Composer
Music-theatre and opera
Agustín Fernández A Queen Has her Portrait Painted, Books and Night, Botanic Journey, Crossroads Talk, Teoponte, The Wheel 0 Comments
Crossroads Talk (1984) Cl(Bass Cl). Alto Sax(Baritone Sax) Piano(Synth) Percussion (Narrator) Violin(Viola) 6 min 7 December 1984 Gemini; Eleanor Rathbone Theatre, Liverpool. Teoponte (1988) Soprano, Mezzosoprano, two Tenors, Baritone, Bass, pre-recorded sounds 35 min Text in English by Agustín Fernández. Commissioned by Innererklang Music-Theatre. 23 May 1988 IMT Bloomsbury Theatre, London International Opera Festival. Botanic […]
Vocal, vocal-instrumental, choral
Agustín Fernández Alquimia, Botanic Journey, Cantata de Navidad y Epifanía, Collier's Rant, El Afilador, El Anillo, Himno del Instituto Laredo, Red Songs, The Song of the Morrow, Tres canciones sobre poemas de Rachel 92 Comments
Tres canciones sobre poemas de Rachel (1976, rev. 2018) Mixed choir S.A.T.B 8 min Text in Spanish by Rachel, translated from Hebrew by anonymous translator, 8 May 1984 Coral Nova cond Ramiro Soriano; Teatro Municipal, La Paz. Rec Música Coral Contemporánea de Bolivia I PROAUDIO SRL, PAR-007C Coral Nova – Ramiro Soriano Arce, La Paz 1991. […]
Guitar
Agustín Fernández Christoph Jäggin, Oh Guitarra, The Insomniac's Lullaby, Tre Media 0 Comments
Nana del insomne (Eng. The Insomniac’s Lullaby) 1992 6 min Commissioned by The Arts Council of Northern Ireland. 25 February 1993 Nicola Hall, Ardhowen Theatre, Enniskillen, then Armagh and Belfast. Published by Tre Media, Karlsruhe ¡Oh guitarra! 2006 8 min 11 November 2007 by Christoph Jäggin at Theater am Gleis, Winterthur, Switzerland. Published by Tre […]
Piano
Agustín Fernández Cinco piezas de plata, Distant Episodes 0 Comments
Cinco piezas de plata 1985 12 min 12 October 1991 Francis King, Harty Room, Belfast. Published by Contemporary Music Centre, Dublin 1993 Distant Episodes 2009 for two pianos 12 min.
Electroacoustic
Agustín Fernández NMC, Playtime, Purcell Room, Silent Towers, Sonic Arts Network, Stedelijk Museum, Stefan Östersjö, Teoponte, Wounded Angel 0 Comments
See Teoponte under Music Theatre and Opera Wounded Angel (1989) Charango and electronic sounds 9 min 14 October 1989 AF; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. BC VPRO Radio 28 November 1989. Featured in exhibition ‘Energieen’ at the Stedelijk Museum, April-July 1990. CD: Mixed NMC D036. Also Playtime, dB Productions, dB87/- Silent Towers (1990) Solo Tape 12 min […]
Folk arrangements, original folksongs
Agustín Fernández Adiós a Riberalta, Beethovenianas bolivianas, Chacarera chaqueña, Collita, El cóndor pasa, Morenada, Par par palomita, Pensando en ti, Taquiraris pandinos, Ve'ulai, Viva Cochabamba, Viva mi patria, Yungueñita 0 Comments
Arreglos bolivianos (2014) para orquesta de cuerdas. Contiene arreglos de Collita de Fernando Román Saavedra, Viva Cochabamba de José Ferrufino y Viva mi patria de Apolinar Camacho. Total c. 13 minutos. Audiovisual (Collita y Viva mi patria), Audiovisual (Viva Cochabamba) Pensando en ti (2014) 3.5 para trío (violín, celo y piano). Arreglo de taquirari de […]
Cluj
Agustín Fernández Adrian Pop, Alexandru Murariu, Cluj, Cornel Țăranu, Hans Peter Türk, Murariu, SebastianȚuna, Sigismund Toduță, Transilvania, Writings 0 Comments
Un último beso a tus calles, Cluj una última caricia de mis ojos a tus murallas. Suena el rumor de tus bosques en tu música Toduță, Țürk, Țăranu Pop, Țună, Murariu. Habla tu historia de sangre y fronteras de reinos e imperios pasiones, pensamientos, iluminaciones en los ojos de tu gente en sus rostros, en […]
On goes the circle
Agustín Fernández A Northumbrian Anthem 0 Comments
Every promise is a debt, says the saying. Not that I promised, but I did say that I may have to return to the organ version of A Northumbrian Anthem to update it along the lines of the recent brass band version. I did today. If you are finding these iterations tiresome, Reader, all you […]
A Northumbrian Anthem for brass band
Agustín Fernández A Northumbrian Anthem, brass band, Northeast of England 0 Comments
You may think it underwhelming that all I seem to manage these days is short tuneful pieces and folk arrangements, but there are good reasons for it, most of them not suitable for a blog of this kind. Here is a version for brass band of my own A Northumbrian Anthem of 2018. I am […]
Chamber, instrumental
Agustín Fernández 'Montes' Quartet, A Northumbrian Anthem, A to Z, Botanic Spider, LoA, Más Kantu, Meditación No. 1, Munirando I and II, Pájaro negro, Peregrine, Souvenir de Teoponte, The Falcon's Kiss, Trío 2 Comments
For enquiries contact agustin@agustinfernandez.com Meditación No 1 (1985) Fl. Ob. Cl. Sax Eb. Perc(3) Pno Harpsichord 10 min 2 May 1985 Opus; Eleanor Rathbone Theatre, Liverpool.Pájaro negro (1986) Fl 2Cl(I=BCl) Pno Sop Strings(1.1.1.0) Poem by Agustín Fernández 14 min 20 November 1986 City Lights; New Hall, City University, London.Botanic Spider (1991) Piano and string quartet […]