Programme:

Wolfgang Amadeusz Mozart  Uwertura do opery „Wesele Figara” KV 492 (arr. Jakub Muras)

Piotr Czajkowski Suita z baletu „Dziadek do orzechów” (arr. Krzysztof Koszowski)

- Miniaturowa uwertura

- Taniec cukrowej wróżki

- Taniec pastuszków

- Marsz

- Taniec chiński

- Taniec arabski

- Trepak

Sergiusz Prokofiew Symfonia nr 1 D-dur „Klasyczna” (arr. Krzysztof Koszowski)

- Allegro

- Larghetto

- Gavotte

- Finale

Gustaw Holst Suita św. Pawła (arr. Krzysztof Koszowski)

- Jig

- Ostinato

- Intermezzo

- Finale

Krzysztof Koszowski Evolution of classical music

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Bio:

The WHOOP Group is dangerously good...
(Jan A.P. Kaczmarek - Oscar prize winning composer)

A no-rules saxophone quartet! 
(Christopher Summer Festival)

The WHOOP Group is an extremely energetic and extraordinary saxophone quartet composed of the most outstanding Polish saxophonists, who were brought together by their love for saxophone, music and by long-term friendship. They are one of the most promising chamber group from the current music scene. 

The WHOOP Group specialises in performing classical and contemporary music in their own arrangements, as well as their original compositions for saxophone quartet, but they are also at ease in other genres (jazz, movie or entertaining music). The group very often performs also as soloists with symphonic orchestras and big bands. The quartet’s musicians combine virtuosity and liveliness with outstanding musicality and perfection, develop at a rapid pace, and enjoy the recognition of the audience all over the world (the clip featuring a recording of Vivaldi’s Storm – actually the finale of the Concerto in G Minor, RV 315 – has over 30 million views on the Internet).

Individually, each of the musicians is a prizewinner of numerous prestigious prizes in chamber and solo competitions as well as a multiple scholarschip holder. As a quartet, they won all chamber music competitions in which they participated, f.ex. International Chamber Music Competitions F.N.A.P.E.C in Paris, International Chamber Music Competition in Bydgoszcz or a National Chamber Music Competition in Warsaw. After releasing a debut album of the group – Crimes, they were nominated fort he prestigous Corypheus of Polish Music Award 2018 in the category "Discovery of the Year".

The WHOOP Group inspires also other artists to write works dedicated to them. The composers who have created for the group include, e.g. Krzysztof Falkowski, Maciej Sułecki or Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, who entrusted the ensemble with the solo part in his monumental Silesian Rhapsody. The group is also a guest artist during many different projects with such musicians and groups as: L.U.C. & Rebel Babel Film Orchestra, Maciej Obara, Dorota Miśkiewicz, Henryk Miśkiewicz, Paweł Gusnar, Krzysztof Herdzin, Joanna Kulig,
Małgorzata Kożuchowska, Dagadana, Andrzej Kowalski Quartet.