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On the album InchStarry NightInch, a new from Berlin Classics, Alexej Gerassimez and the SIGNUM saxophone quartet explore new musical terrain. The unprecedented combination of percussion and saxophone quartet offers an innovative and inventive voyage in sound. It's focus is on infinity it places familiar classics like Holst's InchThe PlanetsInch alongside contemporary works like Gerassimez's own composition InchRebirthInch. InchStarry NightInch shows off the five virtuosos in all their musical versatility and love of experimentation, as they journey through the cosmos and visit distant galaxies. In choosing the repertoire, the musicians took their inspiration from the great questions that have face humanity Who are we? Where do we come from? Where are we going to? Musically, the pieces lead us into deep space, but also into the depths of human subconsciousness - into our dreams, fears and longings. A realm of contrasting experiences opens up, familiar and amazing, comforting and stimulating, romantic and other-worldly. InchStarry NightInch presents a many-faceted programme, including the composition InchRebirthInch by Gerassimez and the commissioned work InchConnectomeInch by New Zealand composer John Psathas, which explores three future scenarios for humankind in it's three movements. Will the human race one day overcome it's seemingly insoluble social problems, leave planet Earth and populate outer space? The arranged John Williams pieces InchFlying ThemeInch from the film E.T. and InchCantina BandInch from Star Wars are just as extra-terrestrial in their musical ambience. Further destinations on this journey into space embrace the heavenly bodies Uranus, Venus and Jupiter from Gustav Holst's suite InchThe PlanetsInch. Debussy's InchClair de LuneInch brings Alexej Gerassimez and the SIGNUM saxophone quartet back to earth, from which they look up into the sky aga
