related works
Concertino : for piano, strings and percussion / Adam Lukawski
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
pf perc str
Blowing (rather than sucking) : for 11 saxophones / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Saxophone
Scoring:
sax-so sax-s 3sax-a 3sax-t 2sax-b sax-bas
Hamra : for soprano saxophone solo, 1991 / Klas Torstensson
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Saxophone
Scoring:
sax-s
Perseverare : for saxophone quartet, 1995 / Ludwig Otten
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