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: Garcia Gago, Josep
El Caliu (The Embers) is a little reflective dialogue between parents and children around the fireplace at the time of the early autumn cold. The four string instruments personify the members of the family, in the midst of conversation.
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: Bertran, Moisès
Esguards silents is a piece in three movements, Uncertainty, Bewilderment and Desolation. Each one of them wants to express a emotional state as it could be felt by a child from any country in front of the disasters of a war.
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: Fleta Polo, Francisco
The work pays homage to Johannes Brahms, with each viola represented by one of the letters in the German composer’s surname, and is structured in a single movement.
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.