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
The gravity of D : for saxophone quartet, 1992 / Peter van Onna
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Saxophone
Scoring:
4sax
Sonata : for alto saxophone / Erik Lotichius
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Saxophone
Scoring:
sax-a
Fading : for tenor saxophone / Nicoline Soeter
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Saxophone
Scoring:
sax-ten
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