The title of the piece by Adam Ćukawski refers to the ancient proto-medical theory of temperaments in which 4 types of fluids/personalities were reasons for different behaviours in humans. In the work there are 4 characters: sanguine, choleric, phlegmatic and melancholic – each of them playing at their own tempo. They follow each other, by constantly changing the leader, in order to be able to keep the musical work (here: the metaphor of the human psyche and body kept in balance) going.
SAX18 is a classical saxophone festival hosted by the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. This time the focus will be on new music, with lots of premieres by a.o. the saxophone students of the CvA with special involvement of teachers Arno Bornkamp and Willem van Merwijk.
Humors at Donemus
Website of Adam Ćukawski
More about SAX 18
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