Kurt Bertels about the very first saxophone concerto in history (Paul Gilson)
Ann Geerts
The Belgian Paul Gilson wrote the very first saxophone concerto in history. A work whose score could not be found until recently. For Kurt Bertels, Flanders' youngest saxophone pride, the discovery was a godsend: he can now, together with Flanders Symphony Orchestra, present Gilson's "Saxophone Concerto No. 1" to the Belgian and international audience for the first time. A world first!
Scheherazade | 13.02 - 08.03.2020
Info & tickets: www.symfonieorkest.be/scheherazade
Flanders Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jan Latham-Koenig
Kurt Bertels, saxophone
Anatoly Liadov 1855-1914 | The enchanted lake, op. 62
Paul Gilson 1865-1942 | Saxophone concertos no. 1 & 2
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov 1844-1908 | Scheherazade, op. 35