Events, Slovakia

In the Clouds

21 Hours Ago

Date: July 6, 2025
Time: 6:00 PM
Title: In the Clouds
Location: Kapitulská 313/1
Organizer: Garden of the House of the Albrecht Family, Kapitulská 1, Bratislava

Event Description:

Alfred Desenclos came to music relatively late. During his youth, he had to work to support his family, but by the age of twenty, he was already studying piano at the conservatory in Roubaix, and in 1942 he won the Prix de Rome. He composed a wealth of works which, being predominantly melodic, harmonically rich, and tonally grounded, were often overlooked during the more experimental post-war period. The final quartet of this concert confirms his confident command of the saxophone idiom, his sense of musical progression, and his sensitive handling of motifs oscillating between jazz and classical stylistic domains.

Program:

  • Jean Françaix (1912–1997): Petit Quatuor pour Saxophones
  • Jiří Pauer (1919–2007): Suite for Four Saxophones
  • Eugène Bozza (1905–1991): Nuages
  • Florent Schmitt (1870–1958): Quatuor pour Saxophones, Op. 102
  • Gabriel Pierné (1863–1937): Introduction et Variations sur une Ronde Populaire
  • Ľuboš Bernáth (b. 1977): Musica Festa
  • Alfred Desenclos (1912–1971): Quatuor pour Saxophones

Performers:
Pressburg Saxophone Quartet (Slovakia):

  • Andrei Simančuk – soprano saxophone
  • Silvia Macejová – alto saxophone
  • Ján Gašpárek – tenor saxophone
  • Ladislav Fančovič – baritone saxophone

TICKETS:

  • €13 (general admission)
  • €8 (students, seniors)
  • €5 (disabled persons)

Tickets are available in advance via Ticketportal as “hometickets.”
Advance sales close at 12:00 noon on the day of the event.
Only part of the capacity of the Garden of the House of the Albrecht Family is available for advance purchase; the remaining tickets will be available at the entrance 30 minutes before the concert, weather permitting.

The Domus & Hortus artis Festival is supported with public funding by the Slovak Arts Council – the main project partner.
The project is also financially supported by the Music Fund, City of Bratislava, Bratislava Old Town District, the SOZA Social and Cultural Fund, the French Institute in Slovakia, and the Polish Institute in Bratislava.

For more information, visit: www.albrechtforum.com

Program and performers subject to change.
We look forward to seeing you!