Wolfe recital blends classical and jazz
Saxophonist George Wolfe and company will play their brass off in “The Angelic Soprano Saxophone,” from 4 to 5:30 p.m. today in the Hall of Christ. This is the 13th year Ball State saxophonists will perform at Chautauqua.
“We’re presenting a new aspect of the saxophone from a classical point of view,” said Wolfe, a Ball State professor who will be accompanied by some of his students.
The program opens with the late Argentine tango composer Astor Piazzolla’s “Tango Etude No. 3.” It also includes “Canonic Sonata No. 4” and “Sonate,” by Georg Philipp Telemann, and David Stern’s “Lyrical Concerto for Soprano saxophone and Chamber Orchestra,” which was written for and dedicated to Wolfe. All those pieces will be interpreted by the Ball State saxophonists, led by Wolfe.