An unusual piece makes its UK premiere in this season's BBC Proms - John Adams' Saxophone Concerto. While the concerto is long-established in classical music, the saxophone - 175 years after it was ...

Did you know Debussy wrote a solo orchestral piece for saxophone? One of the youngest instruments of the classical world is the saxophone. Although often heavily associated with jazz, the saxophone ...

The saxophone can be as beautifully melodic as a violin or a clarinet – but the classical music world hasn’t always seen eye to eye with the instrument. We asked saxophonist Jess Gillam to explain why ...

When Spain's Ramon Mañas moved to Berlin to study music, he started learning the saxophone. But as the sax is a loud instrument, he couldn't do so when and where he liked. This led to the development ...

As autumn unfolds, our fall season at Newport Classical continues to flourish. It remains a privilege to present ...

The Lamont Saxophone Quartet plays in the CPR Performance Studio. The Lamont Saxophone Quartet plays a concert looking at 100 years of sax quartet music on Friday at the Newman Center. Art Bouton, who ...

Cheesy, cool, noisy, sweet – the sax is a versatile beast that has made many great songs even better The saxophone has earned its place in just about every modern music genre. Listen to the earliest ...

When Belgian Instrument Maker Adolphe Sax stuck a reed into a conical brass tube and patented the hybrid in 1846, he contributed a new instrument to the military band. In time his saxophone traveled ...

A listener who remembers when saxophone quartets were a novelty—and a controversial one at that—is probably wondering how much the Cost-of-Living Adjustment will be for Social Security in 2025. Yes, ...

When lifelong Giants fan Matt Berman stepped onto the field at MetLife Stadium to play the National Anthem Thursday night, ...