related works
Concertante muziek : voor negen instrumenten, (1972-'73) / Tristan Keuris
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Wind and string and keyboard instrument(s)
Scoring:
cl fg h 2vl vla vc cb pf
Concerto for alto saxophone and orchestra / Joey Roukens
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Saxophone and orchestra
Scoring:
fl(pic) 2fl 2ob ob(eh) 3cl 3fg 4h 3trp 3trb tb timp 3perc pf/cel/keyb/synth str sax-a-solo
Between two worlds : [for] saxophone solo [and] orchestra, 1977 / Walter Hekster
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Saxophone and orchestra
Scoring:
1121 1210 timp 3perc g-b acc el.org pf str sax-solo
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Saxophone and orchestra
Scoring:
4242 2sax-t 2042 5perc str(24.10.10.8.) sax-a-solo
composition
Concert : voor altsaxofoon en orkest, (1971) / Tristan Keuris
Other authors:
Keuris, Tristan
(Composer)
Description:
Program note (English): There are five fragments which merge into one another. The work opens with a few chords from the wind, triggering an immediate reaction from the saxophone with signal-like figures which are in turn taken over by the orchestra. The result is a lively play between the soloist and orchestra in the course of which the solo instrument begins to dominate more and more. At figure 16 in the score a short intermezzo begins; this leading to a slow middle section. Long notes, melodic fragments are accompanied by chords in the solo strings with, as a contrast, rapid figures in the woodwind. Following the piccolo solo, this all comes to an end. Thereafter a climax is reached in a high tempo, the orchestra then stopping suddenly and the members carefully following the evolutions of the soloist.
Developing all the previous material and already anticipating the coda, this virtuoso cadenza ends in a short section featuring the saxophonist with a string quartet. In the coda varied ostinati in the percussion and piano are supported by a long series of homophonous chords in the wind and the strings. Short recitatives by the soloist alternate with these. After having reached the climax, this strange structure collapses uncannily quickly; a few further shreds, distant horn sounds: the end. - TRISTAN KEURIS