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Flux
Works by: Graham Fitkin, Gabriel Jackson, Keith Tippett, Michael Nyman, Lucy Pankhurst, Ashley John Long and James Williamson
The LSQ’s Flux project started in 2006 with the idea of expanding on the traditional repertoire for saxophone quartet by including a piano. After commissioning Eric Schwartz and Lucy Pankhurst to write new works for the project and reworking Michael Nyman’s ‘De l’hotel de la ville a la concorde’, the LSQ approached British jazz pianist Dave Stapleton to write a large scale work for the project.
The resulting piece, ‘Just around the next Corner’ for saxophone quartet and piano is a 50 minute through composed work for saxophone quartet and piano, however, the commission was soon expanded to include bass (Paula Gardiner), drum kit (Elliott Bennet) and trumpet (Neil Yates). The new working of the piece titled ‘Catching Sunlight – Music from an imaginary film’ was recorded and released on Edition Records in 2008 to critical acclaim, receiving 4 star reviews in Jazzwise Magazine and The Independent on Sunday as well as 5 Star reviews across Russia and Germany.
The original commissions by Eric Schwartz and Lucy Pankhurst along with Michael Nyman’s piece are included alongside commissions and premiere recordings without piano by Gabriel Jackson, Graham Fitkin, Keith Tippett, James Williamson and Ashley John Long for the LSQ’s March 2011 release on Signum Records Flux.
UPDATE: 16/09/2010
The Lunar Saxophone Quartet will be touring their Flux project across music festivals in the UK during the Summer of 2011 to to promote their Signum Records release.