related works

Xing : for 2 conductors and ensemble / Adam Łukawski

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring: fl/picc ob cl/cl-b fg 2h 2tpt trb tb 4perc hp acc 2vn vla vc db

Pex : voor vijf saxofoons, 1991 / Henk Alkema

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Saxophone
Scoring: sax-s/sax-a 2sax-a sax-t sax-t/sax-b

The pleasure machine / Chiel Meijering

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Saxophone
Scoring: saxophoneensemble + tape

Saxophone quartet : for soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophones, 1993 / Ton de Leeuw

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Saxophone
Scoring: 4sax

composition

Humors : for saxophone quartet / Adam Łukawski

Other authors:
Lukawski, Adam (Composer)
Description:
The title of the piece refers to the ancient proto-medical theory of temperaments in which 4 types of fluids/personalities were reasons for different behaviours in humans. In the work there are 4 characters: sanguine, choleric, phlegmatic and melancholic - each of them playing at their own tempo. They follow each other, by constantly changing the leader, in order to be able to keep the musical work (here: metaphor of the human psyche and body kept in balance) going.
Adam Łukawski