Empire Saxophone Quartet | Premier Quatour Op. 53
Clip: Season 16 Episode 13 | 10m 17s
The Empire Saxophone Quartet perform an early piece written for the instrument.
Composer Jean Baptiste Singelee was good friends with the inventor of the saxophone and his 'Premier Quatour' is widely considered the first composition written for a sax quartet. Watch the Empire Saxophone Quartet perform the piece in this Expressions extra clip. Performance was originally recorded in the Summer of 2022 at WSKG Studios.
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Empire Saxophone Quartet | Premier Quatour Op. 53
Clip: Season 16 Episode 13 | 10m 17s
Composer Jean Baptiste Singelee was good friends with the inventor of the saxophone and his 'Premier Quatour' is widely considered the first composition written for a sax quartet. Watch the Empire Saxophone Quartet perform the piece in this Expressions extra clip. Performance was originally recorded in the Summer of 2022 at WSKG Studios.
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