SAXOPHONES AT THE MUSEUM | ESART Saxophone Orchestra

Under the direction of Professor Carlos Canhoto, the Saxophone Orchestra of the Higher School of Applied Arts at the Castelo Branco Polytechnic will be performing on 8 July, from 6.30 pm, at the Francisco Tavares Proença Júnior Museum for a concert featuring works by Charpentier, Mozart, Larsson, Bochmann, Brahms and Holst.

Following their residency at the Fábrica da Criatividade, the ensemble will present a programme spanning from the Baroque era to the contemporary period. Highlights include Lars-Erik Larsson’s Concerto for Saxophone and String Orchestra, performed in a version for saxophone orchestra, with Pedro Severino as soloist; Christopher Bochmann’s Reflexes, premiered in 2024 by the Lusitânia Sax Quintet – comprising students from the ESART-IPCB programme – and which will be performed for the second time. The concert concludes with Jupiter from Gustav Holst’s The Planets suite.

The Saxophone Orchestra comprises David Felgueiras (soprano saxophone), Paulo Pires (soprano and alto saxophones), Clara Gonçalves (soprano and alto saxophones), Pedro Severino (alto saxophone), Lucas Leitão (alto saxophone), Raquel Alexandre (tenor saxophone), Cláudia Cruz (tenor saxophone), Tomás Fialho (tenor and baritone saxophones) and Beatriz Pena (baritone saxophone).

PROGRAMME:

Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704)
(trans. Carlos Canhoto)
Te Deum (1688)
I. Prelude

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
(trans. Carlos Canhoto)
Ave Verum Corpus, K. 618 (1791)

Lars-Erik Larsson (1908-1986)
(trans. Carlos Canhoto)
Concerto, Op. 14 (1934)
Soloist: Pedro Severino

Christopher Bochmann (n. 1950)
Reflexes (2024)
(for saxophone quintet)

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
(trans. Alun Cook)
Akademische Festouvertüre, Op. 80 (1880)

Gustav Holst (1874-1937)
(trans. Alun Cook)
The Planets (1918)
IV. Jupiter

📍Location: Francisco Tavares Proença Júnior Museum
📅 Date: 8 July 2026
🕝 Time: 6.30 pm