For our final festive video for Christmas 2020, a jaunty rendering of Leroy Anderson’s Sleigh Ride, we have a couple of guest performers who totally steal the show. William and Stanley, take a bow!!
I’m dreaming of….
… being able to play together in person sometime in the reasonably near future. But until that day dawns, how about the wonderfully nostalgic White Christmas? Our sax quartet version of Irving Berlin’s classic festive tune is sure to add a little relaxation and celebration into your pre-Christmas preparations. Enjoy!
Getting festive!
With Christmas just a couple of weeks away, Saxofonie is getting into the festive spirit with some specially recorded Christmas favourites! First up, and absolutely guaranteed to get you humming along, It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year. Have fun!
Classic stuff…
New on our repertoire list: this is one we’ve learned from scratch in lockdown and have never yet had the chance to play together in person! (One of these days…)
A total TV classic, this is the Peter Gunn theme by the superb Henry Mancini, arranged for sax quartet. Enjoy!
A real favourite!
We took a bit of a break from recording in September in the optimistic hope that we’d be able to start socially-distanced rehearsals (you know, in the same room!). Sadly, with a couple of our number being caught by local lockdown restrictions just days before we were due to meet, that wasn’t to be, so we cheered ourselves up with a recording of what is possibly our all-time favourite piece, The Lone Ar-ranger Goes Sax Mad!
Keep on playing!
Social distancing restrictions mean that we can’t rehearse together yet, but we’re still playing! You can now watch the latest in our #QuarantineSessions video playlist on our YouTube channel – a lovely little arrangement of the Londonderry Air, with a big-band twist at the end. Enjoy!
Quarantine Sessions continued…
Well, we’re all still here in lockdown (at the moment), but even though we can’t rehearse together, we’re doing our best to make good use of the time! Two more recordings now available for you on our YouTube channel: Ain’t Misbehavin’, and Scott Joplin’s chirpy little number, Easy Winners. Enjoy!
A mini-concert!
In lieu of our postponed concert at Howden Minster, how about a mini-concert from our #QuarantineSessions playlist? A handful of our favourites, recorded separately and then put together electronically – just to give you a taste of what you can enjoy once lockdown is over and concerts become possible again! More to come in future weeks…
Coronavirus – pluses and minuses…
Sadly, it’s looking increasingly likely that our scheduled concert on Saturday 2 May 2020 at Howden Minster will need to be postponed as a result of the ongoing coronavirus epidemic, since even if the lockdown restrictions have been lifted by then, we won’t have been able to rehearse together for several months, so won’t be in a position to give the top quality performance we want to offer to our audience.