Aero Quartet
Salvador Flores, soprano saxophone
Walt Puyear, alto saxophone
Matthew Koester, tenor saxophone
Brian Kachur, baritone saxophone
September 22, 2021
Dame Myra Hess Concerts
Dave Schwan, host
Program:
Jennifer Higdon (b. 1962) – Summer’s Eve (1996) (5’)
Corey Dundee (b. 1991) – Shifting Gears (2010;rev. 2012) (6’)
Arturo Marquez (b. 1950) – Danzón No. 5 (1997) (5’)
Robert Schumann (1810-1856); arr. Bolcom – A Schumann Bouquet (2016) (13’)
- Lieber Mai
- Knecht Ruprecht
- Sheherazade
- Laendler
- Sehr Langsam
- Lied italienischer Marinari
Hiromi Uehara (1979); arr. Dundee – Cape Cod Chips (2009) (6’)
Praised by Pulitzer Prize finalist and Grammy award winning composer Augusta Read Thomas for their “nuanced, colorful, artfully sculpted” performances, the Aero Quartet is committed to promoting new and traditional repertoire for saxophone quartet. Most recently, the ensemble has collaborated with world-renowned American composer Jennifer Higdon on a new work for saxophone quartet to be recorded and released in Fall of 2021. Aero received a Gold Medal in the 2021 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and has been awarded first prizes in the 2021 Music Teachers National Association Chamber Music Competition, the 2021 New Orleans Chamber Music Competition, and the 2021 Briggs Chamber Music Competition. Members of Aero are based in Ann Arbor, MI and perform regularly throughout the Midwest region.
Read program notes here
Don’t miss Clare Longendyke
next week on the
Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts!
Wednesday September 29, 12:15pm
