Saxophon à la carte

Members of the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra:
Marianna Oczkowska, violin
Pedro Afonso Minhava Reis, clarinet
Severin Neubauer, saxophone
Jaime Wolfson, piano

Eva Teimel, presentation

Alban Berg: Adagio aus dem Kammerkonzert (Arr. Alban Berg)
Roman Haubenstock-Ramati: Multiple V
Galina Ustwolskaja: Sonate für Violine und Klavier
Noëmi Haffner: Baccae für Saxophon, Violine und Klavier
Otto M. Zykan: Pat/Reto – Pas tres top
Arnold Schönberg: Sechs kleine Klavierstücke op. 19
Anton Webern: Quartett op. 22

Anton Webern dedicated his saxophone quartet to the architect and loyal patron of the Viennese school Adolf Loos for his 60th birthday – perhaps because he was aware of Loos’ inclination towards contemporary jazz music, which gradually found its way to Vienna during the 1920s. However, there are no traces of jazz influence in the piece – similarly to other works of the evening, Webern only explores the saxophone’s timbral properties. The sixth piano piece from Schönberg’s op. 19 is a sonorous tombeau for Gustav Mahler.