BOOK I ; The puppy dog, At the monastery, March of the tortoises, Waltz of the peacoks, Medieval monk's chant, Elizabethan dance, Hide and seek, Echoes from the past, Drifting clouds (Homage to Debussy), A little goat, Song of the boatman, Platero, the baby donkey, Gigue (Homage to J.S. Bach).Andante Appassionato for flute solo (1996). Duration: 5'20"
BOOK II
Enchanted mesa (A Native-American landscape), Merry-go-roung, Ragtime, Sicilienne, Joggin, Daydreams, Toccata, The soldier's ghost, Woodpeckers at work, Cloudy day, The runaway clock, A breezy afternoon, Dance of the chipmunks.
BOOK III
Spanish fiesta, Nana (Spanish lullaby), Sardana (Catalonian dance), Jota (dance of Northeast Spain), Habanera (Cuban/Spanish dance), Tango, Homage to Ginastera.
"An unabashedly romantic work infused with dynamic rhythmic intensity and evocative melodies requiring a soulful and virtuosic temperament." Tallon Sterling Perkes See Performance history.
Audio
Published by Alphonse Leduc & Cie.
Bonna Domna (2001/04) for string orchestra and SSAATTBB Choir. Duration: 8'30"
Choir with string orchestra version of the 2001 Bonna Domna a capella choral piece commissioned by the Dale Warland Singers.
Bonna Domna (2001/04) for string orchestra. Duration: 8'30"
String orchestra version of the 2001 choral piece of the same title.
Cinco Soledades
for bass baritone and piano (1999/2004).
(Version available for lyric or dramatic baritone). Duration: 10'
Poetry by Antonio Machado in Spanish.
Premiered by baritone Jacob Cantu and the composer at the piano at Our Lady of the Lake University on February 11, 2001.
Published by Hidden Oaks Music Company.
Colores Andaluces (2006) for cello & piano. Duration: 10'
Written for cellist Francoise Groben, member of the Meininger-Trio. Premiered by Ms. Groben on October 13, 2006, at Celloherbst, Germany.
I. Tres morillas
II. Duende
III. Nana
IV. El jinete
V. Zapateado
Click here for full PROGRAM NOTES
Published by Friedrich Hofmeister Musiverlag Leipzig
Five musings for soprano and piano (2002). Duration: 15'
In 1992, the casual meeting of an old friend in a busy city street prompted
the revival of many memories, some going back to my teenage years. These
intense feelings were translated to poetry in the span of two days in the
form of eight poems. Five of these poems are set to music in this collection:
Poetry by the composer in Spanish.
Written for soprano Rachel Rosales.
I. Deseo (Desire)
II.Definición(Definition)
III.El
Pasado Perdido (The Lost Past)
IV.Calor (Heat)
V.El Sol (The Sun)
Published by Hidden Oaks Music Company.
New York premiere at the"Village Variations" Concert Series Greenwich House Music School, New York, by the Gotham Ensemble and guest soprano Cheryl Marshall (10/8/92).
Published by Hidden Oaks Music Company.
I. El silencioGacelas de amor for soprano, flute and piano (2009). Duration: 9' 30"
II. La mano imposible
III. La luna negra
IV. La guitarra
V. Clamor.
See Performance history.
Published by Southern Music Company.
I. El amor desesperado
II. Lucia Martinez
III. El amor maravilloso
Published by Hidden Oaks Music Co.
Goyescas for flute and guitar (2008). Duration: 20'
Written for flutist Marina Piccinini and guitarist Emanuele Segre
To be premiered this Fall 2008 in various European venues, and in early 2009 at the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society on January 23, 2009.
I. Pregón
II. La familia de Carlos IV (The family of Charles IV)
III. Las majas en el balcón (The maiden on the balcony)
IV. IV. El sueño (The dream)
V. La fragua (The foundry)
VI. VI. Toque
VII. La gallina ciega
Click here to see GOYAS' PAINTINGS
Click here for full PROGRAM NOTES
Published by Hidden Oaks Music Co.
Goyescas for flute, viola and piano (2009). Duration: 20'
This is an arrangement of the same piece, Goyescas (description above), originally for flute and guitar.
Published by Hidden Oaks Music Co.
I. Pregón
II. La familia de Carlos IV (The family of Charles IV)
III. Las majas en el balcón (The maiden on the balcony)
IV. IV. El sueño (The dream)
V. La fragua (The foundry)
VI. VI. Toque
VII. La gallina ciega
Homenaje a Mompou (2007) for piano solo. Duration: 7'
Lyric scenes for the young (1999) for solo piano. Duration: 6 '
Commissioned by Dutch pianist Marcel Worms.
Premiered by Marcel Worms (November 2007) in a all-Mompou Festival in Amsterdam at the Noorderkerk, a beautiful church in the centre of Amsterdam, and at the Bethanilooste, an ancient monastery in the Amsterdam 'red light district'.
Hommage a Mozart (2005) for piano solo. Duration: 10'
I. "Crits en el carrer" (Screams in the street)
II. "Tengo una muneca vestida de azul" (I have a doll with a blue dress)
III. "Jocs de carrer" (Street games)
See Performance history.
Click here for full PROGRAM NOTES
Published by Hidden Oaks Music Co.
Written for pianist Eric Himy in conmemoration of the 250th anniversary of Mozart's death 2006.
Multiple performances partially sponsored by the American Composers Forum through its Encore Program, supporting repeat performances of new works.
Audio #1; Audio #2
See Performance History.
Published by Friedrich Hofmeister Musik Verlag
Commissioned by Dr. Francis Kane of San Antonio.
Six contrasting lyrical and generally slow paced pieces with an introspective quality.
Late intermediate level.
I. The little soldier
II. Andalusian landscape
III. Remembrance
IV. Children at play
V. A far away kingdom
VI. Catch me if you can
Published by Hidden Oaks Music Co.
BOOK I (grades 1 and 2)
Magic snowflake,Ghost lament, Playful seals, Baby jellyfish, medieval procession, Sleepy angels, Saturday morning.
BOOK II (grades 2 and 3)
The mouse on a motorcycle, Cloister bells, On the western tril, March of the puppets, March of the fireants, Harvest festival, The duckling.
BOOK III (grades 3 to 5)
Apache war dance, Dynosaur footprints, First Chinese Newyear, second Chines New Year, Spanish guitar, Song of the infant Arabian princess, Song of the Arabian princess.
Mirage for solo piano (1997).
Duration: 9'30" Moments of change for soprano and piano (2005). Duration: 15'
Moments of change
for mezzo soprano and piano (2004/05). Duration: 15 minutes.
Portraits I for solo piano (2000).
Duration: 18-20'
Portraits II for clarinet, violin, cello and piano
(1999). Duration: 17'
Portraits II for flute, violin, cello and piano (1999/2003) Duration: 17'.
Retorn a la terra (Return to the land)(2012) for narrator, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, percussion, violin, and double bass. Duration: 20'
Sonata No. 1 for flute and piano (1996). Duration: 15'.
I. Allegro con spirito
Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano
(1995). Duration: 14'.
Terra Mater for Symphony Orchestra
(2011). Duration: 14'.
Terra Mater is a compact one movement dramatic work for symphony orchestra (approx. 10') that deals symbolically with the creative and destructive powers of nature.
The Flaming Rock (La Roca llameante) for SATB Mixed chorus and String Quartet (2007). Duration: 10'.
Tu i els meus somnis for mezzo soprano and piano (2007) . Duration: 7'
Village Scenes for soprano and piano(2002) Voces de mi tierra for flute, cello and piano (2003). Duration: 18'30"
Voices of the Rainforest for flute, cello and piano (2008). Duration: 23'
Winged serpent for clarinet and piano (2001). Duration: 10' 30"
Commissioned for the 1997 San Antonio International Piano Competition
in Memory of Andrew Russell Gurwitz.
World premiere by pianist Roger Wright at the Ruth Taylor
Hall at Trinity University, San Antonio, TX, in October 1997.
New York
premiere at Merkin Recital Hall by San Antonio International Piano Competition Gold Medalist Mi-Jung Im in March 1998.
Asian premiere at Kumamoto College of Music in Japan
performed by the composer in April 1998.
"Virtuosic work that makes equal demands on a pianist's technique, lyricism and sense of form."San Antonio Express-News.
"Mirage" audio
See Performance history.
Click here for full PROGRAM NOTES
Published by Hidden Oaks Music Company.
Poetry by Margaret Atwood in English.
Written for soprano Eileen strempel.
I. The moment
II. Habitation
III. More and more
IIV. It is dangerous to read newspapers
V. Late night
See Performance history.
Published by Hidden Oaks Music Company.
Arrangement of the piece of the same title for soprano and piano.
Published by Hidden Oaks Music Co.
Commissioned by the Texas Music Teachers Association and
dedicated to pianist Roger Wright.
World premiere by Roger Wright at the 2000 TMTA State
Convention in Austin, TX, June 10-14, 2000.
Shepherd Distinguished Composer of the Year Award from MTNA in 2001.
"It was a privilege to give the premiere of Portraits I, a richly colored multi-movement work by the gifted composer Elisenda Fabregas. Fabregas artfully suspends moods from evocative to plaintive and poignant to payful, with a style that is uniquely hers, while always attending to the overall scope in a convincing and refreshing manner. It is utterly pianistic - I adore it, and will perform it again and again." Roger Wright
I. Image
II. Capriccio
III. Lament
IV. Intermezzo
V. Toccata
Click here for full PROGRAM NOTES
See Performance history.
Published by Hidden Oaks Music Company.
Commissioned and premiered by SOLI Chamber Ensemble at Ruth Taylor Concert Hall in San Antonio, TX, in January 2000.
"Its tonal harmony, traditional forms and romantic sensibility mark "Portraits II" as conservative, but the composer's individuality shows through in yearning dissonances, quirky juxtapositions of thematic material and a pervasive sensuality not unlike that of her native Barcelona. "San Antonio Express-News
I. Image
II. Capriccio
III. Cantilena and Dance
IV. Finale
See Performance history.
Click here for full PROGRAM NOTES
Published by Hidden Oaks Music Co.
Version of Portraits II for clarinet, violin, cello and piano (see above)
Arranged for Quarteto Sereno and premiered on June 11, 2003, by the Quarteto Sereno at the Gustav Luebcke Museum Hamm (Germany) in honor of the Picasso Exhibition.
Premiere on May 26, 2012, by the Virtuoso Ensemble under the direction of Unai Urrecho and Jong Hoon Yoo narrator
Hwaseong Arts Center (Ban Sook Concert Hall of the Dong Tan Art Center of Hwaseong), South-Korea
The Virtuoso Ensemble includes Rodrigo Puskas, violin; Hyo Sun Lee, double bass; Hyonsuk Kim, clarinet;
Nguyen Bao Anh, bassoon;
Eric Robins, trumpet; Lim Hyun Su, trombone; and Kevin Clarke, percussion.
This composition was inspired by two Catalan poems: Retorn a Catalunya by Josep Carner and La Sardana by Joan Maragall.
The first poem is narrated in its entirety and certain parts repeated at certain points in the first and second movements. Carner's poem portrays the excitement
of the poet returning to his native country describing the most characteristic attributes. In the first movement the music is inspired by
the anticipation of the return, the excitement at seeing familiar landscapes and vegetation, as well as meeting the Catalan people;
in the second movement, connected to the first without a stop, the music freely uses a melancolic Catalan melody that imbues a religious tone
to the entire movement. The third movement uses the basic sardana rhythm as well as certain melodic turns typical of sardana's melodies.
Retorn a la terra uses the same instrumentation as L'Histoire du soldat by Stravinsky and both works will be performed at the same concert.
Retorn a la terra consists of three movements (the first two are connected.)
I. La terra de foc (The land of fire)
II. Records (Memories)
III. Dansa (Dance)
Commissioned by Tallon Perkes, principal flutist of the San Antonio
Symphony.
World premiere by Tallon Perkes and the composer at the New Music
Festival at the University of Texas at San Antonio in March 1997.
New York
premiere by Tallon Perkes and the composer at the 1996 National
Flute Convention in New York City in August 1996.
European
premiere at the Lochotinsky Pavilon in Plzen, Czechoslovakia in December 1996.
Asian premiere of the first movement at the United Nations Conference
on Women's Rights in Beijing, China: Kuumba Stage in Huiarou
(September 8,1995) and Lon Shan Auditorium in Huiarou (September 7, 1995) performed by flutist
Barbara Siesel and the composer.
II. Largo
III. Scherzo
IV. Allegro molto con brio
Published by Alphonse Leduc &Cie.
Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano
(1994). Duration: 10'.
Commissioned by Australian violinist Benjamin Breen
World premiere by Benjamin Breen and the composer at the Mostly
Women Composers Festival in Columbia University, New
York in 1995.
European premiere at the Conservatorio Superior Municipal
de Música de Barcelona (Spain) (10/30/95).
Performed live
onWNYC radio program "Around New York " with Robert
Beckhard (5/19/94).
I. Allegro
II. Elegy (Largo)
II. Chase (Allegro)
Published by Hidden Oaks Music Company.
Commissioned by Australian violinist Benjamin Breen
World premiere by Benjamin Breen and the composer at the
Mostly Women Composers Festival at the Bloomingdale
House of Music in New York City (5/22/94).
I. Maestoso/Allegro ma non molto
II. Intermezzo (Allegretto)
III. Andante
IV. Allegro
Published by Hidden Oaks Music Company.
Commissioned by the Wonju Philharmonic of South Korea
World premiere by the Wonju Philharmonic
with Young-Min Park, Music Director and Conductor
in Wonju, South Korea
(10/20/2011).
Listen to the Premiere of
Terra Mater (2011)
on Youtube
Terra Mater follows the footsteps of Voices of the Rainforest (2007), another work dealing with nature. However the content and gestures
of Terra Mater have a deeper sense of urgency. I have always felt that the earth is an organism just like we are, and as such it deserves our respect.
If we fail to take care of the earth it may lead to our own destruction. Beneath the dramatic gestures of Terra Mater there is an underlying
and compelling lament that surfaces at crucial points of the piece connecting the various strains and providing structure. I have wanted to write an orchestral
work on this topic for long time and I welcome this opportunity with excitement. The recent weather events in all parts of the world make nature a 'hot'
topic and I am eager to make a contribution in musical terms. I live now in Seoul and last summer I had the chance to experience the Asian monsoon season; it was apparently one of the hottest
and rainiest summers on record in Seoul. This extreme Korean weather reminded me of the Texas summer storms at most violent. To me there is nothing more awesome and overwhelming
than the power of nature. I can understand how ealier civilizations, much more connected with nature than we are, worshipped many elements of the physical world with its capacity to create and destroy.
Commissioned by the Allegro Chorale & Orchestra Inc. of Midland/Odessa conducted by Nyela Basney.
Premiered by the Allegro Chorale & Orchestra conducted by Nyela Basney and the Cassatt String Quartet on November 17 and 18, 2007, in Midland and Odessa, Texas.
Audio #1
Audio #2
See full PROGRAM NOTES.
Text of the Flaming Rock.
Written for Catalonian mezzo soprano Anna Alas.
Poetry by Josep Janes.
Version for chamber orchestra and mezzo.
See full PROGRAM NOTES
Published by Hidden Oaks Music Company.
Commissioned jointly by the Santa Fe Orchestra and the Maria Benitez
Spanish Dance Company
World premiere by the Orchestra of Santa Fe conducted
by William Kirschke; choreographed and danced by Maria Benitez at the
Lensic Theater in Santa Fe (5/12/90 and 5/13/90).
Written for soprano Rachel Rosales.
Poetry by the composer in Catalonian.
Village Scenes was inspired by memories of my childhood in the early 60s. In the summers me and my parents vacationed in Ullastrell, a very small village near Terrassa (Barcelona) during four or five years. The three poems that inspired the songs were written in early October of 2002, after returning from a trip to Spain. The poetry is in my native Catalonian language.
PROGRAM NOTES
Published by Hidden Oaks Music Company.
Village Scenes for mezzo soprano and piano (2002/04) . Duration: 6'
Arrangement of the piece of the same title for soprano and piano. Premiered by Catalonian mezzo soprano Anna Alas at COMRadio.com (Spanish radio).
Published by Hidden Oaks Music Co.
Written for the Meininger-Trio.
Premiered at the 15th International Bodensee Festival in Meersburg, Germany, on May 24, 2003.
II. Noche en la Alhambra (Night in the Alhambra)
III. La moza y el gitano (Scherzando) (The peasant and the gypsy)
IV. Gigue
Published by Friedrich Hofmeister Musiverlag Leipzig
See full PROGRAM NOTES
Written for the Meininger-Trio.
Premiered by the Meininger-Trio at Nachtmusik - WDR Broadcasting Station in Cologne (Germany) on March 15, 2008.
I. I. Awakening
II. Sago gatherers
III. Evening Stom
IV. Voices of inside night
V. Night spirits
Published by Hidden Oaks Music Co.
See full PROGRAM NOTES
Written for and premiered by Kevin Schempf and the composer at the Bowling Green New Music Festival in October 2001.
Audio
Published by Hidden Oaks Music Company.
See full PROGRAM NOTES