A key defining factor in the Raschèr tradition originated with Sigurd Raschèr‘s inate ability to connect the tones in music directly to nature and to spoken language.
Mr. Raschèr‘s daughter Carina often refers to an aspect of music being that which occurs “between the tones“, and places value on the rests needing to be louder.
In this sense, the key factor in finding the “sound of sax“ has nothing to do with the keys on the instrument, and everything to do with the heart and mind working together in pursuit of humanity‘s expression.
The first public concert of the Raschèr Saxophone Quartet was not in the Tonhalle in Zurüch, and it was not in Carnegie hall.
It was in a school.
Concerts in bigger halls came later.
First and foremost, it is a privilege to play music for others.
More today then ever before, we need our hearts and our wits about us.
More than management and agencies we need memory of where we stand and master composers at our side.
More than the large halls we need humanity, and to reach out to our listeners and to express, to unlock, and to listen ourselves.
Dear friends, please hold Tschaikovsky‘s “morning prayer“ in your heart and in your memory, and in exactly one week there will be another musical prayer to guide us.
