Paul Cohen

Saturday, March 29, PASQ Chapel, 10:30am-11:30am and Sunday, March 30, Esber Hall MB1, 9:30am - 10:30am

SATURDAY

10:30am - 11:30am

LECTURE: The original, 1949 Dahl Concerto for Alto Saxophone

What’s the big deal?      (It’s 10 minutes longer!) 

A discussion of the significant differences between the unpublished original (1949) and the published 1958 versions, including:

Deleted music

Altered sections

Instrumentation

Purpose and attitude

Q&A on all aspects of both versions

SUNDAY

9:30am - 10:30am

How the Instruments Sing

Music new and old for sopranino, soprano, contrabass saxophones, and Connosax

Sonata for Soprano Saxophone by John David Lamb

I Andante-animato

Sonata for Soprano Saxophone by Steve Cohen

III Allegro giocoso

Paul Cohen, soprano saxophone and I-Fei Chen-Markham, piano

Safe Passage for sopranino saxophone and piano by Bret Newton

Paul Cohen, sopranino saxophone and I-Fei Chen-Markham, piano

Astrid Soliloquies by Stanley Grill                                                                             

Restlessly

Grazioso

Allegro

Paul Cohen, sopranino saxophone

Rondo du Quatuor (c.1940’s) by Marguarite Roesgen-Champion

A newly discovered saxophone quartet from the 1940s written for Marcel Mule

Ares Saxophone Quartet

Yvette Sakow, soprano saxophone

Daniel Roush, alto saxophone

Isabelle Mailman, tenor saxophone

Benjamin Almazan, baritone saxophone

Hymn and Fuguing Tune #18 by Henry Cowell  

Paul Cohen, soprano saxophone and Ben Almazon, Eb contrabass saxophone

Pavanne by Morton Gould   Arr. Paul Cohen

Paul Cohen, connosax and Ares Saxophone Quartet