<swerts composition for saxophone quartet>Black Paintings, was commissioned by the <em>La’Ventus Quartet</em>, who gave the premiere at the 17th <em>World Saxophone Congress</em> in July of 2015 in <em>Strasbourg, France</em>. The <em>La’Ventus Quartet</em> is comprised of <em>Alyssa Hoffert, Lauren Wasynczuk, Ben Carraher,</em> and <em>Li-Chun Hsiao.</em> The members of the quartet met while in graduate school at the <em>Hartt School of the University of Hartford in Hartford, Connecticut.</em> <p><em><span>Black Paintings</span></em><span> is approximately 12 minutes long and is set in three movements: <em>I. El gran carbon, II. Procession del Santo Officio,</em> and I<em>II. Vision fantastica.</em> The <em>Black Paintings</em> to which Swerts refers are the last significant collection of oil paintings by the Spanish artist <em>Francisco Goya</em>. Swerts was “completely struck” while visiting the <em>Museo del Prado</em> in <em>Madrid, Spain</em>, and he chose three of <em>Goya’</em>s works to serve as inspiration for the movements in his quartet.</span></p> <p><span><img alt="" src="https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0276/3531/8853/files/Francisco_de_Goya_y_Lucientes_-_Witches__Sabbath__The_Great_He-Goat_480x480.jpg?v=1596528333"></span></p> <meta charset="utf-8"> <p><span><em>Full set, score and separate parts.</em></span></p> <p><br></p></swerts>

ZESXQ02 BLACK PAINTINGS saxophone quartet (full set)