The Healing Rain
Riga Saxophone Quartet (RSQ) / crossover, electroacoustic
Website(s) : http://www.rigasaxophonequartet.com
The Riga Saxophone Quartet (RSQ) made its promising debut in 1992. Its repertoire mainly consists of works written specifically by Latvian composers. In 1999 it received the Latvian Great Music Award.
Biography
The Riga Saxophone Quartet (RSQ) made its promising debut in 1992. An important part of the RSQ’s repertoire consists of works by Latvian composers written specifically for this ensemble. During in more than twenty years of existence the quartet has performed in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Russia, Lithuania, Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, Portugal, Canada, China, USA, France, Croatia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Romania, Italy, Israel, Armenia and Kazakhstan. It has participated in many international festivals and the previous World Saxophone Congresses (in Montreal, Ljubljana and St.Andrews). In 1999 for its active concert life and performances of high artistic quality the RSQ received the Latvian Great Music Award – the highest form of recognition in Latvian music.
More informations
“Everyone has moments when the monotony of daily life overwhelms to such extent that the surrounding world seems like a desert – dry, arid, boring.
But we know that seasons change…
They change in life, in relationships, in what we see or what we choose to see.
It is certain, however, that, no matter how bad we might feel, spring will soon come with its healing rain, the world will be green again and souls will blossom.
The composition “The Healing Rain” is a legend, a fairy tale about that.
A fairy tale that we can each imagine in our own way.”
Rihards Dubra
Programming
13/07/2015 14:00 - 14:30
Le Shadok
Musicians / speakers
- Lejiņa Ilze / Soprano saxophone (Latvia)
- Sīmanis Artis / Alto saxophone (Latvia)
- Šablovskis Ainars / Tenore saxophone (Latvia)
- Tilhena Baiba / Baritone saxophone (Latvia)
Program
- The Healing Rain (Rihards Dubra)
- Extention in BLUR (Rihards Zaļupe) / World Premiere
- Isle of Seals (Jēkabs Nīmanis
