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

Metrum : voor symfonieorkest en obligaat saxofoonkwartet, (1981-1984), (rev. 1986) / Diderik Wagenaar

Genre: Orkest
Subgenre: Saxofoon en orkest
Bezetting: 4444 4441 ham.org 2pf str 4sax-solo

Between two worlds : [for] saxophone solo [and] orchestra, 1977 / Walter Hekster

Genre: Orkest
Subgenre: Saxofoon en orkest
Bezetting: 1121 1210 timp 3perc g-b acc el.org pf str sax-solo

Kientzyphonie (Symphony N° 4) : for saxophone(s) and large harmonic orchestra / Luc Brewaeys

Genre: Orkest
Subgenre: Saxofoon en orkest

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’.