Roger Hanschel
»Regeneration & Blend« for string quartet and alto saxophone (2014)
Joseph Haydn
Divertimento No. 8 in D major for wind sextet Hob. II:8 (1767)
Roger Hanschel
»Vin« for string quartet and alto saxophone (2014)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Divertimento No. 8 F major KV 213 for wind sextet (1775)
Roger Hanschel
»Was weite Herzen füllt« for wind sextet, string quartet and alto saxophone (2014)
- Sebastian Poyault Oboe
- Ikuko Homma Oboe
- Thomas Jedamzik Bassoon
- Diana Rohnfelder Bassoon
- Andreas Jakobs French horn
- Jörn Köster French horn
- Roger Hanschel Alto saxophone
- Marie Daniel Violin
- Joanna Becker Violin
- Vincent Royer Viola
- Daniel Raabe Cello
Great entertainment – in the 18th century, that’s what wind ensembles were usually responsible for. With their “divertimenti”, the winds ensured that at festivities and on special days the sound was perfect, indoors or out. In contrast, the string quartet was considered the epitome of music-making within bourgeois homes. With this programme, the musicians of the Gürzenich Orchestra bridge the worlds, inviting the saxophone virtuoso Roger Hanschel for this purpose. He blends the sounds of his instrument with strings and with winds, and in so doing, almost incidentally reconciles “jazz” and “classical” music.
