Amethyst Quartet - "Recitation Book" - Maslanka - Mvt.1

Northwestern University's Amethyst Quartet earned top honors in spring 2008 by winning the MTNA National Collegiate Chamber Music Competition (Denver, CO), the Coleman-Saunderson Prize for Woodwinds and Brass at the Coleman Chamber Ensemble Competition (Pasadena, CA), and the Gold Medal of the Winds Division of the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition (South Bend, IN).

Their performance and competition repertoire included David Maslanka's 2006 composition Recitation Book, written for the Masato Kumoi Quartet of Japan, and Salinas's own arrangement of Six Bagatelles by György Ligeti.

Amethyst Quartet members:

Johnny Salinas - Soprano Saxophone
Sean Hurlburt - Alto Saxophone
Luke Gay - Tenor Saxophone
Zachary Pfau - Baritone Saxophone

This video footage comes from their preliminary entry DVD used for the Fischoff Competition.

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• Amethyst
• Quartet
• Saxophone
• Sax
• Maslanka
• David
• Recitation
• Book
• Johnny
• Salinas
• Sean
• Hurlburt
• Luke
• Gay
• Zachary
• Pfau

[dwshell]

@wickbd

There's one by the Masato Kumoi saxophone quartet in the iTunes store. I believe they are the group that commissioned the piece in the first place. It's a gorgeous recording!

[zeezeedee90]

I get to meet this man tomorrow! What an absolutely amazing composer!

[PerfectRoast]

David Maslanka is such a spirtual orientated composer, its evident on this compilement. Great stuff!!! I wish there was way more!

[eychickaboom]

Absolutely BRILLIANT playing. This is what makes me want to have a career in music. Fantastic job, incredible.

[sax899]

very nice piece, and very well played.

[wickbd]

is there a recording of this piece anywhere?

[siresand]

I liked it: bravissimi.

[2MuchSkill]

this is AMAZING

excellent playing

[behageli]

Magic!