The Just – Berlage Saxophone Quartet

March 5th 2026 at 20:15 – 22:00

Pēteris Vasks – The Fruit of Silence (arr. Peter Vigh for saxophone quartet and choir)
Lera Auerbach – Selection from 72 Angels
Pēteris Vasks – Actus Caritatis (for choir a-capella)
Dmitri Shostakovich – Lullaby from From Jewish Folk Poetry (arr. Max Knigge)
Peter Vigh – Zeven jaar en drie weken – de vlucht van Leo en Bella Adler

Cappella Amsterdam
Jan Brokken – Reciter
Daniel Reuss – conductor
Berlage Saxophone Quartet
Lars Niederstrasser – soprano saxophone
Peter Vigh – alto saxophone
Juani Palop Tecles – tenor saxophone
Eva van Grinsven – baritone saxophone

In The Just, based on master storyteller Jan Brokken’s book of the same name (in Dutch: De Rechtvaardigen), Cappella Amsterdam presents the unknown, compelling story of Dutch consul Jan Zwartendijk. He risked his life for the freedom of others. At the beginning of World War II, he issued visas to thousands of Jews in Kaunas, Lithuania. With this visa for Curaçao, they could travel to Japan via the Trans-Siberian Express and escape the Holocaust.

In our time, the news is still dominated by refugee crises, most often in regions beyond Europe’s borders. But the devastating war in Ukraine has ignited a new conflict zone right within Europe, forcing countless innocent people to flee their homes and become refugees. This concert is about how one person’s good deeds can save thousands of lives. Jan Brokken himself takes the stage to narrate the story, accompanied by choir and saxophone quartet.

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Saxophone and Piano “Contrasts” at St. James’s Church, Sussex Gardens

A night of expressive classical music at Downing Place. Elegance, passion, and harmony await!

May 2nd 2025 at 18:30

Handel – Sonate pour violon en fa majeur, Op.1 no. 12, HWV 370
Rachmaninov – Vocalise, Op. 34 no. 14
Bozza – Aria
Piazzolla -Fugue
Piazzolla -La muerte del ángel
Piazzolla – Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas: Invierno Porteño (Winter in Buenos Aires)
Iturralde – Hellenic Suite
Demersseman – Fantaisie sur un theme original
Molinelli – Four pictures from New York
Denis Patrickson – Waltz of Lovers
Denis Patrickson – The Dreams
Denis Patrickson – Mirage

Denis Patrickson – saxophone
Elizaveta VeliKhova – piano

Experience the mesmerizing fusion of classical and contemporary music in an unforgettable concert at Downing Place, Cambridge. Featuring the brilliant Denis Patrickson (saxophone) and Elizabeth Velikhova (piano), this program showcases a breathtaking range of emotions, colors, and contrasts.

From the timeless elegance of G.F. Handel and the deep lyricism of S. Rachmaninoff to the fiery passion of A. Piazzolla and the modern brilliance of R. Molinelli, each piece will take you on a journey of expressive soundscapes.

In 2024, Denis and Elizaveta formed a duo and began performing across the UK, offering audiences a unique and dynamic blend of saxophone and piano.

Their repertoire includes the works written for classical saxophone, as well as arrangements and own compositions.

Denis Patrickson is an award-winning saxophonist and international competition laureate, known for his dedication to the classical saxophone. He founded the Cherry Music project and is a distinguished member of the Symphony Orchestra of Cinematography. Denis was invited to the UK under the prestigious Arts Council of England’s Global Talent program, recognizing his significant contributions to music.

Elizaveta Velikhova is a Russian-born pianist and Royal College of Music graduate. A former member of the Bolshoi Theatre’s chamber ensemble, she earned a First-Class Diploma from the Royal College of Music in 2024.

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Her Ensemble: The Three Dancers with Jess Gillam and Laura Van der Heijden

May 7th 2025 at 20:00

Caroline Shaw – Thousandth Orange
Dobrinka Tabakova – Insight
Elena Kats-Chernin – The Three Dancers
Ezo Dem Sarici – Balkan folk tunes

Her Ensemble
Laura Van Der Heijden – cello
Jess Gillam – saxophone
Junyan Chen – piano

Inspired by the history of still-life paintings, Caroline Shaw’s piano quartet Thousandth Orange depicts tiny oblique revelations that time’s filter can open up in a musical memory. Picasso, meanwhile is the starting point for Elena Kats-Chernin’s sax, marimba, and accordion enriched dive into love, death, and desire. These ideas streamline through Dobrinka Tabakova’s 2002 string trio which grapples with the idea of visualising sound itself.

Devoted to championing women’s voices, the ‘forward thinking ensemble’ (Gramophone) enlists two star soloists for its folk-gilded brush with the plastic arts. ‘A performer who can hypnotise a room’ (Arts Desk), saxophonist Jess Gillam ‘frankly rocks’ concedes the Huffington Post; while ‘superstar cellist’ (The Times), Laura van der Heijden ‘has everything within reach to become a cello diva’ (Trouw).

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Christian Forshaw – Sanctuary

May 8th 2025 at 20:00

Forshaw – Nunc Dimittis
Monk (arr. Forshaw) – Abide with Me
Gibbons (arr. Forshaw – Drop, Drop Slow Tears
Anon. (arr. Forshaw) – Mortal Flesh
Forshaw – Unknown Love

The Choir of King’s College London
Christian Forshaw – saxophone
Rosanna Wicks – soprano
Richard Pinel – organ
Ryan Hepburn – percussion

A candlelit concert celebrating the 21st anniversary of Christian Forshaw’s groundbreaking album ‘Sanctuary’ – which topped the classical charts in the year of its release. Simple ecclesiastical melodies inspired by Christian’s childhood as a church chorister are cast in a new contemporary light and developed into atmospheric concert pieces.

King’s College London was recently awarded University of Sanctuary status. Its acclaimed choir featured on the album. They reunite with Christian for this unique blending of sacred music with saxophone, organ, voice and percussion.

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Trio Abstrakt

May 26th 2025 at 19:30

Georges Aperghis – Trio funambule
José Luis Perdigón – Ill-use
Franck Bedrossian – Piece to be determined
Alberto Posadas – Trío para saxofón, piano y percusión
Isabel Mundry – Piece to be determined

Trio Abstrakt
Salim(a) Javaid – saxophone
Marlies Debacker – piano
Alexandre Ferreira Silva – percussion

Trio Abstrakt is a love letter to new chamber music. For over 8 years, the ensemble has devoted itself with the utmost precision and dedication to demanding contemporary chamber music from the last three decades. As the creative home of musicians Salim(a) Javaid (saxophone), Marlies Debacker (piano), and Alexandre Ferreira Silva (percussion), the trio combines chamber music tradition with a continuous engagement with the present.

The ensemble aims to bring “music of today” to life, relying on a non-hierarchical collaboration with composers. In this collaborative process, extensive new works emerge that explore the sonic possibilities of modern chamber music performance.

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Ibert – Concertino da camera – Andrey Fjeldstad

May 30th 2025 at 19:30

Wiktor Wysocki – New Commission
Vratislav Klemera – New Commission
Jacques Ibert – Concertino da camera
James Sharif – New Commission
Margaret Lyell – ‘Schiehallion’ (1929
Schumann – Piano Concerto in a-minor, Op.54

Romantic Revival Orchestra
Andrey Fjeldstad – saxophone
Julian Jacobson– piano
Tommaso Nista – conductor

The RRO takes on new music by James Sharif, as well as a saxophone concertino by Jacques Ibert, two piano concertos: Margaret Lyell’s ‘Schiehallion’ (1929) and Schumann’s Piano Concerto played by Julian Jacobson.

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London Mozart Players with Jess Gillam

May 30th 2025 at 19:00

Tchaikovsky – Serenade for Strings (Movement 4: Finale)
James MacMillan – Saxophone Concerto
Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on Greensleeves
Jessie Montgomery – Strum
John Harle – RANT!
Dowland – Flow My Tears
Bartok arr. Willner – Romanian Folk Dances
Trad. arr. Tonsgaard Sørensen – Shine You No More

London Mozart Players
Jess Gillam – saxophone
Ruth Rogers – leader
Jonathan Bloxham – conductor

Full of memorable tunes and toe-tapping dances, LMP and the electrifying saxophonist Jess Gillam bring the heart and soul of folk-inspired music to life in this concert.

From the Scottish Isles in MacMillan’s punchy Saxophone Concerto to the pastoral English countryside of Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on Greensleeves, the programme showcases the rich variety of folk-influenced classical music. As well as spanning the globe, tonight’s music also traverses time, transporting you from Dowland’s olde lute-inspired Flow My Tears to the contemporary pizzicato in Jessie Montgomery’s Strum.

Jess Gillam, known for her charismatic presenting style on BBC Radio 3’s This Classical Life, will guide you through the programme with engaging spoken introductions.

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Adolphus Hailstork’s Concerto for Saxophone – Timothy McAllister

May 31st 2025 at 19:30

COPLAND – El Salón México
ADOLPHUS HAILSTORK – Concerto for Saxophone (World Premiere)
GINASTERA – Variaciones concertantes
BERNSTEIN – Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Timothy McAllister, saxophone

Join JoAnn Falletta and the BPO for a vibrant celebration of American music, starting with Copland’s El Salón México, a piece that captures the spirit and rhythms of Mexican dance halls. The concert features the world premiere of Adolphus Hailstork’s Concerto for Saxophone, performed by the exceptional Timothy McAllister, promising a work of great emotion and virtuosity that explores the saxophone’s expressive range. Ginastera’s Variaciones concertantes offers a showcase of Argentine musical traditions, while Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from West Side Story close the evening with thrilling, jazz-infused melodies and the drama of New York’s city streets. This program highlights the diversity and innovation of American music, celebrating its power to tell stories and evoke vivid landscapes.

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London Mozart Players with Jess Gillam

June 2nd 2025 at 19:30

Jessie Montgomery – Strum
James Macmillan – Saxophone Concerto
Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on Greensleeves
Dowland – Flow my tears
Bartok – Romanian Folk Dances
John Harle – RANT!
Tchaikovsky – Serenade for Strings, Op. 48

London Mozart Players
Jess Gillam – saxophone
Ruth Rogers – leader
Jonathan Bloxham – conductor

A concert full of memorable tunes and toe-tapping dances with the electrifying saxophonist Jess Gillam bringing folk-inspired music for strings to life.

From the Scottish Isles in Macmillan’s punchy saxophone concerto to the idyllic English countryside of Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on Greensleeves, the evening showcases the rich variety of folk-influenced classical music. As well as spanning the globe, tonight’s music also traverses time, transporting you from the Renaissance with Dowland’s Flow My Tears to now, with Jessie Montgomery’s spiky Strum.

Jess Gillam, known for her warm and charismatic presenting style on BBC Radio 3, will guide you through the programme with engaging spoken introductions.

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Trish Clowes – Saxophone

June 13th 2025 at 22:00

Trish Clowes – Saxophone
Donald Grant – Violin
Ross Stanley – Piano

Expect the unexpected from saxophonist and composer Trish Clowes and her equally inventive partners. The trio’s programme weaves together a heady blend of their own compositions, the essential spirit of folk music, life-enhancing improvisations and familiar chamber pieces reimagined and refreshed.

Renowned saxophonist Jonathan Radford is the soloist in the world première of Cheryl Frances-Hoad’s saxophone concerto.The concert will close with Brahms’s Second Symphony, under the baton of our Artistic Director, Thomas Carroll.

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Cheryl Frances-Hoad’s Saxophone Concerto – Jonathan Radford

June 26th 2025 at 19:30

Foundation Composer – Miles Walter – World Première composition
Cheryl Frances-Hoad – Saxophone Concerto – World Première
Brahms – Symphony No. 2, Op. 73

Orpheus Sinfonia
Thomas Carroll: Conductor
Daniel Joseph: Foundation Conductor
Jonathan Radford: Saxophone

We are very excited to be presenting two world premières this evening.
Foundation Conductor, Daniel Joseph, will direct the world première of our Foundation Composer’s brand-new work.

Renowned saxophonist Jonathan Radford is the soloist in the world première of Cheryl Frances-Hoad’s saxophone concerto.The concert will close with Brahms’s Second Symphony, under the baton of our Artistic Director, Thomas Carroll.

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Let It Be Colourful – Asya Fateyeva

July 9th 2025 at 19:30

Milhaud: Le Boeuf sur le Toit op. 58
Villa-Lobos: Fantasia para saxophone, A490
Milhaud: Scaramouche for Alto saxophone and Orchestra op. 165c
Piazzolla: Adiós Nonino
Ginastera: Variaciones concertantes, op.23

Münchner Symphoniker
Joseph Bastian, Conductor
Asya Fateyeva, Saxophone

The ever-popular open-air concerts in the Residenz’s fountain courtyard exude a very special charm. Just the thing for our season finale! Our chief conductor, Joseph Bastian, has once again put together a program whose verve perfectly matches the summer mood. This time, it’s off to South America: Brazilian Heitor Villa-Lobos and Argentinian Alberto Ginastera combined the rhythmic drive of their homeland with the compositional refinement of European modernism. Astor Piazzolla made the formerly disreputable Argentine tango suitable for concert halls; in his most famous piece, he bid farewell to his father with yearning sounds. Darius Milhaud was considered the enfant terrible of the Parisian music scene in the 1920s; as an attaché to the French ambassador in Rio de Janeiro, he absorbed local sounds and integrated them into his works. Saxophone virtuoso Asya Fateyeva is a dynamic soloist who also moves easily between classical and other musical styles.

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Soweto Kinch/LSO: Soundtrack to the Apocalypse

November 13th 2025 at 19:00- 21:00

Programme to be announced

London Symphony Orchestra
Soweto Kinch – saxophone

The saxophonist, rapper and composer Soweto Kinch presents the final instalment of a trilogy of works in collaboration with the LSO, which began with The Black Peril and White Juju.

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Kebyart Ensemble

February 5th 2026 at 19:30- 21:00

Works by Steve Reich, Nico Muhly, Caroline Shaw and others

Kebyart
Pere Méndez – soprano saxophone
Víctor Serra – alto saxophone
Robert Seara – tenor saxophone
Daniel Miguel – baritone saxophone

It’s all in the mix: Original works, visionary new creations, and original arrangements combine in the Kebyart saxophone quartet’s programs to create a distinctive work of art. With explosive staging, the four likeable Catalans transform each of their concerts into an experience. These excellent musicians share not only a passion for chamber music, but also a strong desire to breathe new life into the traditional communication of classical music. Their brimming tour schedule demonstrates their success: from Barcelona to Paris and across Europe, Kebyart is in demand at festivals and concert series with innovative aspirations. The saxophone has never been so multifaceted before.

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Berlage’s Vision

Berlage Saxophone Quartet + Vincent Bijlo

March 5th 2026 at 20:15 – 22:00

Bach – selection from Goldbergvariations (arr. Peter Vigh)
Erwin Schulhoff – Fünf Stücke (arr. Peter Vigh)
Claude Debussy – Pagodes (arr. Peter Vigh)
Joey Roukens – Quodlibet

Berlage Saxophone Quartet
Lars Niederstrasser – soprano saxophone
Peter Vigh – alto saxophone
Juani Palop Tecles – tenor saxophone
Eva van Grinsven – baritone saxophone

At the centre of the concert evening is the brilliant Jess Gillam, one of the most exciting musicians of our time. With her soprano saxophone, she combines technical virtuosity and charismatic stage presence like rarely seen. Two works put the saxophone in the spotlight: Dave Heath’s “The Celtic” and James MacMillan’s Concerto for Soprano Saxophone and String Orchestra. Both works are tailor-made for Jess Gillam. Heath’s “The Celtic” combines Celtic melancholy with rhythmic energy, while MacMillan’s work explores the boundaries of the instrument’s timbres and expressive possibilities. His most famous is certainly the Ninth, but for many, Antonín Dvořák’s Seventh Symphony is his best. This music feels rugged and melancholic, yet compact and strict. There is no superfluous note here, every motif is worked through, every counterpoint has something to say. No question: this is not cozy folk music from a Bohemian village tavern, but highly concentrated symphonic music in the spirit of Beethoven and Brahms.

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Saxophone Dreams with Jess Gillam

March 11th 2026 at 19:30 – 21:30

ANNA CLYNE – Sound and Fury†
DANI HOWARD – Saxophone Concerto*
GEORGE WALKER – Lyric for Strings
CAROLINE SHAW – Entr’acte
DAVE HEATH – The Celtic*
JOHN HARLE – Rant!*

Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Ben Glassberg – conductor
Jess Gillam – saxophones*
†Commissioned by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.

An inspiring fixture on radio and TV, Cumbrian-born Jess Gillam is first and foremost a world-class saxophonist. She brings her invigorating musical personality to a typically adventurous collection of music across diverse styles and sounds for the last of our New Dimensions concerts.

Young British composer Dani Howard wrote her effervescent new Saxophone Concerto specially for Gillam, while Dave Heath throws you into the whirling energy of a raucous ceilidh in his galvanising concerto The Celtic.

Haydn provides the calmer inspiration for Anna Clyne’s scintillating Sound and Fury, written for the SCO in 2019, and also for Caroline Shaw’s mercurial Entr’acte. The great African American composer George Walker, meanwhile, regularly moves listeners to tears with his striking Lyric for Strings.

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Saxophone Dreams with Jess Gillam

March 12th 2026 at 19:30 – 21:30

ANNA CLYNE – Sound and Fury†
DANI HOWARD – Saxophone Concerto*
GEORGE WALKER – Lyric for Strings
CAROLINE SHAW – Entr’acte
DAVE HEATH – The Celtic*
JOHN HARLE – Rant!*

Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Ben Glassberg – conductor
Jess Gillam – saxophones*
†Commissioned by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.

An inspiring fixture on radio and TV, Cumbrian-born Jess Gillam is first and foremost a world-class saxophonist. She brings her invigorating musical personality to a typically adventurous collection of music across diverse styles and sounds for the last of our New Dimensions concerts.

Young British composer Dani Howard wrote her effervescent new Saxophone Concerto specially for Gillam, while Dave Heath throws you into the whirling energy of a raucous ceilidh in his galvanising concerto The Celtic.

Haydn provides the calmer inspiration for Anna Clyne’s scintillating Sound and Fury, written for the SCO in 2019, and also for Caroline Shaw’s mercurial Entr’acte. The great African American composer George Walker, meanwhile, regularly moves listeners to tears with his striking Lyric for Strings.

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Saxophone Dreams with Jess Gillam

March 13th 2026 at 19:30 – 21:30

ANNA CLYNE – Sound and Fury†
DANI HOWARD – Saxophone Concerto*
GEORGE WALKER – Lyric for Strings
CAROLINE SHAW – Entr’acte
DAVE HEATH – The Celtic*
JOHN HARLE – Rant!*

Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Ben Glassberg – conductor
Jess Gillam – saxophones*
†Commissioned by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.

An inspiring fixture on radio and TV, Cumbrian-born Jess Gillam is first and foremost a world-class saxophonist. She brings her invigorating musical personality to a typically adventurous collection of music across diverse styles and sounds for the last of our New Dimensions concerts.

Young British composer Dani Howard wrote her effervescent new Saxophone Concerto specially for Gillam, while Dave Heath throws you into the whirling energy of a raucous ceilidh in his galvanising concerto The Celtic.

Haydn provides the calmer inspiration for Anna Clyne’s scintillating Sound and Fury, written for the SCO in 2019, and also for Caroline Shaw’s mercurial Entr’acte. The great African American composer George Walker, meanwhile, regularly moves listeners to tears with his striking Lyric for Strings.

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