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
Concertino : voor altsaxofoon en kamerorkest / Jan van Dijk
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Saxophone and orchestra
Scoring:
2222 2200 timp perc str sax-a-solo
Saxophoonconcert : instrumentatie voor symfonieorkest 1952, (1951) / Henk Badings
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Saxophone and orchestra
Scoring:
2fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 3h 3trp 3trb timp perc str sax-a-solo
Concerto grosso : for saxophone quartet and orchestra, 1988 / Hans Kox
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Saxophone and orchestra
Scoring:
1202 2200 timp str 4sax-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’.