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, 2004 / Ton de Kruyf
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Saxophone and orchestra
Scoring:
pic fl ob eh cl cl-b 3trp 2trb tb 3perc pf str sax-a-solo
Confissões : for 2 baritone saxophones solo and orchestra / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Saxophone and orchestra
Scoring:
3fl 2ob 3cl cl-b bsn 4sax 2sax-solo 4fh 3tpt 3trb tb-b timp mar dr hrp pf db
Concerto : per due sassofoni soprani ed orchestra, opus 91, Amsterdam 14-3-1967 / Lex van Delden
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Saxophone and orchestra
Scoring:
2022 2100 timp str 2sax-s-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