Maat Saxophone Quartet

In the organizer's words:

Sound cosmos saxophone

There are countless string quartets - both ensembles and works - but saxophone quartets? In this line-up, the MAAT Saxophone Quartet is in the process of making an outstanding name for itself. As a "Rising Star" of the European Concert Hall Organization, they are touring throughout Europe in the 2025/26 season. After eight sold-out children's concerts in 2024, they are also returning to the Elbphilharmonie - with a program that showcases the quartet's diversity with arrangements ranging from string quartets to piano concertos.

Instrumentation

Maat Saxophone Quartet

Daniel Ferreirasoprano saxophone
Catarina Gomesalto saxophone
Pedro Silvatenor saxophone
Mafalda Oliveirabaritone saxophone

Program

Jean Rivier
Grave et presto

Lili Boulanger
Nocturne
Cortège

Henriëtte Bosmans
String quartet / arrangement for saxophone quartet by Adrian Tully

Dmitri Shostakovich
Two pieces for string quartet / arrangement for saxophone quartet by Lisa Wyss

-Intermission -

Aleksandra Vrebalov
Four Faces, Four Wings / Commissioned by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Lisbon, Casa da Música Porto, Philharmonie de Paris and the European Concert Hall Organization (ECHO)

Kurt Weill
The Threepenny Opera / arrangement for saxophone quartet by John Harle (excerpts)

George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue / arrangement for saxophone quartet by Johan van der Linden

Venue: Elbphilharmonie / Small Hall

Organizer: HamburgMusik