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)
Concerto for saxophone and orchestra : 1982 / Misha Mengelberg
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Saxophone and orchestra
Scoring:
3332 2221 2perc str sax-a-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
Medusa : for alto saxophone and orchestra / Otto Ketting
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Saxophone and orchestra
Scoring:
2000 4sax 1440 drums hp pf str (vl vla vc) 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’.