Come enjoy the premiere of a new work for saxophone quartet by ICO Composer-in-Residence James Aikman. While the saxophone was created by Belgian Adolphe Sax in the early 1840s, it strongly influenced French repertoire. Audiences will delight in the works of three outstanding French composers. New music champions the PRISM Quartet are featured.
PRISM Quartet
James Aikman, ICO Composer-in-Residence
Matthew Kraemer, conductor
Dutilleux | Au gré des ondes
Aikman | ALARM! Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Orchestra (world premiere)
Duparc | Aux étoiles
Poulenc | Sinfonietta