Nordic Chamber Music: Finland
Sax-o-Finn
Laura Loge, Artistic Director
- Sunday, November 24 at 2 pm
- Ballard First Lutheran Church (map)
- Free with suggested donation levels below
- Pre-register here
- $150 Full Season Supporter
- $50 Supporter
- $30 General
- $20 Senior
- $10 Student/Child
Experience Finland as never before. A quartet of saxophones featuring some of the best saxophone players Seattle has to offer will jazz up the northern land with solos and ensembles of two, three, and four. From polkas to jazz to classical chamber music, there will be something for everyone.
Featuring:
- Soren Hamm
- Fred Winkler
- Erik Steighner
- Evan Smith
On the program: View the program here
- Three Dances for Saxophone Quartet by Steven Luksan, NWEGS Composer-in-Residence
- Three Pieces for Quartet of Saxophones by Luis Pasquet
- Short Stories by Sebastian Fagerlund
- Finlandia by Jean Sibelius, arranged by Johann Tilli
- Under the Apple Tree by Tomi Räisänen
- Pastoraalisarja by Tapani Länsiö
Concert duration: 60-75 min
Doors open at 1:15 pm
The Nordic Chamber Music Series is produced by the Northwest Edvard Grieg Society. Additional support comes from 4Culture, ArtsWA, and ArtsFund.
Previous seasons have been supported by Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation, the American Guild of Organists Seattle Chapter, the Jane Isakson Lea Foundation, the American-Scandinavian Foundation, and by individual donors like you. If you would like to support this series and ensure its future, please donate here!