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 : for alto saxophone and orchestra, 1992 / Tera de Marez Oyens

Genre: Orkest
Subgenre: Saxofoon en orkest
Bezetting: 2fl fl(pic) 2ob ob(eh) 2cl 2fg 4h 3trp 3trb tb timp 3perc str sax-a-solo

Concert : voor altsaxofoon en kamerorkest, 1983 / Paul Termos

Genre: Orkest
Subgenre: Saxofoon en orkest
Bezetting: 2222 0000 str(8.8.6.4.2.) sax-a-solo

Zerstreutes Hinausschaun : for soprano saxophone, alto saxophone and orchestra / Yip Ho Kwen Austin

Genre: Orkest
Subgenre: Saxofoon en orkest
Bezetting: sax-s-solo sax-a-solo 2fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 2h timp 2perc hp str

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’.