componist
Merwijk, Willem van (Guillermo Lago)
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
Destino: ¡Tango! (Hommage to Astor Piazzolla) : for large wind orchestra / Willem van Merwijk
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Blazersensemble (2-12 spelers)
Bezetting:
picc 2fl/fl-a 2ob 5cl cl-b 2fg sax-s sax-a sax-ten sax-bar 4h 7tpt etrb-ten trb-b 3euph 3tb mar/vibr drums 2per g-bass pf/bandoneon
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Zangstem en orkest; Saxofoon en orkest
Bezetting:
medium/sax-a-solo 2130 2100 timp perc cel hp str
Kientzyphonie (Symphony N° 4) : for saxophone(s) and large harmonic orchestra / Luc Brewaeys
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Saxofoon en orkest
Onderwerping : voor altsaxofoon en orkest, 1986 / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Saxofoon en orkest
Bezetting:
3333 8431 timp 3-4perc 2hp pf(cel) 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’.