RECORDERS and saxophones will join forces at a concert in Rugby to raise money for a local hospice charity.
Rugby Recorder Ensemble and Leicestershire’s Phoenix Saxophone Orchestra will play a joint concert at St Andrew’s Church on Sunday July 19, with all profits going to Rugby Myton Hospice.
The audience will have a rare chance to see and hear more than 30 musicians playing 14 different instruments, many of which they may never have seen before.
The concert will feature separate ensemble pieces from Rugby Recorders and Phoenix, plus a joint piece – Viadana’s Sinfonia ‘La Bergamasca’.
Also on the bill is the world premiere performance of Steve Marshall’s ‘Concertino’, a concerto for recorders and solo soprano saxophone, to be played by Samuel Beddard.
Rugby Recorder Ensemble, founded in 1989 by conductor Caroline Jones, plays eight different types of recorder – sopranino, descant, alto, tenor, bass, great bass, contrabass and sub bass. Their music will include Dunholm Suite by nationally respected local composer Rosemary Robinson.
Phoenix Saxophone Orchestra features six different types of saxophone, from the tiny sopranino to the soprano, alto, tenor, baritone and bass saxophones. The orchestra plays a varied repertoire – including classical, jazz, big band and modern pop – which demonstrates the instrument’s versatility.
The concert takes place at 3pm on Sunday July 19. Visit https://tinyurl.com/4ja7ejnz for tickets (£10 each, £5 for under 16s).
