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Description

Commissioned by the Apollo Saxophone Quartet with funds made available by the Arts Council of North West England. First performed by Apollo Saxophone Quartet at Atlantic Waves Festival, Union Chapel, London, on 1st December 2004.

The main purpose is to play with two possible meanings for "short cuts". That is, both with the idea of sharp and cutting musical gestures and the idea of taking a different, shorter, path to reach a specific destination. But, most of all, it was written thinking of the wonderful sonority and the rare qualities of the ASQ, to whom the work is dedicated. (© Luís Tinoco, July 2005)

This dazzling new work from Portuguese composer Luís Tinoco again takes the ASQ into new territory, with the energy of the piece being generated by a skilful use of false fingered notes, passed around the group beneath a shimmering texture of semiquavers. Scored for two soprano, tenor and baritone saxophones, this piece mirrors the configuration of the string quartet, and brings the ASQ’s sound to life in a new and exciting way. (© Apollo Saxophone Quartet, January 2005)

The work also exists in 5 other versions:

Saxophone quartet, piano and percussion

Wind and percussion chamber ensemble

Clarinet quartet and percussionist

Clarinet-quartet

Percussion quartet

Details

Categories
Duration
8 minutes
Premiere

Apollo Saxophone Quartet, Atlantic Waves Festival, Union Chapel, London, 1st December 2004

Scoring
2 Soprano Saxophone, 1 Tenor Saxophone, 1 Baritone Saxophone
Composition date
2004

Recordings

Quad Quartet: now boarding quad quartet 24th January 2009 Quad Productions
Short Cuts Apollo Saxophone Quartet 2005 QUARTZ QTZ 2012

Performances

23 May 2023 Sala Tartini / Aula Magna, Conservatorio di musica "Giuseppe Tartini", Via Carlo Ghega, 12 – Trieste

Ensemble Contemporanea Tartini - music by Luis Tinoco and the Composition students of the Conservatorio di musica “G. Tartini” di Trieste

13 May 2023 CVA Blue Stage, Conservatorium van Amsterdam, Oosterdokskade 151, 1011 DL Amsterdam

Luís Tinoco - Tempus Fugit (Lecture/Masterclass) at the Composer's Festival, Conservatorium van Amsterdam

Journey through Luís Tinoco compositional approach in his own words; Masterclass with Maat Saxophone Quartet on Tinoco’s Short Cuts

23 September 2021 Museu do Oriente, Lisbon

Ensemble Maat

 

22 September 2021 O'Culto da Ajuda, Lisbon, Portugal

Maat Saxophone Quartet at O'culto da Ajuda, Lisbon

23 November 2018

The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester 

Apollo Saxophone Quartet

28 May 2016

Alwinton Church, Alwinton, Northumberland 

Apollo Saxophone Quartet

3 May 2014

Centro Cultural de Belém, Sala Fernando Pessoa

Vintage Quartet

10 June 2012

RNCM Concert Hall, Manchester

Absolution Saxophone Quartet

5 June 2012

Casa da Musica, Avenida da Boavista, Porto

Quad Quartet

1 March 2012

AXIS Arts Centre, Alsager, Manchester Metropolitan University

Apollo Saxophone Quartet

4 February 2012

Lancaster Concerts Series

Apollo Saxophone Quartet

20 February 2011

British Saxophone Congress 2011, Old Royal Naval College Chapel, London

Quad Quartet

17 January 2009

"Estudio Performas", Aveiro

QuadQuartet

22 April 2008

International Saxophone Week, Amsterdam

Quad Quartet

5 April 2008

II Jornadas Nacionales del Saxofon en Castilla y Leon, Avila, Spain

Quad Quartet

9 November 2007

Teatro Aveirense, Aveiro, Portugal

QuadQuartet

27 February 2005

Culturgest, Lisbon

Apollo Saxophone Quartet

21 February 2005

Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester

Apollo Saxophone Quartet