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
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Saxofoon en orkest
Bezetting:
4444 4441 ham.org 2pf str 4sax-solo
Tallahatchie concerto : for saxophone & orchestra, 2001 / Jacob ter Veldhuis
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Saxofoon en orkest
Bezetting:
pic(fl) fl ob cl cl-b fg cfg trp trb perc str sax-a-solo
Concertino : voor altsaxofoon en kamerorkest, 1956 / Jan van Dijk
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Saxofoon en orkest
Bezetting:
2222 2200 timp perc str sax-a-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’.