The Castle, Hay-on-Wye, HR3 5DG. Doors open 7.00. Bar.

In their wide ranging programme of music from many differing periods the acclaimed Ferio Saxophone Quartet demonstrates its supreme flexibility of style. We are delighted to welcome the Quartet for the first time to Hay Music.

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Huw Wiggin - soprano, Ellie McMurray - alto,

David Zucchi - tenor, Katie Samways - baritone

Programme

Johann Sebastian Bach arr. Farrington:  Fuge in G minor, BWV 578

George Frideric Handel arr. Farrington:  Sarabande from Harpsichord Suite in D minor, HWV 437

Florence Price arr. Farrington:  Three Little Negro Dances

Kurt Weill arr. Harle:  Music from The Threepenny opera

Philip Glass: Saxophone Quartet

Leonard Bernstein arr. Boatman:  West Side Story Suite

As one of Europe’s leading saxophone quartets, the Ferio Saxophone Quartet consistently receives a highly enthusiastic reception from audiences and critics alike.  Their four recordings for Chandos Records have all been met with great acclaim in the press and demonstrate the broad range and flexibility of their instruments, repertoire and collaborations.

Accolades and awards have included The Philharmonia/Martin Musical Ensemble Award, the Royal Over-Seas League’s Ensemble Competition prize and selection by both the Tunnell Trust and Park Lane Group.

Concert engagements have taken the ensemble to the leading festivals and concert halls across the UK, as well as on tour to New Zealand, France and Bermuda, and they can frequently be heard on BBC Radio 3 and other national and international broadcasters.

Other important strands of Ferio’s work include a range of educational activity in schools and conservatoires, and developing the saxophone quartet repertoire through commissions, which have included Laura Bowler, Simon Rowland-Jones and Guillermo Lago.

The Quartet was formed at the Royal College of Music in 2012, and has since developed an extraordinary breadth of repertoire, allowing them to draw from an unusually wide range of musical styles and periods in their highly engaging concert programmes.