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Raschèr Saxophone Quartet

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The Raschèr Saxophone Quartet is a professional ensemble of four saxophonists which performs classical and modern music. [1]

75 relations: Alexander Glazunov, Alto saxophone, American Composers Orchestra, Anders Nilsson (composer), Baritone saxophone, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic, Berliner Philharmonie, Carnegie Hall, Charles Wuorinen, Classical music, Concertgebouw, Contemporary classical music, Dennis Russell Davies, Dimitri Terzakis, Elena Firsova, Erik Bergman, Erland von Koch, Europe, Franco Donatoni, Günter Bialas, Germany, Gewandhaus, Harry White (saxophonist), Iannis Xenakis, Jan Sandström (composer), Johann Sebastian Bach, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, John Worley, John-Edward Kelly, Jouni Kaipainen, Kalevi Aho, Konzerthaus Berlin, Lera Auerbach, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Linda Bangs, London, London Sinfonietta, Luciano Berio, Michael Denhoff, Miklós Maros, Music, Musikverein, New York City, Orchestre de Paris, Paul Hindemith, Pehr Henrik Nordgren, Per Nørgård, Philip Glass, Residentie Orchestra, ..., Royal Festival Hall, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Saxophone, Saxophone quartet, Sigurd Raschèr, Simon Rattle, Sofia Gubaidulina, Soprano saxophone, Staatskapelle Dresden, Steve Reich, Steven Stucky, Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Tenor saxophone, The Hague, Ton de Leeuw, Tonhalle, Zürich, Tristan Keuris, United States, Vienna, Vienna Symphony, Walter Hartley, Washington, D.C., Wiener Zeitung. Expand index (25 more) »

Alexander Glazunov

Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov (10 August 1865 – 21 March 1936) was a Russian composer, music teacher, and conductor of the late Russian Romantic period.

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Alto saxophone

The alto saxophone, also referred to as the alto sax, is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s, and patented in 1846.

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American Composers Orchestra

The American Composers Orchestra (ACO) is an American orchestra administratively based in New York City, specialising in contemporary American music.

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Anders Nilsson (composer)

Anders Nilsson (born July 6, 1954 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish composer.

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Baritone saxophone

The baritone saxophone or "bari sax" is one of the largest members of the saxophone family, only being smaller than the bass, contrabass and subcontrabass saxophones.

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Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks) is based in Munich, Germany, one of two full-size symphony orchestras operated under the auspices of Bayerischer Rundfunk, or Bavarian Broadcasting (BR).

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Berlin Philharmonic

The Berlin Philharmonic (Berliner Philharmoniker) is a German orchestra based in Berlin.

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Berliner Philharmonie

The Berliner Philharmonie is a concert hall in Berlin, Germany and home to the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.

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Carnegie Hall

Carnegie Hall (but more commonly) is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States, located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east side of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street, two blocks south of Central Park.

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Charles Wuorinen

Charles Peter Wuorinen (born June 9, 1938) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer of contemporary classical music based in New York City.

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Classical music

Classical music is art music produced or rooted in the traditions of Western culture, including both liturgical (religious) and secular music.

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Concertgebouw

The Royal Concertgebouw (Koninklijk Concertgebouw) is a concert hall in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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Contemporary classical music

Contemporary classical music can be understood as belonging to the period that started in the mid-1970s to early 1990s, which includes modernist, postmodern, neoromantic, and pluralist music.

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Dennis Russell Davies

Dennis Russell Davies (born April 16, 1944 in Toledo, Ohio) is an American conductor and pianist.

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Dimitri Terzakis

Dimitri Terzakis (Δημήτρης Τερζάκης; born March 12, 1938 in Athens) is a Greek composer.

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Elena Firsova

Elena Olegovna Firsova (Еле́на Оле́говна Фи́рсова; also Yelena or Jelena Firssowa; born 21 March 1950, Leningrad) is a Russian composer.

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Erik Bergman

Erik Valdemar Bergman (24 November 1911, in Nykarleby – 24 April 2006, in Helsinki) was an influential composer of classical music from Finland.

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Erland von Koch

Sigurd Christian Jag Erland Vogt von Koch (26 April 1910 – 31 January 2009) was a Swedish composer.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Franco Donatoni

Franco Donatoni (9 June 1927 – 17 August 2000) was an Italian composer.

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Günter Bialas

Günter Bialas (19 July 1907 – 8 July 1995) was a German composer.

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Germany

Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.

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Gewandhaus

Gewandhaus is a concert hall in Leipzig, Germany, the home of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.

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Harry White (saxophonist)

Harry Kinross White (born 1967) is an American-born classical saxophonist living in Switzerland.

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Iannis Xenakis

Iannis Xenakis (Greek: Γιάννης (Ιάννης) Ξενάκης; 29 May 1922 – 4 February 2001) was a Romanian-born, Greek-French composer, music theorist, architect, and engineer.

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Jan Sandström (composer)

Jan Sandström (born 25 January 1954, Vilhelmina, Västerbotten County, Sweden) is a Swedish classical music composer.

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Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a composer and musician of the Baroque period, born in the Duchy of Saxe-Eisenach.

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John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (formally called the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, and commonly referred to as the Kennedy Center) is the United States National Cultural Center, located on the Potomac River, adjacent to the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C., named in 1964 as a memorial to President John F. Kennedy.

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John Worley

John C. Worley was a college professor, saxophonist, and a composer of classical, as well as more contemporary music for saxophone.

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John-Edward Kelly

John-Edward Kelly (October 7, 1958 – February 12, 2015) was an American conductor and saxophonist.

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Jouni Kaipainen

Jouni Ilari Kaipainen (November 24, 1956 – November 23, 2015) was a Finnish composer.

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Kalevi Aho

Kalevi Ensio Aho (born 9 March 1949) is a Finnish composer.

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Konzerthaus Berlin

The Konzerthaus Berlin is a concert hall situated on the Gendarmenmarkt square in the central Mitte district of Berlin housing the German orchestra Konzerthausorchester Berlin.

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Lera Auerbach

Lera Auerbach (Лера Авербах, born Valeria Lvovna Averbakh, Валерия Львовна Авербах; 21 October 1973, Chelyabinsk) is a Soviet-Russian-born American classical composer and pianist.

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Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is a complex of buildings in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan in New York City.

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Linda Bangs

Linda Bangs (sometimes known professionally as Linda Bangs-Urban) is a professional baritone saxophonist and was born in Waverly, Tioga County, New York.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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London Sinfonietta

The London Sinfonietta is an English contemporary chamber orchestra founded in 1968 and based in London.

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Luciano Berio

Luciano Berio, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (October 24, 1925 – May 27, 2003) was an Italian composer.

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Michael Denhoff

Michael Denhoff (born 25 April 1955 in Ahaus) is a German composer and cellist.

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Miklós Maros

Miklós Maros (b. 14 November 1943) is a Hungarian composer.

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Music

Music is an art form and cultural activity whose medium is sound organized in time.

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Musikverein

The (Viennese Music Association), commonly shortened to, is a concert hall in the Innere Stadt borough of Vienna, Austria.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Orchestre de Paris

The Orchestre de Paris is a French orchestra based in Paris.

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Paul Hindemith

Paul Hindemith (16 November 1895 – 28 December 1963) was a prolific German composer, violist, violinist, teacher and conductor.

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Pehr Henrik Nordgren

Pehr Henrik Nordgren (19 January 1944 in Saltvik, Åland Islands – 25 August 2008 in Veteli) was a Finnish composer.

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Per Nørgård

Per Nørgård (pronounced; born 13 July 1932) is a Danish composer.

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Philip Glass

Philip Glass (born January 31, 1937) is an American composer.

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Residentie Orchestra

Het Residentie Orkest (literal translation, The Residence Orchestra; known also in English as The Hague Philharmonic) is a Dutch orchestra based in The Hague.

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Royal Festival Hall

The Royal Festival Hall is a 2,500-seat concert, dance and talks venue within Southbank Centre in London.

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Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society is a society based in Liverpool, England, that manages a professional symphony orchestra, a concert venue, and extensive programmes of learning through music.

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Saxophone

The saxophone (also referred to as the sax) is a family of woodwind instruments.

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Saxophone quartet

A saxophone quartet is a musical ensemble composed of four saxophones, typically soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophones.

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Sigurd Raschèr

Sigurd Manfred Raschèr (pronounced 'Rah-sher') (15 May 190725 February 2001) was an American saxophonist of German birth.

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Simon Rattle

Sir Simon Denis Rattle (born 19 January 1955) is an English conductor.

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Sofia Gubaidulina

Sofia Asgatovna Gubaidulina (Софи́я Асгáтовна Губaйду́лина, София Әсгать кызы Гобәйдуллина; born 24 October 1931) is a Tatar-Russian composer.

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Soprano saxophone

The soprano saxophone is a higher-register variety of the saxophone, a woodwind instrument, invented in the 1840s.

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Staatskapelle Dresden

The Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden (known colloquially as the Staatskapelle Dresden) is a German orchestra based in Dresden.

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Steve Reich

Stephen Michael Reich (born October 3, 1936) is an American composer who, along with La Monte Young, Terry Riley, and Philip Glass, pioneered minimal music in the mid to late 1960s.

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Steven Stucky

Steven Edward Stucky (November 7, 1949 − February 14, 2016) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer.

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Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

The Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra (German: Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR) was a German radio orchestra based in Stuttgart in Germany.

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Stuttgarter Kammerorchester

The Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra (Stuttgarter Kammerorchester) is a German chamber orchestra based in Stuttgart.

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Swedish Chamber Orchestra

The Swedish Chamber Orchestra (Svenska kammarorkestern) is a Swedish orchestra based in Örebro.

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Tenor saxophone

The Tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s.

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The Hague

The Hague (Den Haag,, short for 's-Gravenhage) is a city on the western coast of the Netherlands and the capital of the province of South Holland.

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Ton de Leeuw

Antonius Wilhelmus Adrianus de Leeuw (born Rotterdam, 16 November 1926; died Paris, 31 May 1996) was a Dutch composer.

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Tonhalle, Zürich

The Tonhalle is a concert hall in Zurich, home to the Tonhalle Orchester Zürich, one of Switzerland's leading orchestras.

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Tristan Keuris

Tristan Keuris (3 October 1946 in Amersfoort – 15 December 1996 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch composer.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Vienna

Vienna (Wien) is the federal capital and largest city of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria.

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Vienna Symphony

The Vienna Symphony (Wiener Symphoniker) is an Austrian orchestra based in Vienna.

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Walter Hartley

Walter Sinclair Hartley (February 21, 1927 – June 30, 2016) was an American composer of contemporary (classical) music.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.

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Wiener Zeitung

Wiener Zeitung is an Austrian newspaper.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raschèr_Saxophone_Quartet

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