Paul Richard Honours Recital
Event: Honours Recital – Paul Richard saxophone)
Venue: Beethoven Room, Rhodes epartment of Music & Musicology
Date: Friday 16 November 2012
Time: 19h30
Entrance: Free
Programme:
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Partita in A minor for Solo Flute, BWV1013 (1718)
Allemande
Corrente
Sarabande
Bourrée Angloise
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809): Gypsy Rondo, arranged for Alto Saxophone and Piano (1795)
Jules August Demersseman (1833-1866): Fantaisie sur un thème original (1860)
Ryo Noda (1948-): Improvisation I (1972)
Roger Boutry (1932-): Divertimento for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra (1964)
Robert Muczynski (1929-2010): Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano, Op.29 (1970)
David Salleras Quintas (1980-) : La Danza del Olvido Amargo (2006)
Ned Rorem (1923-): Picnic on the Marne, Seven Waltzes (1984)
1) Driving from Paris (Fast and blatant)
2) A Bend in the River (As from a café under water far away)
3) Bal Musette (Exuberant)
4) Vermouth (Dangerously slow, muffled and blue)
5) A Tense Discussion (Neurotic)
6) Making up (Very very fast and tickling)
7) The Ride Back to Town (Slow)
Arthur Pryor (1870-1942), arr. Paul Richard: Blue Bells of Scotland (1899)
Phil Woods (1931-): Sonata for Alto Sax and Piano, First movement (1974)
Born in France in 1986, Paul Richard started playing the saxophone at the age of eight and gained a place at the Conservatoire National de Region de Besançon (France) in 2002. He obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Musicology from the University of Franche-Comté in 2007 and was awarded a Diploma of Musical Studies in the same year for Chamber Music. After four years of studying with
Cécile Dubois, a highly recognized saxophone teacher in France, he obtained his Diploma of Musical Studies for Saxophone in 2010.
With a passion for conducting, he has conducted various windbands and ensembles for the past 7 years as well as a choir in 2009. He has also composed pieces for various ensembles and a Musical Comedy in 2008 for the Music School of Arbois (France).
As an experienced ensemble performer, he plays in various formations such as windbands, big bands, and saxophone quartets.
Believing teaching is one of the best way he found to share his passion for music, he started teaching saxophone and theory in numerous music schools since 2006. In 2010, living with a South African student in France, he got an offer to teach saxophone from June at the Durban Music School and at Saint Mary’s DSG in Kloof.
Willing to improve his musical skills, Paul decided to register at Rhodes University in Grahamstown in 2012 as a BA Honours student.
