related works
Destino: ¡Tango! (Hommage to Astor Piazzolla) : Version for fanfare orchestra / Willem van Merwijk
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Fanfare
Scoring:
2sax-s 2sax-a 2sax-t sax-bar 3flug 4h 4tpt 3trb-t trb-b bar 2euph 2tb timp perc drum gtr-b gtr-e(ad lib)
Quadrupelconcert : versie voor 4 saxofoons en symfonieorkest, 1984 / Henk Badings
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Saxophone and orchestra
Scoring:
3232 4331 timp 4perc str 4sax-solo
Prélude, Mélodie et Ronde : pour saxophone et orchestre / Jan van Dijk
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Saxophone and orchestra
Scoring:
1020 1000 hp str sax-a-solo
Kientzyphonie (Symphony N° 4) : for saxophone(s) and large harmonic orchestra / Luc Brewaeys
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Saxophone and orchestra
Scoring:
sax-solo 2picc 4fl(picc) 2ob eh 2fg 19cl 2cl-b 2sax-s 2sax-a 2sax-t 2sax-bar sax-bass 4h 3tpt 3trb 2bar/euph tb-b tb-cb 2db timp str
composition
Leyendas : Concerto for alto saxophone and symphony orchestra / Guillermo Lago
Author(s):
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’.