related works
Three Michelangelo songs : for mezzo-soprano and orchestra / Tristan Keuris
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and orchestra
Scoring:
sopr-m 2222 2100 2perc hp str(8.6.4.4.2.)
Dalian images : for alto saxophone and orchestra, 1998 / Peter van Onna
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Saxophone and orchestra
Scoring:
3333 4431 6perc 2hp str(16.14.12.10.8.) sax-a-solo
Fingers : for tenor saxophone and orchestra, 1991 / Geert van Keulen
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Saxophone and orchestra
Scoring:
2222 2210 2perc pf str sax-t-solo
Saxophone Concerto NÂș 1 : for alto saxophone and symphony orchestra / Hanna Kulenty
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Saxophone and orchestra
Scoring:
3fl 3ob 3cl 3fg 3fg-c 4h 3trp 3trb tb 3perc hp pf str
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