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October 2017
Agustín Fernández Americas Society, Momenta Quartet, New York, String Quartet No 2 'Sin tiempo' 0 Comments
2 October at 7pmString Quartet No. 2, ‘Sin tiempo’Momenta QuartetAmericas SocietyNew York City
Río Bravo, update
Agustín Fernández New Juilliard Ensemble, Río Bravo 0 Comments
Since the première at Lincoln Center, Río Bravo has undergone a significant revision. The aim, as ever, is to make the piece as effective as possible for the widest possible range of performers. This claim may seem questionable given the pervading technical difficulty in most of my work. But the truth is I do try. […]
Río Bravo
Agustín Fernández Alice Tully Hall, Joel Sachs, Joshua Cerdenia, Kobold, Lincoln Center, New Juilliard Ensemble, Rica Narimoto, Río Bravo, Saad Haddad, Sae Hashimoto, Sean O'Brien 0 Comments
Río Bravo is a piece for large chamber ensemble, of eleven minutes’ duration. It was commissioned by Joel Sachs for his New Juilliard Ensemble. The size and makeup of the ensemble are similar to those in Notes from Underground, the work I wrote in 2015 to poems by Sean O’Brien. For this reason, among others, […]
January 2017
Agustín Fernández Focus Festival, Lincoln Center, Nathaniel LaNasa, Sheng Yao Wu, Souvenir de Teoponte 0 Comments
24 January 2017 Souvenir de TeoponteSheng Yao Wu, double bassNathaniel LaNasa, piano Peter Jay TheaterLincoln CenterNew YorkFocus FestivalTickets and information
After the Gathering at Alwinton Church
Agustín Fernández After the Gathering, Alwinton Church Summer Concerts, Helen Walker, John Casken, The Side 1 Comment
In the bewitching setting of Alwinton Church, near Alwinton in the Upper Coquet Valley, Norhumberland, there is a concert series that has been making ripples for several years now, Alwinton Church Summer Concerts. It is curated by one of the doyens of British contemporary music, the composer John Casken and, reflecting this man’s enlightened ideas, […]
May 2016
Agustín Fernández After the Gathering, Antonin Ciolan Orchestra, Christian Hodrea, Cluj-Napoca, Cornel Groza, Notes from Underground, Sigismund Toduta International Festival, Transylvania Philharmonic Choir, Vlad Agachi 0 Comments
19 May 2016 Notes from UndergroundChristian Hodrea, baritoneTransylvania Philharmonic Choir – Cornel Groza, directorAntonin Ciolan OrchestraVlad Agachi, conductorPhilharmonic HallSigismund Toduta International FestivalCluj-Napoca, Romania 7 May 2016at 1930 After the Gathering (première)Kathryn Tickell and The SideAlwinton Church Summer ConcertsAlwinton, Northumberland Tickets here
April 2016
Agustín Fernández Alice Tully Hall, Joel Sachs, Lincoln Center, New Juilliard Ensemble, New York, Río Manso - Río Bravo 0 Comments
21 April 2016 Río Bravo (première)New Juilliard EnsembleConductor: Joel SachsAlice Tully HallLincoln CenterNew York
December 2015
Agustín Fernández BBC Radio 3, Benjamin Appl, Clark Rundell, Notes from Underground, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Sarah Mohr-Pietsch, Sean O'Brien, Voices of Hope 0 Comments
Friday 4 December 2015Interval in the evening concertRadio broadcastBBC Radio 3 Interview by Sarah Mohr-Pietsch with Agustín Fernández and Sean O’Brien, including extracts from Notes from Underground recorded by Royal Northern Sinfonia, Voices of Hope and Benjamin Appl, conducted by Clark Rundell.
Notes on Notes from Underground
Agustín Fernández Notes from Underground, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Sean O'Brien, WH Auden 0 Comments
This project is attracting some public attention. Several weeks before the date I heard the première was nearly sold out. The local press has given it some coverage, a number of Twitter accounts have mentioned it, and last Saturday’s The Guardian (10 October 2015) printed an excellent article by Sean O’Brien himself, ‘How I fell […]
November 2017
Agustín Fernández Momenta Quartet, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, String Quartet No 2 'Sin tiempo' 0 Comments
19 November 2017 at 3pmString Quartet No. 2, ‘Sin tiempo’Momenta QuartetPhiladelphia Chamber Music SocietyAmerican Philosophical SocietyPhiladelphia