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)
Cri et gloire du monde : for soprano saxophone and orchestra, 1995 / Bernard van Beurden
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Saxophone and orchestra
Scoring:
3333 4432 timp 7perc hp str sax-s-solo
Concerto : for saxophone quartet and orchestra / Jo van den Booren
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Saxophone and orchestra
Scoring:
3333 4431 timp 3perc str 4sax-solo
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Saxophone and orchestra
Scoring:
4444 4441 ham.org 2pf 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’.