WORKS: Works with keyboard (piano, harpsichord or organ)
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67. GRAN CACEROLAZO (2010) ca. 12'
For piano, strings and percussion
Composed for Gabriela Montero
Premiered by Gabriela Montero, piano and Kremerata Baltica with Andrei Pushkarev, percussion at Laeiszhalle, Hamburg
on March 6, 2010
66. POSTCARDS FROM KANNIBALIA
Trio for clarinet, violin and piano
Gypjab
Cari.Kum.Ba
Gnossienne-Tonada
Sapokalypse
Commissioned by the Verdehr Trio and Michigan State University, co-sponsored by Chevron Corporation and the Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Premiere at The Phillips Collection in Washington, DC in Fall 2010 with Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr, clarinet / Walter Verdehr, violin / Silvia Roederer, piano
65. SCHTUPAK THE FISH (2009) ca. 12’
Piano quartet
Aaron Wunsch, piano / Jennifer Curtis, violin / Nicholas Mann, viola / Sunny Yang, cello
Commissioned by Jennifer Curtis and Vivian Weilerstein
Premiered at Yellow Barn Festival, Vermont on July 23, 2009 by Aaron Wunsch, piano / Jennifer Curtis, violin / Nicholas Mann, viola /Sunny Yang, cello
64. NUMBER NINE (2008) ca. 10'
Quintet for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano in one movement
Commissioned by Ensamble Onix, Mexico
Premiered at Festival Cervantino in Guanajuato, Mexico in Novermber 2009 by Ensamble Onix
New York premiere at the MoMA Summergarden Series on July 11, 2010 with the New Juilliard Ensemble, conducted by Joel Sachs
62. DELTA DANCE (2008) ca. 5'
For violin and piano
54. VENEZUELAN SUITE FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO (2006) ca. 13’
: Guasa del monocordio de lata
Giovanni Guzzo, violin / Luis Pares, piano
Premiered in Limoges, France in November 2006 by Virginie Robilliard, violin and Ricardo Castro, piano; London premiere at the Venezuelan Cultural Center on July 11, 2007 with Giovanni Guzzo, violin and Luis Pares, piano
52. MANGOSINFONI (2005) ca. 24’
For harp and organ
Brazil Pinball
Apache Rondeau
Commissioned by Chelsea Chen and Arielle
Partial premiere at Paul Hall, Juilliard School, New York, in May 2006 with Chelsea Chen, organ and Arielle, harp
47. THE TWO SEASONS (OF THE CARIBBEAN TROPICS) (2003) ca. 22’
Concerto for violin, strings and harpsichord
solo violin-harpsichord-strings (4.3.2.2.1)
Invierno/Rainy Season:
: Coquiloquio (Frog Assembly)
: Wipers Gigavalse/Deslave (Wipers Gigavalse/Landslide)
Verano/Dry Season:
: Noche del grillo transformado (Night of the Transfigured Cricket)
: Cumbión tostao (Big Toasted Cumbia)
: Polo quemao (Burnt Polo - Venezuelan song form)
Virginie Robilliard, violin with the Orchestra of the Mozarteum Foundation, conducted by Olivier Grangean
Commissioned by the Cultural Attaché of the French Embassy in Caracas for violinist Virginie Robilliard
Premiered at Sala Corpbanca in Caracas in December 2003 by Virginie Robilliard, violin and the Orchestra of the Mozarteum Foundation, conducted by Olivier Grangean; Canadian premiere in December 2004 with Alexis Cárdenas, violin and I Musici de Montréal, conducted by Yuli Turovsky; New York premiere at BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) in January 2009 with Virginie Robilliard, violin and the Brooklyn Philharmonic, conducted by Michael Christie
46. CANTATA MAQROLL (2003) ca. 20’
For tenor voice, flute, soprano saxophone, violin, cello and piano in seven movements
Song cycle on texts by Alvaro Mutis and Belisario Betancu
Commissioned by the Festival de Artes in Cali, Colombia
45. TANGO SABATIER (2003) ca. 12’
Three tangos for arpegina (five-string viola with low E) or viola and piano
: Caceroleando
: PiazzolaberintusRallentango-Milonga
Commissioned by luthier Bernard Sabatier, creator of the arpegina
Premiered at Château Barreyre near Bordeaux, France in May 2003 by Jean-Paul Minalli, arpegina and Véronique Goudin, piano
37. TOCATA GALEONICA PARA SEXTETO (2002) ca. 15’
For two violins, viola, cello, bass and harpsichord
Coplas del Mangle
Recuerdos de Venosa II
Tuyerias
Composed for the Accadèmia Bizantina di Ravenna
30. LA REVOLTOSA (2000) ca. 18’
Venezuelan rhapsody for violin or piccolo clarinet (Eb) and piano
: La Revoltosa
Jorge Montilla, clarinet
Commissioned by the Cisneros Foundation for violinist Alexis Cárdenas
Transcribed for piccolo clarinet and piano in 2005 for Jorge Montilla Clarinet version premiered and recorded at the University of Arizona in 2006 by Jorge Montilla, clarinet
25. TRIO FOR CLARINET, CELLO OR BASSOON AND PIANO (1998-99) ca. 14’
Also available for clarinet quartet (see #40)
: Ornitolo chipoleao
: Borges Triangle
Recuerdos de Venosa IIITacata Tocata
Taqui Ensemble (Jorge Montilla, clarinet)
Commissioned by clarinetist Paquito de Rivera for his ensemble Triangulo
Premiered at Teatro Teresa Carreño in Caracas in Nov. 2000 by Continuum; Premiere of bassoon version at the Contemporary Music Festival in Puerto Rico, summer 2003, with Ensemble Taqui; Complete bassoon version premiered at the MoMA Summergarden Series in New York in 2005 by Moran Katz, clarinet / Jennifer Rhodes, bassoon / Joel Sachs, piano
22. SONATA FOR CLARINET AND PIANO (1997) ca. 12’
: Tácata-tocata
: Borges
: Aracataca toca
Jorge Montilla, clarinet / Gail Novak, piano
Commissioned by clarinetist Eloy Salgado
Premiered at Indiana University in 2002 by Jorge Montilla, clarinet and Gail Novak, piano; Venezuelan premiere at the
Sala de Conciertos de la UCV in Caracas in 2005 with Eloy Salgado, clarinet and Sadao Muraki, piano
18. TOCATA GALEONICA CUARTA (1991-94) ca. 12’
For two violins, cello and harpsichord
: Coplas del mangle
Recuerdos de Venosa IITuyerias
Version for sextet written in 2002 for the Accadèmia Bizantina di Ravenna, adding a viola and a double bass