Mr. Sax's Square
How does it sound?
WHAT DOES OUTDOOR MARCHING SOUND LIKE? Today we are going to march like a real brass band! That sounds festive, but what does it sound like when the brass band is tired, and no longer feels like marching down the street? Or if someone from the brass band gets a love letter, and the others are jealous? In Mr. Sax's Square a brass band plays in the little square where Mister Sax lives. Who that is, the quartet only finds out when the door to his mysterious cottage finally opens.
Mr. Sax's Square with the horns of the sparkling Ebonit Saxophone Quartet is a compelling musical pageant with lots of humor directed by Jochem Stavenuiter (mime theater group Bambie). With music by Ligeti, Ravel, Bach and Rossini, among others.
Advisory age: 5 to 105
Language No Problem
On the stage
Ebonit Saxophone Quartet music/game
The Ebonit Saxophone Quartet is a young, sparkling ensemble. The quartet consists of four young musicians from Poland, the Netherlands and Spain and attended the Master of the Dutch String Quartet Academy. The debut CD "The Last Words of Christ" was nominated for an Edison Klassiek 2016. The quartet received first prize at international competitions such as the Ottomani Competition, the Who's Next Chamber Music Competition, the Storioni Competition and the Orlando Competition and received the Silver Fork (2016). At the renowned Verbier Festival 2017, the four musicians received the APCAV prize. Ebonit's second CD "Arabesque" in 2018 was described in the Volkskrant as "pure magic." Late last year, they released their third album: Troubled Waters, with music written especially for them.
Marijke Schröer soprano saxophone
Dineke Nauta alto saxophone
Mateusz Pusiewicz tenor saxophone
Paulina Marta Kulesza baritone saxophone
Behind the scenes
Jochem Stavenuiter Direction
Jochem Stavenuiter (1973) is artistic director of Mimetheatergroep Bambie, which he founded in 1995 together with Paul van der Laan. He also works regularly as an actor, director and choreographer for various theater makers and groups, including the Rotheater, the Amsterdam Bostheater and Orkater. As an actor he has a variety of roles to his name in Dutch films and series, including Back to the coast, Murder Woman and Flikken Maastricht. Jochem previously created the successful music performance "The Suleikas and the mystery of the sensitive string" with Trio Suleika at Oorkaan. www.bambie.org
Marijn van der Jagt dramaturgy
Hester Jolink design
Johanna Trudzinski costumes
Tom Verheijen light
Caecilia Thunnissen artistic direction
The music
At Mr. Sax's Square you will hear pieces of music by Ligeti, Bach, Ravel and Rossini, among others.
Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868) Il barbiere di Siviglia, Overture
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Italian Concert, BWV 971, II. Andante
Guillermo Lago (1960) Ciudades, Addis Ababa
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) Le tombeau de Couperin, IV. Rigaudon
György Ligeti (1923-2006) Six Bagatelles, I. Allegro con spirito & III. Allegro grazioso
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Partita, BWV 1013, I. Allemande, for flute
Charles Mingus (1922-1979) Self-Portrait In Three Colors
Antonio Carlos Jobim (1927-1994) Desafinado
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847) String Quartet No. 2 in a Minor, op. 13, III. Intermezzo
Press
View and download press materials from The Square of Mr. Sax here:""Strength of the performance lies not only in the musical dialogue the players engage in on the floor with each other, but especially in the high degree to which this performance communicates with its young audience. With open and exciting perspectives, the children are regularly actively challenged to make sense of the music.""
Made possible by
The Little Square of Mister Sax is made possible in part by The Kersjes Fund, Wim de Monchy and VSB Fund.
Upcoming concerts
27
Dec
with Amsterdam Andalusian Orchestra
3:00 PM,
Zwolle Theaters
28
Dec
with Matteo Paggi and Aviv Noam
3:30 pm,
Teatro Munganga, Amsterdam
4
Jan
5 p.m,
Theater 30cc, Leuven
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