Author: Taverna-Bech, Francesc
Calidoscopi III by F. Taverna-Bech is not just a descriptive work but features numerous reflective elements and a certain melancholy, like a flow of nostalgia for other times when, as a child, he was captivated by the toy.
Author: Guinjoan, Joan
The Concerto for piano and chamber ensemble was composed in 1963 and was awarded the Schola Cantorum of Paris’ Composition Prize. It is a rather ‘raw’ piece. The piano part is most impressive but the thing that connects this concerto to the rest of the pieces of Guinjoan, is its rhythm.
Author: Capdevila, Mercè
The work Corn d'or comprises quick, compressed sounds whose density means they can be listened to en masse. In the slow moments the mass deflates and softens, the sound expands and separates, breaking off in the form of phrases, or isolated sounds, with different properties, directions and levels.
Author: Ferrer, Enric
This Sonatina is inspired by the first of the Four Quartets by T. S. Eliot, Burn Norton.
Author: Lamote de Grignon, Ricard
It was originally a collection of twelve short pieces for piano. This version consists of six «crumbs» and the author transcribed it from the original for piano more than 25 years later.
Author: Eroles, Carles M.
The music of this quintet is clearly thematic and brings together highly chromatic fragments with a profound lyricism.
Author: Eroles, Carles M.
The music of this quintet is clearly thematic and brings together highly chromatic fragments with a profound lyricism.
Author: Fleta Polo, Francisco
Tales of Don Quixote is a collection of eight musical moments inspired by the various characters of Cervantes’ epic novel. Throughout the work, there appear the serving girl, the judge, Camacho, the university graduate and the priest, among others.
Author: Guinjoan, Joan
As its title indicates, Miniaturas is built upon the foundations of small thematic cells. The first piece is characterized by the counterpointing of contrasts, and is followed by one which progresses from a bleakness of atmosphere to attain a marked lyricism. The third and final piece makes allusion to a progressively complex rhythm which ends with the...
Author: Rodríguez Picó, Jesús
This composition is based on the painting of the same title by Joan Miró. It is a short piece in a “naïve” style.
Author: Rodríguez Picó, Jesús
In the Quartet per a clarinets is often used extreme registers and dynamic contrasts, and those different timbres associated with these records create an effect of constant tension.
Author: Lalanza, Jordi
Jordi Lalanza’s Quintet de vent is a piece for classic quintet ensemble with an air of musical divertimento. A divertimento which transmits the music’s freshness not only to its audience but also to the players themselves, who must overcome technical and ensemble difficulties to perform the piece.