Portuguese Music for Saxophone with Ricardo Pires
- 1.30pm
About this event:
- Category:
- Classical Music
- Event type:
- Free | In-person
- Admission:
- Free No tickets required
- Location:
- Silk Street Lecture Recital Room
Event information
Guildhall alumnus Ricardo Pires returns to the school to present a captivating recital of Portuguese works for saxophone.
His CD, Windsor Project, was released in summer 2023 and featured new works by Guildhall School composers Daniel Davies, Gonçalo Gato, Francisco Fontes and Pedro Lima.
Ricardo has collaborated with several orchestras and ensembles such as the Gulbenkian Orchestra, the Portuguese Symphonic Orchestra, the Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra, the Clássica do Sul Orchestra and the Cinema Music Orchestra and the Lisbon Underground Music Ensemble. Ricardo is a D’Addario Woodwinds artist, musician of the GNR Symphonic Band and saxophone teacher at the Sintra Conservatory of Music.
Free, no tickets required
Programme & Performers
Christopher Bochmann Capriccio (2007)
for soprano saxophone
Daniel Davis 7 Miniatures (2022)
for alto saxophone
Ângela da Ponte Ao Longe Meu Pai Dizia... (2019)
for alto saxophone and electronics
Jorge Ramos Keep Up! (2022)
for alto saxophone and electronics
Pedro Lima The Poetry Underground (2022)
soprano saxophone and electronics
Venue information
Silk Street Theatre, Music Hall and Lecture Recital Room are located in the main Guildhall School building on Silk Street and for Barbican produced events the venue can also be accessed from the Barbican if you exit via the doors next to Barbican Kitchen on Level G.
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Silk Street
Barbican
EC2Y 8DT
