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Chamber Music

An unusual goose

An unusual goose

for solo horn and brass ensemble

Commissioned by International Horn Congress Guadassuar

Year: 2023

Duration: 11:00 min.

Movements:
I. Call to ensemble
II. Bright journey
III. Silly dreams

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Orchestra

Monologue (chamber ’23)

Monologue (chamber)

version for chamber orchestra (originally for orchestra)

Overture for orchestra inspired by a monologue’s narrative, featuring a harmonized, energy-driven melody, as the orchestra performs as one colorful solo instrument.

Year: 2017 (chamber orchestra version in 2023)

Duration: 5:30 min.

Instrumentation:
2 flutes (2 dbl piccolo), 2 oboes (2 dbl English horn), 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons
4 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, 1 percussionist
strings

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Choir Orchestra

Lux aeterna

Lux aeterna

for SATB choir and strings

Commissioned by Orfeo Universitari de València (OUV) for their 70th Anniversary

Year: 2022

Duration: 7 min.

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Chamber Music

Barandat

Barandat

for brass quintet

Barandat means a thin wall that is capable of supporting little weight. This composition is a reflection on the different obstacles that arise along the way, the walls that form when encountering them, and the energy received when overcoming them. The work exposes and develops a main theme, whose pitches are extracted by association from the letters of the title, Barandat (B A, D A G, D A F). After a brief energetic introduction where the main theme is presented, the composition is structured into two large sections. The first section, Slow – Moderate, is inspired by the cautious movement of Myrtle, a large green sea turtle who was rescued and rehabilitated at the New England Aquarium in Boston, where she now lives and advances on her path to recovery, avoiding obstacles. The second section, Presto, builds a fast speech from the fragmented thematic elements, developing the main theme, and incorporating some secondary rhythmic elements.

Commissioned by Spanish Brass for the Spanish Brass Alzira Festival 2022

Dedicated to my grandmother, Amparo Busquets Casañ

Year: 2022

Duration: 8 min.

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Chamber Music

Volando

Volando

for horn and strings

Composition featuring horn and strings that fuses baroque and romanticism with a flavor of Spanish nationalism music.

Year: 2020

Duration: 2:30 min.

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Chamber Music

Anchor’s Flight

Anchor’s Flight

for eight pianos

Commissioned by Valencia State Government for the Iturbi International Piano Festival

Year: 2019

Duration: 4:40 min.

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Wind Ensemble

Snapan

Snapan

for wind ensemble

Composition for Symphonic Band inspired by one of the most popular phenomena of this decade and future ones: Snapchat. Snap is something that occurs unexpectedly or without anticipation. Besides the social platform, snap has almost become a lifestyle: all information is available imminently, we connect to long-distance videoconferences immediately and spontaneity leads our lives. However, we often think too much about our pose to achieve the perfect picture that the impulsive experience becomes analyzed, organized, and structured, giving the meaning of spontaneity a 360 turn. With this composition, I propose a reflection on the sonic result of the spontaneous and energetic spirit, based on an ephemeral snap, constructed over organized musical elements (dodecaphonism) and using organizes and structured compositional techniques.

Commissioned by Valencia Federation of Music Societies (FSMCV)

Year: 2018

Duration: 4:30 min.

Instrumentation:
2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon
4 clarinets, Eb clarinet, bass clarinet
2 alto sax, 2 tenor sax, baritone sax
4 horns, 3 trumpets, flugelhorn, 2 trombones, bass trombone, euphonium, tuba
timpani, 6 percussionists, harp, piano, violoncellos, double basses

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Featured Compositions Wind Ensemble

Sambori

Sambori

for brass quintet and wind ensemble

Composition for brass quintet inspired by the hopscotch children’s game (sambori in Catalan). The main musical idea is the sambori theme, based on the metric and patterns of the 10 squares in the hopscotch court. This theme is combined with motives from Torna-li la trompa al xic, a popular children’s song from Valencia about the peg game. The musical elements are introduced at first as a chorale by the soloists and developed later with traditional textures like accompanied melody, canonic imitation, and parallelisms. To play this game you must play four turns (movements) attacca.

Commissioned by Spanish Brass

Year: 2017

Duration: 10:30 min.

Movements:
I. Chorale
II. Aria-Lament
III. Fugue
IV. Passacaglia

Instrumentation:
Solo brass quintet (2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba)
2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 bassoons
3 clarinets, Eb clarinet, alto clarinet (opt.), bass clarinet
soprano sax, 2 alto sax, 2 tenor sax, baritone sax
euphonium, tuba
timpani, 4 percussionists, harp (opt.), violoncellos (opt.)

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Chamber Music

Aragón Brass

Aragón Brass

for brass ensemble

Commissioned by Aragón Brass Festival

Year: 2017

Duration: 4 min.

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Featured Compositions Orchestra

Monologue

Monologue

for orchestra

Overture for orchestra inspired by a monologue’s narrative, featuring a harmonized, energy-driven melody, as the orchestra performs as one colorful solo instrument.

A version for chamber orchestra with smaller instrumentation is also available

Year: 2017

Duration: 5:30 min.

Instrumentation:
2 flutes (2nd doubles piccolo), 2 oboes, English horn,
2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons
4 horns, 4 trumpets, 2 trombones, bass trombone, tuba
timpani, 4 percussionists, piano, harp
strings

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