Thomas Weaver Piano
MEREDITH MONK Early Morning Melody (transcr. Simon Parkin)
PHILIP GLASS Melody for Saxophone No. 10
LUKE HOWARD Dappled Light
POULENC Oboe Sonata
BARBARA THOMPSON The Unseen Way
TELEMANN Bassoon Sonata in F Minor (arr. Simon Parkin)
AYANNA WITTER-JOHNSON Lumina
JOHN HARLE RANT!
DOWLAND “Flow, my tears, fall from your springs” (arr. David Warin Solomons)
WEILL “Je ne t’aime pas” (arr. Paul Campbell)
PIAZZOLLA Selections from Histoire du Tango (arr. Simon Parkin)
“Bordel 1900”
“Café 1930”
“Night Club 1960”
“Saxophone sensation” (BBC Music Magazine) Jess Gillam makes her Carnegie Hall debut. This distinctive program showcases an enormous range of music both written and thoughtfully transcribed for the saxophone, including works by composers such as Meredith Monk, Piazzolla, Poulenc, and Telemann, as well as modern saxophone greats like Barbara Thompson and Gillam’s acclaimed mentor, John Harle, whose astonishing RANT! was commissioned for Gillam. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see a recent star soloist from BBC’s Last Night of the Proms in Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall’s most intimate performance space.