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Orchestra with or without voices 1991-2000

Ceremonia Barroca (1991) 35´

(Baroque Ceremony)

Parte I. Ars Moriendi (1. Hipogrifo violento 2. In ictu oculi 3. Soledades 4. Crepusculario de la mar océana 5. Fiestas sacramentales)

Parte II. La floresta del Sol-Jaguar (6. Chilam Balam 7. Los equinoccios y los solsticios 8. Canto al sol 9. La persistencia de la piedra 10. Inundación castálida)

(Part I. Ars Moriendi: 1. Violent hippogriff 2. In ictu oculi 3. Solitudes 4. Ocean sea twilight 5. Sacred Fiestas)

(Part II. Jaguar-Sun glade: 6. Chilam Balam 7. Equinoxes and solstices 8. Singing to the sun 9. The persistence of the stone 10. Castalida floods)

Texts: Calderón, Góngora, Tirso de Molina, Chilam Balam, Anonymous Inca and Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz.

8 mixed voices chorus and orchestra (2 oboes, 2 trumpets, harpsichord and strings).

Premiere: Madrid (Spain), 3.IV.1992. Chorus and Orchestra of the Community of Madrid. Conductor: Miguel Groba.

Commissioned by the Community of Madrid.

Dedicated to Miguel Groba.

Recordings: RNE. CD: RTVE


Sinfonía No. 6, “Imago Mundi” (1990-92) 30´

(Symphony No. 6, Imago Mundi)

4(2 piccolos), 4(cor anglais), 4 (E flat clarinet, bass clarinet), 4 (double bassoons)-4, 4 Wagner Tubas, 4 (bass trumpets) 4, 2-celestes, 2 timpani, 4 percussionists, strings.

Premiere: Auditorio Nacional, Madrid (Spain), 28.X.1992. Spanish National Youth Orchestra (JONDE). Conductor: Edmon Colomer.

Commissioned by the JONDE.

Dedicated to Edmon Colomer.

Recordings: Hyades-SGAE, RNE

Score: EMEC


América (1992, rev. 2000) 25´

Texts of Walt Whitman, Popol Vuh, Cristopher Columbus, Chilam Balam and from anonymous Aztec poems.

Soprano, baritone, Mixed Chorus and Orchestra (3-3-3 ( bass clarinet)-3 (double bassoons). 4-3-3-1, timpani, 4 percussionists, harp, strings).

Premiere: Maestranza Theater, Seville, 17.XI.2000. Pilar Jurado, Alfonso Echevarría, Cajasur Chorus, Royal Symphony Orchestra of Seville. Conductor: José Ramón Encinar.

Commissioned initially by the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (USA), finally by the Sociedad Estatal para el Nuevo Milenio (Spain).

Dedicated to Maximilano Valdés.

Recordings: CD: Sociedad Estatal para el Nuevo Milenio

Score: EMEC



Bis, Encore, Zugabe, Propina (1993) 12´

(2-2-2-2,2-2-0), timpani, strings.

Premiere: Perelada (Spain), 10.VIII.1993. Cadaques Orchestra. Conductor: Philip Entremont.

Commissioned by the Castell de Perelada Festival.

Recordings: CD: RTVE Música

Score: Tritó


Exaltación de la memoria (90 a 90 para 90) (1994) 5´

(Exaltation of Memory - 90 to 90 for 90)

3 (piccolos), 3(cor anglais), 4 (E flat clarinets, bass clarinet), 3(double bassoons), 4-4-3-1, 2 timpani, 4 percussionists, 16-14-12-10-8.

Premiere: Auditorio Nacional, Madrid (Spain), 9.11.1994. Madrid Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: José Ramón Encinar.

Commissioned by the Madrid Synphony Orchestra for its 90 th anniversary.

Dedicated to the Madrid Symphony Orchestra.

Recordings: RNE, A&B Master Records

Score: EMEC


Morada del canto (1994) 12´

(Residence of song)

2-2-2-2, 2-2-0, timpani, strings.

Premiere: Sala Pleyel, Paris (France), 6.11.1994. Orchestre Symphonique Français. Conductor: Klaus Arp.

Commissioned by Orchestre Symphonique Français.

Recordings: CD: RTVE Música

Score: EMEC


Oculto Carmen (1995) 6´

(Hidden Garden)

(2-2-2-2,2,2,0), timpani, strings.

Premiere: Manuel de Falla Auditorium, Granada (Spain), 14.X.1995. Granada City Orchestra. Conductor: Josep Pons.

Commissioned by Granada City Orchestra for José García Román’s 50 th birthday.

Dedicated to José García Román.

Recordings: RNE. CD: Verso



Arbol de Arcángeles (1995) 8´

(The Archangel´s tree)

String orchestra.

Premiere: Auditorio Nacional, Madrid (Spain), 4.XI.1995. Granada City Orchestra. Conductor: Josep Pons.

Dedicated to José Luis Pérez de Arteaga.

Recordings: RNE, SWF. CD: Bis. CD: Phoenix

Score: EMEC


Miró Miroir (1995) 14´

(Miró Mirror)

(2-2-2-2.2-2-1), timpani, 2 percussionists, strings.

Premiere: Fondation Maeght de Saint Paul de Vance (France). Orchestre Régionale de Cannes, Provence Alpes Côte d´Azur. Conductor: Philippe Bender.

Commissioned by the Orchestre de Cannes.

Homage to Joan Miró on his centenary.

Score: EMEC


65 FDB 65 (1998) 4´

3 (piccolo)-3 ( cor anglais)-3 (bass clarinets)-3 (double bassoons), 4-2-2-1, timpani, 2 percussionists, strings.

Premiere: Berlin (Germany), 5.IX.1998. Radio Berlin Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos.

Dedicated to Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos on his 65 thbirthday.

Recordings: Radio Berlin, RNE

Score: EMEC



Sinfonietta No. 1 (Oscuro resplandor de la memoria) (1998-99) 20´

(Sinfonietta No. 1, The dark shining of memory)

2-2-2-2, 2-2-0, timpani, strings.

Premiere: Segovia (Spain), 17.VII.1999. Galicia Royal Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: José Ramón Encinar.

Dedicated to José Ramón Encinar.

Recordings: RNE. CD: Verso

Score: EMEC


Ritos de Paso (2000) 10´

(Rites of passage)

No text.

Mixed 8-voice chorus and orchestra, 3 (piccolos, flute in G), 2 ( cor anglais), 3 (E flat clarinet, bass clarinet), 2 (double bassoons)-4.3.-3.1, timpani, 2 percussionists, organ, strings.

Premiere: Madrid (Spain), 19.XII.2000. Chorus and Orchestra of the Community of Madrid. Conductor: José Ramón Encinar.

Dedicated to Miguel Groba.

Recordings: RNE

Score: EMEC


Puerta del Sol (2000) 10´

(Sun Gate)

No text.

Mixed 8-voice chorus and orchestra, 3 (piccolo, flute in G), 2 (cor anglais), 3 (E flat clarinet, bass clarinet), 2 (double bassoons)-4.3.3.1, timpani, 2 percussionists, organ, strings.

Premiere: Madrid, 23.XII.2000. Spanish National Chorus and Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos.

Commissioned by the Spanish National Chorus and Orchestra.

Dedicated to Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos.

Recordings: RNE

Score: EMEC