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    Silence Presents: Konus Quartett [saxophones]

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    October 17, 2015 @ 8:00 pm

    Silence Presents: Konus Quartett [saxophones]

    Konus Quartett | four saxophones

    Christian Kobi, saxophone
    Fabio Oehrli, saxophone
    Jonas Tschanz, saxophone
    Stefan Rolli, saxophone

    As a chamber music ensemble whose instrumentation changes frequently, the Konus Quartet engages its audience with highly expressive and idiosyncratic sounds. Contemporary original compositions are interpreted predominantly by the quartet, but these are also contrasted with pieces from past centuries and arrangements for saxophone instrumentation. The radical nature of its concert programmes has seen the quartet become established over the past 10+ years as an important voice for new contemporary and experimental music.
    Composition commissions are awarded regularly to well-known artists by the quartet; to date such artists have included Barry Guy, Urs Peter Schneider, Tomas Korber, Phill Niblock, Makiko Nishikaze and Jürg Frey.
    Three musical highlights serve to showcase the remarkable range of the Konus Quartet: In 2006, “La bocca, i piedi, il suono”, a composition by Salvatore Sciarrino for four soloists and a hundred saxophonists, was performed in the French Church in Bern (Release 2006, Cubus Records).
    A collaboration with the filmmaker and composer Phill Niblock gave rise to the composition entitled “To Two Tea Roses” which was premiered in 2013 in Switzerland in the presence of the composer.
    The piece “Music für ein Feld” (Music for a Field) was the result of a composition commission awarded to the Zurich-based musician Tomas Korber (Release 2014, Cubus Records).
    http://www.konusquartett.ch

    videos:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=970fmBhiKDs
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pczKnopXyLk

    music:
    Jürg Frey, Mémoire, horizon (full version mp3):
    http://www.konusquartett.ch/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/m%C3%A9moire_horizon_web_promo.mp3

    $10 or PWYC
    Doors 730pm, Music at 8pm
    [46 essex]

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    October 17, 2015
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    8:00 pm

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