer más