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  • Three songs for mixed chamber chorus | Contemporary Music

    CHORAL MUSIC IN HEBREW, TO POEMS BY RACHEL THREE SONGS FOR MIXED CHAMBER CHORUS for mixed chamber chorus ​Duration: 10 minutes Instrumentation: mixed chamber chorus (SATB) ​ Year Composed: 1994 Poems By: Rachel ​ Poems Included: 1. After-Growth 2. "Maybe" flowers 3. Eucalyptus ​ Language: Hebrew VIEW TEXT SHOP HIRE MUSIC Program Notes: Rachel is one of the most prominent Hebrew poets. Her poems reflect passion for nature, especially the Kinneret Lake found in northern Israel, as well as sorrow and disappointment. These three songs for chorus, classically represent sorrow of lost love through descriptions of nature.

  • 9/11-chamber-music | Contemporary Music

    9/11 CHAMBER MUSIC | MUSIC INSPIRED BY 9/11 | CLASSICAL MUSIC INSPIRED BY 9/11. ELEGY TO THE FUTURE for Pierrot ensemble Duration: 13 minutes Instrumentation: piccolo/alto flute; clarinet; violin; cello; percussion; piano ​ Year Composed: 2001 Written For: Collage New Music, David Hoose, conductor ​ Commissioned by: Collage New Music, with kind support by Catherine and Paul Buttenwieser ​ Premiere Performance: 24 February, 2001 Boston, MA, United States Collage New Music Linda Toote, flutes Robert Annis, clarinets Catherine French, violin; Joel Moerschel, cello Christopher Oldfather, piano Craig McNutt, percussion David Hoose, conductor 9/11 RELATED CHAMBER MUSIC VIEW SCORE LISTEN Quick View Elegy to the Future (full score) [PDF download] Price $12.00 Add to Cart Quick View Elegy to the Future (set of parts) [PDF download] Price $28.00 Add to Cart Quick View Elegy to the Future [Hard Copy] Price From $48.00 Add to Cart Program Notes: Elegy to the Future for Pierrot ensemble was written in Tel Aviv, Israel during a period of daily bomb attacks, shooting and growing tension. I asked myself how and when it would end. Then came September 11, 2001 and my previous thoughts received an even greater dimension. This piece, which was completed in September 26, 2001, deals with the sorrow, restlessness and fear for the future, caused by such events. Toward the end of the piece, one can hear fragments from the second movement of Mozart Piano Concerto No. 23, K. 488.For me, this fragment represents the understanding that things will never be the same again and that the pure is now shadowed in darkness. Elegy to the Future was commissioned by, and is dedicated to David Hoose, and Collage New Music. VIEW SCORE LISTEN Additional Music for Pierrot Ensemble 9/11 CHAMBER MUSIC| MUSIC INSPIRED BY 9/11

  • Chamber Music with Harp | Harp and Winds | Contemporary Music

    CHAMBER MUSIC WITH HARP | CHAMBER MUSIC HARP QUARTET FOR FLUTE, CLARINET, BASSOON AND HARP for harp and winds Duration: 27 minutes Instrumentation: flute / piccolo, clarinet, bassoon and harp ​ Year Composed: 1994 ​ Written For: Gittit Boasson ​ Premiere Performance: 12 December 1997 Tel Aviv, Israel Ruty Itzcovitch-Eyal, flute/piccolo El’ad Avakrat, clarinet Eyal Streett, bassoon Gittit Boasson, harp CHAMBER MUSIC WITH HARP LISTEN Quick View "Quartet for Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon and Harp" (Score) [PDF download] Price $11.00 Add to Cart Quick View "Quartet for Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon and Harp" (Set of Parts) [PDF download] Price $24.00 Add to Cart Quick View Hidden Reflections [CD] Price $15.00 Add to Cart Program Notes: The Quartet for flute, clarinet bassoon and harp is influenced by impressionistic French music and Jazz, which was my main influence at the time. The first movement starts with a pastoral character, somewhat naive, but soon starts to raise some concerned thoughts, and so, ends dark. The second movement is a light flowing movement built on pentatonic scale theme. A Bassoon cadenza bridges between the second and the third movement, which is a long Passacaglia with lamento character. In the last movement, piccolo is used instead of flute. This movement opens with a fugue between the four instruments, which leads to a lyrical second theme followed by harp solo and ends with a “Grand Finale.” LISTEN Chamber Music with Harp

  • String Quartet No. 1 | Contemporary String Quartet | Contemporary Music

    STRING QUARTET, MUSIC FOR STRING QUARTET, INDIAN THEMES, RAGAS TALAS VOICES FROM INDIA (string quartet no. 1) for string quartet Duration: 17 minutes Instrumentation: violins (2); viola and cello ​ Year Composed: 1997 Premiere Performance: 12 May, 1998 Boston, MA, USA Christina Day, violin Ania Bard, violin Eric Paetkau, viola Erica Wise, cello ​ Movements: 1. Alap 2. Gat 3. Jahla VIEW SCORE LISTEN Program Notes: Before 1997, my appreciation of Indian music was rather superficial. While I enjoyed Listening to it, I was not aware of its compositional and improvisational procedures. It was essential to engage myself in the study of Indian music. A new world, unfamiliar to the typical western musician awaited me. As I explored the different techniques used by Indian musicians, I became inspired to compose a piece of my own. The string quartet, which represents one of the main pillars of western music, seemed an ideal medium to convey the ideas I had gleaned from Indian music. The quartet is in three movements which are based on a typical form of Indian classical music (Northern and southern.) The Alap is a slow, un-metered movement that is based on one main raga. It can be short, or extended up to one hour long. The Alap, also serves as an introduction to the Gat. Typically, in this stage the Tabla player joins the soloist, playing a rhythmic cycle entitled Tala. In Voices from India, The Gat movement is made of a ten-beat cycle (divided 2+3 2+3). Emerging from the Gat is the Jhalla. Here, the soloist constantly uses open drone strings, accelerates into a very fast tempo which leads to a climax and conclusion. The melodic material of the quartet is based on few ragas. The main ones are “Rama Priya” and “Shyam” for the first movement, “Jog” and “Suddha vasant” for the second and “Suddha Sarang” for the third. Nonetheless, the quartet is not an attempt to imitate Indian classical music, but rather an endeavor to bring Indian ideas and flavors into the western medium of a string quartet. Voices from India is dedicated to Dr. Peter Row who has guided me through the concealed paths of Indian music. Quick View Voices from India (Parts) [PDF download] Price $22.00 Add to Cart Quick View Voices from India (full score) [PDF download] Price $11.00 Add to Cart Quick View Voices from India [Hard Copy] Price From $23.00 Add to Cart Quick View Hidden Reflections [CD] Price $15.00 Add to Cart VIEW SCORE LISTEN Voices from India | String Quartet No, 1 | String Quartet on Indian Theme | Ragas | String Quartet

  • Lior Navok | Contemporary Music Composer | Press

    Official Biography The Boston Globe “Among the youngsters was Lior Navok. His “Nocturne” heard here in its world premiere is fascinatingly scored for small vocal chorus with instrumental enrichment, the piece is a gorgeous tonal landscape. Donaukurier Ingolstadt (DK) Schwermut legte sich nach den ersten Klängen von Lior Navoks Uraufführung “Between Two Coasts” für Streichorchester unaufhaltsam wie ein bleierner Mantel aufs Gemüt und ließ die Atmosphäre im Ingolstädter Festsaal tatsächlich zu einem Raum “zwischen den Welten” werden. Augsburger-Allgemeine Ingolstadt „Between two coasts“ – Mit der gelungenen Interpretation dieses Auftragswerks der Stadt Ingolstadt von Lior Navok verdeutlichte das Georgische Kammerorchester im Rahmen des jüngsten Abo-Konzertes im Theaterfestsaal erneut sein überaus hohes musikalisches Niveau. Rhein-Main.Net Die Musik zu dieser heimeligen Geschichte schuf der aus Israel stammende Komponist Lior Navok. Und während die Meerjungfrau als Schattenfigur über die Leinwand huschte, um das Leben über dem Wasser zu erkunden und den Prinzen zu verfolgen, brachte eine Auswahl von Musikern des Museumsorchesters die fein gesponnenen, aber auch für Kinderohren interessanten und fassbaren Klänge […] South China Morning Post Commissioned for the Silver-Garburg Piano Duo (who played the keyboard parts in this performance with great eloquence), Navok creates magical sonorities from modest instrumental resources with no recourse to repeat formulas during the work’s half-hour run. Under conductor Andrew Massey’s tidy direction, the orchestra produced some ravishing sounds. Music & Vision “Navok is clearly a composer of outstanding potential with a notable and growing oeuvre. … of weaving the shadowed waves for marimba duo and chamber orchestra, was one of the most attractive new works I have heard recently.” a bold imagination. Cape Cod Times Placed between two of the most poignantly expressive semi-autobiographical works in the chamber repertoire – Dimitri Shostakovich‘s Quartet No. 8; and Ludwig van Beethoven‘s Quartet in A-Minor, Op. 132, Navok‘s often surreal-sounding one-movement quartet held its own quite well. He is obviously a composer of imagination and substance who is keenly in touch with the […] Omaha World-Herald “. . . This work is a real winner in every sense of the word. Navok shows considerable technical commend in this solid, well-grounded work, which has a real sense of identity and presence.” The Boston Globe “Sensuous orchestration. . . A longer song cycle from this young composer certainly would be welcome.” The Virginia Gazette Navok has masterfully applied his skills to craft and extraordinary layered work that vividly portrays the endless war between Palestinians and Israelis from the perspective of the small, insignificant person’s point of view. The Music Poignantly evokes feelings of love, fear, hate, remorse and duress. It tears the heart as it gets to the heart […] American Record Guide “The Music is dreamy and utterly gorgeous.” Classical Music Review “Navok’s new CD is the work of a serious artist who isn’t averse to seducing the ear and touching the heart.” “Navok leads a subtle, atmospheric performance.” Seattle Times The second work shot straight to the heart. “Found in a Train Station,” a work for soprano and a chamber ensemble, was written last year by the young Israeli composer Lior Navok. It is based on a note found in a Polish train station, pinned to a baby, written by a mother about to be […] Australian Stage Part of the Opera House’s “Kids at the House” series of concerts and shows designed to introduce young children to various areas of the performing arts, The Little Mermaid is an absolute delight. Designed to be accompanied by a narration of Hans Christian Andersen’s classic tale, the score by Lior Navok Frankfurter Neue Presse Ein Schatten huschte durch die Wellen Hans Christian Andersens «Kleine Meerjungfrau» besuchte die Frankfurter Oper. Die Musik zu dieser heimeligen Geschichte schuf der aus Israel stammende Komponist Lior Navok. The Boston Globe One new piece was Elegy for the Future by Lior Navok, a work for six players composed in Tel Aviv both before and after Sept. 11. The music is rich in emotion and instrumental coloration, and Navok poignantly evokes a melody from a Mozart piano concerto to make the statement that “the pure is now […] Scene Le compositeur israélien Lior Navok a revisité les aventures de Pinocchio. Une version inédite qui a enchanté La Tour-de-Trême et sera bientôt visible à Neuchâtel et Vevey. ​ Le marionnettiste Gepetto qui rêvait d’avoir un enfant, la fée aux cheveux bleus qui réalise son vœu le plus cher en rendant vivant son pantin de bois: tout le monde connaît l’histoire de Pinocchio. Mais certainement pas dans la version dévoilée début octobre à la Salle CO2 de La Tour-de-Trême. Présentée en première suisse – et ce n’est pas un mensonge! –, la fable mise en musique par le compositeur israélien Lior Navok est racontée et jouée par une troupe composée de trois comédiens, du quintette à vents Eole et du pianiste Alexandre Rion. Cette production originale, née sur l’impulsion du corniste Stéphane Mooser, tourne à Neuchâtel et Vevey après avoir enchanté le public de la Salle CO2. D’étranges badauds, en uniforme d’époque et quelques accessoires à la main, s’attroupent sur la petite scène d’un kiosque de musique à l’ancienne. Soudain, un grillon géant monté sur une tige souple plonge sur ces longs objets insolites. C’est qu’à l’instar des trois quarts du très nombreux public – moyenne d’âge 7 ans – de La Tour-de-Trême, le Grillon parlant ne connaît pas encore la formation du quintette à vent. Aimablement, les membres du Quintette Eole, car c’est d’eux qu’il s’agit, présentent leurs instruments respectifs à l’insecte importun, alors qu’Alexandre Rion rejoint son piano de concert et que Laurent Gendre saisit sa baguette de chef d’orchestre. Lior Navok a en effet confié sa délicieuse mise en musique des Aventures de Pinocchio à une petite formation instrumentale – un quintette à vent et piano. Que la musique commence! Débute alors une escapade enchanteresse dans le monde imaginaire de Carlo Collodi. Une traduction fluide du conte moraliste et néanmoins nuancé de l’écrivain italien, réalisée par Stéphane Mooser, est narrée avec entrain et brio par Benjamin Knobil et ses deux comparses, Salvatore Orlando et Céline Cesa, finement mis en scène par Geneviève Pasquier. Entouré d’une farandole d’astucieux effets spéciaux et de diverses marionnettes – inventées par Christophe Kiss façon Théâtre Guignol –, le fougueux pantin de bois, qui aspire à devenir un véritable petit garçon, a fort à faire pour surmonter les écueils que la paresse et l’avidité présentent à tout un chacun. Alors que son jeune auditoire fasciné l’encourage de ses rires et ses avertissements, Pinocchio accédera finalement à son humanité. Non sans avoir été préalablement la victime naïve du Chat et du Renard, avoir été transformé en bourricot et avoir plongé dans un océan, de bulles de savon, pour retrouver finalement son papa Gepetto dans le ventre d’une baleine. Sensiblement connotée par la démarche narrative et pédagogique de grands prédécesseurs – Saint-Saëns et son Carnaval des animaux ou Prokofiev et son Pierre et le Loup –, la musique de Lior Navok, présent pour le baptême public de la version française de son œuvre, n’en demeure pas moins originale. Un traitement quasi jazzy, ou même impressionniste, de la narration pare la fable d’une dimension onirique, bourrée de fantaisie et d’humour. Bref un petit bijou, à découvrir de préférence avec des yeux et des oreilles d’enfants !

  • Classical music inspired by the Holocaust | Contemporary Music

    CLASSICAL MUSIC INSPIRED BY THE HOLOCAUST | MUSIC FOR SOPRANO AND ENSEMBLE ABOUT HOLOCAUST | HOLOCAUST-RELATED MUSIC FOUND IN A TRAIN STATION for soprano and ensemble Duration: 11'30" minutes Instrumentation: soprano, mandolin, clarinet, violin, cello and piano ​ Year Composed: 2007 ​ Text: An authentic note found in a train station during World War II ​ Language: To be read in the local language ​ Written For: Avi Avital ​ Commissioned By: In memory of Edwin Jaffe Premiere Performance: 26 January 2008 Modena, Italy Tehila Nini-Goldstein, soprano Avi Avital, mandolin Gilad Harel, clarinet Jonathan Keren, violin Luca Bacelli, cello Amit Dolberg, piano CLASSICAL MUSIC INSPIRED BY THE HOLOCAUST VIEW SCORE LISTEN VIDEO VIEW TEXT Quick View Found in a Train Station (full score) [PDF download] Price $12.50 Add to Cart Quick View Found in a Train Station (full score + parts) [PDF download] Price $22.50 Add to Cart Quick View Found in a Train Station [Hard Copy] Price From $24.00 Add to Cart Program Notes: The text I have used for my composition is a note, written and found at a train station, somewhere in Poland, during the Second World War Holocaust. It contains the last words of a mother, who right before stepping into the train that carried Jewish passengers to their bitter end, had decided to abandon her child with an attached note, bearing the hope that someone will have a heart to save the kid. The music portrays the running thoughts, passiveness, stored-anger, remorse and hope that ran in the mind of the mother, facing this heart-breaking dilemma. ​ The work is dedicated to mandolin player Avi Avital and was commissioned in memory of Edwin Jaffe, who always looked for the bright and hopeful side of life. VIEW SCORE LISTEN Video In Memoriam - Lior Navok - Found in a Train Station pt1 Play Video In Memoriam - Lior Navok - Found in a Train Station pt1 Play Video Share Whole Channel This Video Facebook Twitter Pinterest Tumblr Copy Link Link Copied Share Channel Info Close The Holocaust | soprano and ensemble | composers | classical music inspired by the holocaust

  • Music for soprano and ensemble | Contemporary Music

    SOPRANO AND ENSEMBLE, CANTICLES, HEBREW TEXT. SOPRANO, FLUTE, VIOLA, CELLO HARP SPRING CALLS for soprano and ensemble ​Duration: 10.5 minutes Instrumentation: Leggero soprano (also plays small percussion instruments), flute, viola, cello and harp ​ Required percussion instruments: Finger Cymbals Sistrum Group of small cow bells Small Indian bells Pair of small and light Chinese / Tibetan hand cymbals [tingshaws] ​ Year Composed: 2006 Text: Canticles 2; 1-13 (also known as “The Songs of Songs” or “Shir Hashirim” ​ Language: Hebrew ​ Written For: Close Encounters with Music ​ Commissioned By: Lola and Edwin Jaffe Premiere Performance: 6 May 2007, Great Barrington, MA , USA Close Encounters With Music. VIEW SCORE LISTEN VIEW TEXT Quick View Spring Calls (full score) [PDF download] Price $12.50 Add to Cart Quick View Spring Calls (set of parts) [PDF download] Price $22.50 Add to Cart Quick View Spring Calls [Hard Copy] Price From $23.00 Add to Cart Program Notes: Spring Calls for soprano, flute, viola, cello and harp is a setting of texts from the second chapter of Canticles (Shir Hashirim) book, known also as “The Song of Songs.” It is one of the five “Megilot” – sacred scrolls that are part of the Hebrew Bible. Canticles is mainly being read in Passover, the “holiday of spring.” Its theme is love and rebirth of love, symbolized by the spring. ​ Usually, only one or two lines of Canticles texts are being set to music. However, I had an interest to create a sort of journey as well as a psychological journey of a woman who searches, awaits and discovers her love. The text parallels the awakening of love with the awakening of spring in a most vivid and colorful way. While choosing instrumentation and musical language to with work, the modal, archaic sound mixed with the new was in my vision. Therefore, one can hear colors of certain exotic and primeval instruments such as the sistrum – an ancient Egyptian percussion instrument, dated from 2500 B.C. used mostly for religious ceremonies. Spring Calls was written for Close Encounters With Music, Yehuda Hanani – artistic director. It was generously commissioned by Lola and Edwin Jaffe with deep appreciation to their support. VIEW SCORE LISTEN Song of Songs | Hebrew | Soprano and Ensemble | Music for song of songs

  • Contemporary Guitar Concertos | Guitar Concerto | Contemporary Music

    CONTEMPORARY GUITAR CONCERTOS | GUITAR CONCERTO | CONCERTO FOR GUITAR AND ORCHESTRA GUITAR CONCERTO for guitar and orchestra Duration: 21'30" minutes Instrumentation: Guitar solo, 2 flutes (2nd doubles Piccolo); 2 oboes (2nd doubles English horn); 2 clarinets (2nd doubles bass clarinet); 2 bassoons; 2 horns; 1 percussion; harp; celeste; strings Year Composed: 2010 Written For: Luiz Mantovani ​ Commissioned By: The Israel Sinfonietta Beer Sheva with funds from the Israel Ministry of culture and the Adele and John Gray Memorial Endowment Fund. ​ Premiere Performance: 16 October, 2010 Beer Sheva, Israel Luiz Mantovani, guitar Beer Sheva Sinfonietta Doron Solomon, conductor CONTEMPORARY GUITAR CONCERTOS VIEW SCORE LISTEN SHOP / HIRE MUSIC Quick View Guitar Concerto, full score [Hard Copy] Price $48.00 Add to Cart Quick View Guitar Concerto (full score) [PDF download] Price $28.00 Add to Cart Quick View Guitar Concerto (piano reduction|) [PDF download] Price $14.50 Add to Cart Quick View Guitar Concerto (piano reduction) [Hard Copy] Price $41.00 Add to Cart Program Notes: The Guitar Concerto (2010) is the fruit of a long friendship with the Brazilian Guitarist Luiz Mantovani. As students in Boston, we frequently imagined how a new concerto for Luiz would sound. When Maestro Doron Solomon, himself an accomplished guitarist has approached me in regard to a new orchestral work for the Beer Sheva Sinfonietta, the guitar concerto idea was enthusiastically accepted. The Concerto consists of four movements, interconnected. Few motives repeat themselves throughout the work, treated and colored differently from one movement to the other. The orchestra in a way, serves as is an extension of the guitar and not as a contrasting body. Guitar Concerto was written for Luiz Mantovani and the Israeli Sinfonietta Beer Sheva; Doron Solomon; music director. It s commission was kindly supported by the Israel Ministry for Culture and Sport and by the Adele and John Gray Foundation. VIEW SCORE LISTEN Contemporary Guitar Concertos | Guitar Concerto | Concerto for Guitar | Music for Guitar and Orchestra

  • Instrument List | Lior Navok | Contemporary Music | Ensembles, Orchestras, Choirs, Solo

    Flute Bassoon Horn Tuba Guitar Harpsichord Viola Oboe Saxophone Trumpet Percussion Mandolin Accordion Cello Clarinet Recorder Trombone Harp Piano Violin D. Bass VOCAL MUSIC

  • Fluctuations | Contemporary Music for Cello and Piano | Cello and Piano Repertoire | Contemporary Music

    CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FOR CELLO AND PIANO | CELLO AND PIANO MUSIC FLUCTUATIONS for cello and piano Duration: 10 minutes Instrumentation: cello and piano ​ Year Composed: 2017 Written For: Noémi Boutin and Marie Vermeulin ​ Commissioned By: Festival de Chaillol Michaël Dian, artistic director ​ Premiere Performance: 7 August 2017 Gap, France Noémi Boutin, cello Marie Vermeulin, piano MUSIC FOR CELLO AND PIANO VIEW SCORE LISTEN VIDEO CONTEMPORARY CELLO AND PIANO REPERTOIRE Contemporary cello and piano repertoire VIEW SCORE LISTEN Quick View "Fluctuations" for Cello and Piano [score + part - Hard Copy] Price $22.50 Add to Cart Quick View "Fluctuations" - for Cello and Piano (score and part) [PDF download] Price $12.50 Add to Cart MUSIC FOR CELLO AND PIANO | CELLO AND PIANO MUSIC | CELLO PIANO REPERTOIRE | CELLO AND PIANO | VIDEO additional works for cello additional works for piano

  • String Orchestra | Contemporary Music | Music for String Orchestra

    STRING ORCHESTRA, MUSIC FOR STRING ORCHESTRA BETWEEN TWO COASTS for string orchestra Duration: 14 minutes Instrumentation: string orchestra ​ Year Composed: 2009 Written For: Das Georgische Kammerorchester Ariel Zuckermann, conductor ​ Commissioned By: Das Georgische Kammerorchester ​ Premiere Performance: 18 March 2010 Ingolstadt, Germany Das Georgische Kammerorchester Ariel Zuckermann, conductor VIEW SCORE SHOP / HIRE MUSIC Quick View Between Two Coasts [PDF download] Price $17.50 Add to Cart Quick View Between Two Coasts [Hard Copy] Price $35.00 Add to Cart Program Notes: Between Two Coasts for string orchestra describes the thoughts, struggles and inner-debates that run through the mind and hearts of people who have immigrated to a new land, experiencing prosperity and fulfilling their dream – a dream that could not be achieved fully back in their homeland. But still, in spite all of this, the heart of the people is partly left back there, in their homeland, where the views, the sounds, the smells and the small talks still bring memories of a pleasant childhood. Between Two Coasts was commissioned by Ariel Zuckermann and Das Georgische Kammerorchester and dedicated to them. VIEW SCORE music for string orchestra | chamber orchestra | string orchestra

  • Soprano and Chamber Orchestra | Contemporary Music

    SOPRANO, BASSOON AND CHAMBER ORCHESTRA. TEXT IN SPANISH BY ANTONIO MACHADO THE SPANISH SONGS for soprano, bassoon and chamber orchestra Duration: 11 minutes Instrumentation: soprano solo, bassoon solo, 2 clarinets, percussion (1) harp, celesta and strings ​ Year Composed: 1998 Poems By: Antonio Machado ​ Poems Included: 1. Yo voy soñando caminos 2. ¿Mi corazón se ha dormido? Language: Spanish​​ ​ Written For: Monica Garcia ​ Premiere Performance: 1998 Boston, USA Monica Garcia, soprano Minako Taguchi, bassoon students from the New England Conservatory Lior Navok, conductor VIEW SCORE LISTEN VIEW TEXT HIRE MUSIC Quick View The Spanish Songs (full score) [PDF download] Price $16.50 Add to Cart Quick View The Spanish Songs [Hard Copy] Price $32.00 Add to Cart Quick View Meditations Over Shore [CD] Price $15.00 Add to Cart Program Notes: When I first heard soprano Monica Garcia’s singing, I was determined to compose a new work for her. Simultaneously, I was bothered by the decrease of music written for the Bassoon during the 20th century and it was important for me to make my small contribution by writing a Bassoon Concerto. Somehow, these two intentions met together in “The Spanish Songs.” While looking for poems, I had in mind few criterion such as specific subject, mood, and length. It was also important that one of the poems will start as a question. After eight months of searching, I found Antonio Machado’s poems. The score calls for soprano and bassoon, two clarinets, harp, celesta, percussion and strings. Poems and specific performers help the composer decide on that musical direction or another. Here, I decided to take a more traditional path, adding my view of Spanish music. VIEW SCORE LISTEN Soprano and Orchestra | Soprano and chamber orchestra | Spanish poems

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