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Welsh Proms tickets on sale
Tickets for the LSQ’s Welsh Prom at St. David’s Hall, Cardiff have gone on sale. Please visit their website to buy online. Last years concert was a sell out so please book early to avoid missing out.
St. Martin Chamber Music Competition
We are delighted to announce that the LSQ are through to the semi-final of the St. Martin in the Fields’ Chamber Music Competition 2010. The semi-final will take place on Friday 23rd of April at St. Martin in the Field’s in London and we will be playing Graham Fitkin’s Hurl and Joel Garthwaite’s arrangement of 6 Romanian Folk Dances by Bartok.
Arts Council Wales funding and Tour Dates
We are delighted to announce today that the LSQ has been awarded extra funding for their 2010/2011 touring of their Signum Classics album containing an entirely new set of repertoire by Wales’ most prominent composers.
This funding will ensure the tour extends to more rural areas of Wales and England that wouldn’t normally have been possible without the help of ACW.
Dates for the project will now be gradually added to the Upcoming Concerts page of the website as and when they are confirmed. Thanks once again goes out to ACW who have been most generous in their support of the quartet and their projects over the last two years.
Reworkings CD out now
The new LSQ CD ‘Reworkings‘ containing much of the lighter repertoire we perform is out today! It is only available to buy from our website or at one of our concerts so please use the PayPal button to securely buy a copy online.
‘Reworkings’ is an album of carefully chosen, well known music that has been adapted for saxophone quartet. This music forms the core repertoire of our work with Live Music Now! and we took the decision to commit these pieces to disc following ongoing positive reaction from our audiences. We believe the new settings offer a fresh perspective on these varied musical styles. The album was recorded at The Forge, Camden during November 2009.
Track listing:
6 Romanian Folk Dances – Bartok
Bolero – Ravel
Singing In The Rain – Nacio H Brown
Too Close for Comfort - Bock, Weiss, Holofcener
Sous le Dôme épais (Flower Duet) from Lakmé - Léo Delibes
A Foggy Day – Gershwin
I Got Rhythm – Gershwin
When The Saints Go Marching In – Virgil O. Stamps
Selections from Carmen - Bizet
Adagio for Strings – Samuel Barber
LSQ join Signum Classics
The LSQ are delighted to announce their forthcoming album Flux and their anticipated new CD featuring commissions by some of Wales’ most influential composers will be released on the superb classical music label Signum Classics in October 2010. The releases will be accompanied by a nationwide tour. More info to come shortly.
Welsh Music Album
The LSQ will record an album featuring new commissions by some of Wales’ most influential composers in 2010. The project will see pieces by John Metcalf, Peter Reynolds, Hilary Tann, Mark David Boden, Christopher Painter, Gareth Wood and Ashley John Long recorded with assistance at Ty Cerdd at the Millennium Centre. The album is due for release in October 2010 and will be accompanied by a tour of both Wales and England to promote the CD and commissions.