MUSIC FOR STRINGS

 

 
  • SURQUILLO
    violin + piano
    Duration: 3’
    A joyous dance in the style of a Peruvian marinera norteña
    (score) (recording)

    LUNA
    alto sax, violin and piano
    Duration: 8’
    An allegoric musical sketch envisioning a futuristic, permanent human colony on the Moon.
    (score) (recording)

  • DUES NIMFES
    clarinet, viola and piano
    Duration: 8’
    A piece about two nymphs of Greek mythology: Galene (Γαλήνη) or the Nereid of the calm seas, and Thoe (Θόη) or the Nereid of swift, moving waves.
    (score) (recording)

  • WAQAY ÑAWI
    A four-movement work edicated to the victims of the Internal Conflict in Peru between the years 1980 and 2000.

    • I. Wañuy plasa (Death square) - percussion solo

    • II. Muspaypi hina (Dream-like) - cello and percussion

    • III. Intermedio (Intermission) - harp, cello and percussion

    • IV. Intillay Killallay (Sun and Moon) - full quartet

    (score sample) (recording)

  • LAS ANTARAS DE CELSO
    solo double bass
    Duration: 5’
    Written in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of one of the most remarkable creations of modern Latin American music: the chamber work "Antaras" (1968), by Peruvian composer Celso Garrido-Lecca
    (score) (recording)

  • SURQUILLO
    string quartet
    Duration: 3’
    A joyous dance in the style of a Peruvian marinera norteña
    (score) (recording)

    SURQUILLO
    flute + string quartet
    Duration: 3’
    A joyous dance in the style of a Peruvian marinera norteña
    (score) (recording)

    AVE
    flute + string quartet
    Duration: 6-7’
    A soulful piece written after observing the flight of condors at the Colca Canyon in Peru
    (score) (recording)

    MÚSICA PARA UN ANTIGUO GOBERNANTE [Music for an Ancient Ruler]
    flute + string quartet
    Duration: 12’

    A piece that evokes genres of Ancient Peru through the lens of contemporary Andean styles
    I. Aymoray (Song of Harvest)
    II. Harawi (Song of Love)
    III. Haylli (Song of Triumph)
    (score) (recording)

  • SURQUILLO
    string orchestra
    Duration: 3’
    A joyous dance in the style of a Peruvian marinera norteña
    (score) (recording)

  • TIENTO PARA UN PENSADOR
    guitar solo
    Duration: 5’

    (score) (recording)

    ALCATRAZ
    guitar ensemble
    Duration: 4’
    + Commissioned by Sicarú Ensemble
    (recording)

    SURQUILLO
    flute + guitar
    Duration: 3’
    A joyous dance in the style of a Peruvian marinera norteña
    (score) (recording)

  • PRELUDIO INOCENTE
    flute + harp
    Duration: 4’
    A piece about innocence and the loss thereof in the context of artistic academia
    (score) (recording)

    KIPU
    flute, saxophone quartet, harp, string quintet
    Duration: 8’
    A musical fantasy on an ancient encounter between two distant cultures: China and Peru
    (score) (recording)

    WAQAY ÑAWI
    A four-movement work edicated to the victims of the Internal Conflict in Peru between the years 1980 and 2000.

    • I. Wañuy plasa (Death square) - percussion solo

    • II. Muspaypi hina (Dream-like) - cello and percussion

    • III. Intermedio (Intermission) - harp, cello and percussion

    • IV. Intillay Killallay (Sun and Moon) - full quartet

    (score sample) (recording)

  • KIPU
    flute, saxophone quartet, harp, string quintet
    Duration: 8’
    A musical fantasy on an ancient encounter between two distant cultures: China and Peru
    (score) (recording)


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