ERIC HESSEL

Quintet for Tenor Saxophone and Strings (2013)

Tenor saxophone, two violins, viola, cello. Two movements, 17'30.

For Justin Rollefson


Performance History:

  • 6 February 2015, Kunsthuis Ernest Albert, Kalmthout, Belgium. Stef Verpraet, saxophone and Arca Quartet: Quentin Debroeyer and Sanya Cotta, violins; Caroline Denys, viola; Aude Dubois, cello.
  • 7 February 2015, Kunsthuis Ernest Albert, Kalmthout, Belgium. Stef Verpraet and Arca Quartet
  • 8 February 2015, Kunsthuis Ernest Albert, Kalmthout, Belgium. Stef Verpraet and Arca Quartet
  • 7 July 2015, Cité de la musique et de la danse, Strasbourg, France. Stef Verpraet and Arca Quartet. Part of World Saxophone Conference and Festival.
  • ​​27 October 2019, The Grand, Folkestone, UK. Stef Verpraet, saxophone and the Grand String Quartet: Caroline Denys and Ruth Bouckaert, violins; Mario Palacios, viola; Christoph Bunzendahl, cello.



Alternate version for two violas, two cellos


Performance History:

  • ​31 March 2014, ASU Organ Hall, Tempe, AZ. Justin Rollefson, saxophone, Jen Miller and Ashley Carroll, violas; Marguerite Salajko and Elizabeth Weser, cellos.