In November 2019, the Ebonit Saxophone Quartet visited the UK to perform the music of Richard Whalley and Kevin Malone, and to record a CD of saxophone quartets by both composers that will be available through Métier recordings. During this trip they gave a concert in the Martin Harris Centre, Manchester on 28 November, in which they premiered Malone’s ‘The Water Protectors’ and performed Whalley’s ‘Iapetus Suture‘, and a concert in the Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall, Leeds, during which they performed Whalley’s ‘Refugees Welcome ♥‘ on 29 November. The CD will be coming our later in 2020 – watch this space!
Here are the performances of Malone and Whalley’s music from the Manchester concert.