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The ANCIA Saxophone Quartet
Daniel Soderstrom
Performance Today®

The ANCIA Saxophone Quartet

The ANCIA Saxophone Quartet is dedicated to the creation and performance of new works for saxophone quartet. On Thursday's Performance Today, the quartet performs Three Jazz Settings by composer Ramon Ricker.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Robert Schumann: Kreisleriana, Op. 16: Movement 3
Jonathan Biss, piano
Schumann: Fantasie, Kreisleriana & Arabeske
EMI 65391

Robert Schumann: Piano Trio No. 3 in G minor, Op. 110
Gilbert Kalish, piano; Yura Lee, violin; Keith Robinson, cello
Music@Menlo, The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton, Atherton, CA

Liberian Folk Song (arr. Andre Thomas): African Noel
William Arnold and Sedrick Spradling, percussion; Viking Chorus; Christopher Aspaas, conductor
St. Olaf Christmas Festival, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN

Walter Kent: I'll be Home for Christmas
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY

Felix Bernard (arr. Joey Sellers): Winter Wonderland
Doug Tornquist, Tuba; The Hollywood Tuba 12; Jim Self, conductor
Los Angeles Tuba Christmas, Hall of Liberty, Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills, CA

Chris Rogerson: Shadows Lengthen
Members of the Manhattan Chamber Players; Luke Fleming, Artistic Director
(le) poisson rouge, le poisson rouge, New York, NY

Hour 2

Aaron Copland: The Red Pony, Film Suite for Orchestra: Movements 3a & 3b
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, Conductor
A Copland Profile
Delos 3221

Randall Woolf: Righteous Babe
Tara Helen O'Connor, flute, Pedja Muzijevic, piano
Spoleto Festival USA, Dock Street Theater, Charleston, SC

Aaron Copland: Duo for flute and piano
Lorna McGhee, flute; Andrew Armstrong, piano
Seattle Chamber Music Society, Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA

Ramon Ricker: Three Jazz Settings for Saxophone Quartet
Ancia Saxophone Quartet
Rochester Chamber Music Society, Christ United Methodist Church, Rochester, MN

Randol Bass: Fanfare: Joy to the World
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY

Bob Chilcott: Where Riches Is Everlastingly
Utah State University Chamber Singers; Dr. Cory Evans, conductor
Utah State University Choral Ensembles, St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, Hyde Park, UT

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