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Saule tikai (Merely Sun) | Skani LMIC096

Saule tikai (Merely Sun)

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Label: Skani

Cat No: LMIC096

Barcode: 4751025440666

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 7th May 2021

Contents

About

Riga Saxophone Quartet’s international debut featuring world premiere-recordings dedicated to the ensemble by Dace Aperāne, Mārīte Dombrovska, Rihards Dubra, Edgars Mākens and Rihards Zaļupe.

This is an album of musical friendship where the Riga Saxophone Quartet meets with composers and like-minded performers, and five compositions grounded in poetry, dreams, the Book of Revelation, Old Town Riga streetscapes, and the art of photography come into being. The RSQ debuted on 5 May 1992 in the White Hall of the Latvian Philharmonic.

Membership in the quartet has changed several times with Artis Sīmanis the only enduring original member. Artis Sīmanis received the Latvian Music Award in 2009 and the Order of the Three Stars in 2010 for his contributions to saxophone development in Latvia. With Artis at its heart, the RSQ has developed diverse concert programming with an enormous repertoire ranging from Gabrieli and Bach to Glass and Piazzolla, and world music to jazz.

The quartet appears on its own and in conjunction with Latvia’s professional orchestras and choirs, performing in Latvia’s concert halls, schools, and churches. They received the Grand Music Award in 1999 for artistic achievement at the First International Saxophone Festival Saxophonia and their extensive performance commitments in Latvia. During the next decades they take part in the Latvian National Opera’s production of Fruits of the Earth.

The RSQ has performed in its current configuration since 2016.

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