People have always been good at finding solutions, making inventions that lead to improvements. When it was dangerous to gather in large groups to experience art during the 2020 pandemic, we came up with the symphony for the living room. This provides a different perspective on the matter, the score becomes clear, the melodies sound magnified, and your ears go on an adventure. Would this enlightening view also be a good idea for the current world order? Really looking at others and respecting and appreciating them. The beauty of diversity can save us. Because improving the world is best done together. The 9th celebrates, praises, fights for, and incenses this connection.
David Cristóbal Litago transformed Dvořák's large orchestral work into a compact version for eight saxophones. Adolphe Sax's invention is extensively showcased, from the high sopranino to the low bass saxophone. With a surprising bonus: a mezzo-soprano saxophone in F from 1928 that plays the beautiful melody from the second movement of the symphony. Many thanks to Arno Bornkamp, from whom we borrowed this rare instrument.
