Asya Fateyeva - open source

The saxophone is one of the instruments that seems to enjoy greater freedom when it comes to arranging works originally written for other instrumentations. Schubert's Arpeggione Sonata on the alto saxophone - and also in the arrangement for string orchestra instead of piano by Dobrinka Tabakova - is therefore central to this programme. In the case of Luciano Berio's "Chemins IV", it is the composer himself who repeatedly reworked his own piece, first adding a string ensemble to the "Sequenza VII" for solo oboe and then arranging this version for soprano saxophone.

The principle of the oral tradition comes into the programme via the Kronos Quartet's "50 for the future" archive. Many of the original 50 commissions are only available as audio tracks and need to be arranged and processed for performance. In this programme, works by the composers Hawa Kassé, Mady Diabaté, Kala Ramnath and Man Wu will be collectively arranged. The programme opens with a work by Sandeep Bhagwati, in which he opens up special freedoms for the performers through his principle of »comprovisation«. In this way, »open sources« becomes an experience of new perspectives for both the ensemble and the audience, in the creative process and in listening, which can have an effect beyond the concert.