composer
Lago, Guillermo (Willem van Merwijk)
Willem van Merwijk (Bemmel, The Netherlands, 1960) is co-founder of the Aurelia Saxophone Quartet and has been playing the baritone saxophone in this group from 1982 till 2014. In 2014, ...
related works
Ríos (Rivers, Rivieren) : for clarinet quartet and symphony orchestra / Guillermo Lago
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Clarinet and orchestra
Instruments:
4cl-solo picc 2fl 2ob eh 2cl cl-b 2fg 4h 4tpt 2trb trb-b tb timp 3perc hp str
Concertino : voor saxofoonkwartet, harp, piano, slagwerk en strijkorkest, 1984 / Bernard van Beurden
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Saxophone and orchestra
Instruments:
timp 3perc hp pf str 4sax-solo
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Saxophone and orchestra
Instruments:
4242 2sax-t 2042 5perc str(24.10.10.8.) sax-a-solo
Medusa : for alto saxophone and orchestra, 1992, revision 1996 / Otto Ketting
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Saxophone and orchestra
Instruments:
2000 4sax 1440 drums hp pf str (vl vla vc) sax-a-solo
composition
Leyendas : Concerto for alto saxophone and symphony orchestra / Guillermo Lago
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’.