Additional Information
For its fall season, Montreal saxophone quartet Quasar becomes an octet, sharing stage and repertoire with the Stockholm Saxophone Quartet. The Quebec ensemble is currently playing in Europe with the Swedish quartet, before returning home to continue this tour built for 8 saxophones. Reached in Sweden in the middle of their tour, saxophonists Marie-Chantal Leclair and Jean-Marc Bouchard, the tender half of Quasar (they’re also a couple in life) tell PAN M 360 users about their return to Quebec, which will take them first to Montreal on October 24 at Salle Bourgie, then to Saguenay and Quebec City. Alain Brunet interviewed them.
INTERPRETERS
Quasar
Marie-Chantal Leclair, saxophone soprano
Mathieu Leclair, saxophone alto
André Leroux, saxophone ténor
Jean-Marc Bouchard, saxophone baryton
Stockholm Saxophone Quartet
Mathias Karlsen Björnstad, saxophone soprano
Jörgen Pettersson, saxophone alto
Theo Hillborg, saxophone ténor
Linn Persson, saxophone baryton
PROGRAM
José EVANGELISTA Saxoctet (1985) for saxophone octet
Gordon WILLIAMSON Création (2024) for saxophone octet
Martina TOMMER Création (2024) for saxophone octet
Jenny HETTNE Swirls and Shades (2019) for saxophone octet
