The Jamaica Plain Saxophone Quartet presents Digital Environments on April 24th at 7:00pm
For our spring virtual performance, the Jamaica Plain Saxophone Quartet present works for saxophone and electronics that explores our world and beyond through a digital filter. Highlights of the program include a world premiere by Ian Wiese, incorporating source recordings from NASA, and a collaborative work for saxophone quartet and the MIT Laptop Ensemble, directed by Ian Hattwick, which will explore climate and weather from CESM datasets. This program takes inspiration from the painting Chain Reaction (2017) by artist Jackson Gregory.
This project is funded by the Council for the Arts at MIT and will be featured as a part of the Cambridge Science Festival.
PROGRAM
Ian Dicke: Drill, Baby, Drill (2010) for saxophone trio and playback
Jacob TV: Postnuclear Winterscenario No. 10 (2004) for saxophone quartet
Jonathan Nangle: Mandala (2020) for alto sax and electronic delay (world premiere of the arrangement)
Ian Wiese: Wither Away (2021) for saxophone quartet and fixed electronics (world premiere)
David Stevens & Ian Hattwick: Watershed for solo saxophone and live electronics (world premiere)
JPSQxMIT Laptop Ensemble: Digital Environments (world premiere)
