Music of the Day: 1/18/12

Soon I'll be beginning to work on a chamber opera for three vocalists, alto flute, bass clarinet, viola, cello, guitar, harp, and piano.  I haven't written anything for guitar before, so to begin my studies I've been multi-tasking - listening up on some guitar works while handwriting a horn part for a graduate assistantship application.  The pieces I've starred are ones I hope to study closer in the near future, if I can get my hands on some scores!

Leo Brouwer (b. 1939)
Some solo guitar works:

• El Decameron negro
• Preludios Epigramaticos
• Canticum
• La Espiral eterna
• Parabola
• Tarantos
• Paisaje cubano con tristeza ** 

Joan Tower (b. 1938)

• Snow Dreams (1983, fl. and gtr.)

 Toru Takemitsu (1930 - 1996)

•  Umi e (Toward the Sea) (1981, fl. and gtr.) ** [has some interesting flute extended techniques]
• Hiroshima to iu na no shonen (A Boy named Hiroshima), from the movie Himiko (1987, gtr. duo)
• Folios (1974, gtr.)
• Yume no heri e (To the Edge of Dream) (1983, gtr. and orchestra)

Kohachiro Miyata

• Kusabue no Koro (Time of the Grass Flute) (fl. and gtr.)

Malcolm Arnold (1921 - 2006)

• Guitar Concerto, Op. 67 (1959, gtr. and orchestra)