St. Charles Church (Église de Saint-Charles)

Sandro Compagnon on saxophone, alongside the Ensemble Gilles Binchois, with Dominique Vellard serving as both tenor and musical director. The ensemble features Guilhem Terrail and David Sagastume on violas, with Achim Schulz and Vincent Lièvre-Picard as tenors, and Tim Whiteley along with Guillaume Olry covering the bass parts.

The program includes Luciano Berio’s (1925-2003) ‘Sequenza IXb for Alto Saxophone’ and Johannes Ockeghem’s (around 1420-1497) ‘Requiem’, which is structured as follows:

1. Introitus
2. Kyrie
3. Gradual: Si ambulem
4. Tract: Sicut cervus desiderat

Bruno Mantovani (born 1974) contributes ‘Spring Rounds for Soprano Saxophone’, and the concert revisits Ockeghem’s ‘Requiem’ with:

5. Offertory: Domine Jesu Christe
6. Sanctus (Gregorian chant)
7. Agnus (composed by Antoine de Févin)
8. Communion: Lux aeterna (composed by Pierre de La Rue)