Saxophone Quartet no. 1 "President" - Lukáš Hurník

11. únor 2014

Saxofonový kvartet č. 1 "Prezidentský" - Lukáš Hurník|foto:Nakladatelství ČRo

„I was writing the Saxophone Quartet during a weekend stay at our Cottage. It was no ordinary weekend: the president of our country was being elected – still by the parliament at that time. Watching TV, I saw rather undiginified scenes taking place in the very dignified setting of the Vladislav Hall, with legislators being transported on hospital beds and with shady deals over votes.

On the sheet in front of me, I watched a more or less classical sonáta form taking shape with occasional bizarre detours from its well-established structure. The second movement represents calm calculations, which belong to the world of politics just as much as rough-mannered cheerfulness of the winners, whose exuberant tune goes through somewhat destructive sequence of variations in the last movement." L. Hurník

Other compositions by Lukáš Hurník published in Czech Radio:
Andro Verdan Variations
Cosi Fun Tutte
Girl and Machine
Saxophone Quartet no. 1 "President"
Upside-down Variations on Mozart's theme for string quintet / string quartet / string orchestra

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