Huw Wiggin, Marcus Andrews and Thomas Carr - Night Flights and Fairy Tales

Huw Wiggin - saxophone
Marcus Andrews - piano
Thomas Carr - piano
Night Flights and Fairy TalesIain Farrington - Paganini Patterns
Joseph Phibbs - Night Paths
Witold Lutosawski - Paganini Variations
Takashi Yoshimatsu - Sing, Bird
Francis Poulenc - lembarquement pour Cythre, valse - musette for two pianos
Graham Fitkin - Hard Fairy
This programme brings together works by Yoshimatsu, Joseph Phibbs, Witold Lutosawski, Francis Poulenc and Graham Fitkin, shaped by the influence of Niccol Paganini. Spanning the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, it centres on variation form and re-imagined virtuosity within the medium of pianos and solo saxophone. Paganinis legacy serves as a structural and aesthetic point of reference, linking works that approach transformation, texture, and ensemble from distinct compositional perspectives.