related works
Leyendas : Concerto for alto saxophone and symphony orchestra / Guillermo Lago
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Saxophone and orchestra
Scoring:
2fl ob eh cl cl-b 2fg 2h 2tpt trb-t trb-n tb-b 4timp 2perc hp str
Concerto : for saxophone quartet and orchestra / Jo van den Booren
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Saxophone and orchestra
Scoring:
3333 4431 timp 3perc str 4sax-solo
Fruit of Desire : for soprano saxophone and symphony orchestra / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Saxophone and orchestra
Scoring:
sax-s-solo 3fl(pic) 3ob(eh) 2cl cl-b 4h 4trp 4trb tb timp perc mar glock vibr pf hp str
Tallahatchie Concerto : for saxophone & chamber orchestra / JacobTV - Jacob Ter Veldhuis
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Saxophone and orchestra
Scoring:
pic(fl) fl ob cl cl-b fg cfg trp trb perc str sax-a-solo
composition
Leyendas : Concerto for alto saxophone and symphony orchestra / Guillermo Lago
Other authors:
Merwijk, Willem van (Guillermo Lago)
(Composer)
Description:
To write a concerto for his friend Arno Bornkamp was one of Guillermo Lago’s great wishes. ‘Leyendas’ (Legends) is his gift to his lifelong friend. In 2015 he wrote a smaller piece for alto saxophone and string quartet (or string orchestra) ‘Consecuencias’, also (co-)dedicated to Bornkamp, but ‘Leyendas’ is very obiously a solo concerto where Consecuencias is rather a chamber music work.
The title ‘Leyendas’ refers to the famous ‘Rimas y Leyendas’ by Gustavo Adolfo Becquér (1836 - 1870). In 2016 Lago wrote 5 Rimas for soprano saxophone and choir (a series to be expanded soon) and ‘Leyendas’ is inspired on the atmosphere and mood of these legends narrated by Becquér, although not connected to a specific ‘Leyenda’.