componist

Lago, Guillermo (Willem van Merwijk)

Saxofonist / arrangeur / componist Willem van Merwijk (Bemmel, 1960) is een muzikale duizendpoot. Als mede-oprichter en baritonsaxofonist van het Aurelia Saxofoon Kwartet (waarvan hij van 1982 tot 2014 ...

gerelateerde werken

Ríos (Rivers, Rivieren) : for clarinet quartet and symphony orchestra / Guillermo Lago

Genre: Orkest
Subgenre: Klarinet en orkest
Bezetting: 4cl-solo picc 2fl 2ob eh 2cl cl-b 2fg 4h 4tpt 2trb trb-b tb timp 3perc hp str

Concerto : for alto saxophone and orchestra, 2004 / Ton de Kruyf

Genre: Orkest
Subgenre: Saxofoon en orkest
Bezetting: pic fl ob eh cl cl-b 3trp 2trb tb 3perc pf str sax-a-solo

Dalian images : for alto saxophone and orchestra, 1998 / Peter van Onna

Genre: Orkest
Subgenre: Saxofoon en orkest
Bezetting: 3333 4431 6perc 2hp str(16.14.12.10.8.) sax-a-solo

Fingers : for tenor saxophone and orchestra, 1991 / Geert van Keulen

Genre: Orkest
Subgenre: Saxofoon en orkest
Bezetting: 2222 2210 2perc pf str sax-t-solo

compositie

Leyendas : Concerto for alto saxophone and symphony orchestra / Guillermo Lago

Toelichting:
To write a concerto for his friend Arno Bornkamp was one of Guillermo Lago’s great wishes. ‘Leyendas’ (Legends) is his gift to his lifelong friend. In 2015 he wrote a smaller piece for alto saxophone and string quartet (or string orchestra) ‘Consecuencias’, also (co-)dedicated to Bornkamp, but ‘Leyendas’ is very obiously a solo concerto where Consecuencias is rather a chamber music work.
The title ‘Leyendas’ refers to the famous ‘Rimas y Leyendas’ by Gustavo Adolfo Becquér (1836 - 1870). In 2016 Lago wrote 5 Rimas for soprano saxophone and choir (a series to be expanded soon) and ‘Leyendas’ is inspired on the atmosphere and mood of these legends narrated by Becquér, although not connected to a specific ‘Leyenda’.