related works
Movements : for orchestra, (1981) / Tristan Keuris
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2fl fl(pic) 2ob ob(eh) 3cl cl-b 2fg fg(cfg) 4h 3trp 3trb tb timp 4perc hp str
Concerto for saxophone and orchestra : 1982 / Misha Mengelberg
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Saxophone and orchestra
Scoring:
3332 2221 2perc str sax-a-solo
Concerto : for saxophone and orchestra / Carlos Micháns
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Saxophone and orchestra
Scoring:
2fl fl(pic) 3ob 3cl 3fg 4h 3trp 3 trb timp 3perc pf hp str sax-s/sax-a-solo
Kientzyphonie (Symphony N° 4) : for saxophone(s) and large harmonic orchestra / Luc Brewaeys
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Saxophone and orchestra
Scoring:
sax-solo 2picc 4fl(picc) 2ob eh 2fg 19cl 2cl-b 2sax-s 2sax-a 2sax-t 2sax-bar sax-bass 4h 3tpt 3trb 2bar/euph tb-b tb-cb 2db timp str
composition
Concert : voor altsaxofoon en orkest, (1971) / Tristan Keuris
Author(s):
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