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
Prélude : pour saxophone et orchestre, 1959 / Jan van Dijk
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Saxophone and orchestra
Instruments:
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
Concertino : voor altsaxofoon en kamerorkest, 1956 / Jan van Dijk
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Saxophone and orchestra
Instruments:
2222 2200 timp perc str 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’.