Wednesday, January 18, 2012

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)

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