Composer
November 2015
Agustín Fernández BBC Radio 3 Freethinking Festival, Durham Book Festival, Northern Rock Foundation Hall, Notes from Underground, Sage Gateshead, Sean O'Brien 0 Comments
Saturday 7 November 2015 at 1910Sean O’Brien and Agustín Fernández discuss Notes from UndergroundNorthern Rock Foundation HallSage Gateshead BBC Radio 3 Freethinking Festivalin association with Durham Book Festival http://www.sagegateshead.com/event/sean-obrien/
October 2015
Agustín Fernández Benjamin Appl, Britten, Clark Rundell, Das Lied von der Erde, Durham, Gala Theatre, Hymn to St Cecilia's Day, Mahler, Notes from Underground, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Sean O'Brien, Simon Fidler, Voices of Hope 0 Comments
15 October 2015 at 1900Gala Theatre, Durham Notes from Underground (première)(words by Sean O’Brien)Commissioned by Durham Book FestivalRoyal Northern SinfoniaConductor: Clark RundellVoices of Hope, directed by Simon FidlerBaritone: Benjamin Appl Programme also includes:Britten, Hymn to St CeciliaMahler, three movements from Das Lied von der Erde (Schoenberg’s version)
Collier’s Rant
Agustín Fernández 2013 Festival of the Northeast, Arreglos bolivianos, Chris George, Create, Folkworks, National Youth Orchestra of Scotland, String orchestra, The Collier's Rant, The Maltings Berwick-upon-Tweed 0 Comments
In 2013 the Festival of the Northeast commissioned me to write a choral arrangement of a song of the Northeast of England. The specific project was Create, a multi-choral concept instigated by Folkworks at Sage Gateshead. I chose the song The Collier’s Rant. The material is of the greatest simplicity: four descending pitches four times, […]
April 2015
Agustín Fernández Arreglos bolivianos, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Chris George, National Youth Orchestra of Scotland, The Guildhall, The Maltings 0 Comments
19 April 2015The Guildhall, Berwick-upon-Tweed Collier’s Rant for string orchestra (première)also Arreglos bolivianos for string orchestra National Youth Orchestra of ScotlandChris George, conductor
December 2014
Agustín Fernández Cantata de Navidad y Epifanía, Coro Infantil de la OFGC, Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Marcela Garrón Velarde 0 Comments
18 de diciembre de 2014Sala Gabriel RodóSede de la Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran CanariaLas Palmas de Gran Canaria Cantata de Navidad y EpifaníaCoro Infantil de la OFGCLuis García, barítonoMarcela Garrón, directora
November 2014
Agustín Fernández Aqua tinae, Augusto Guzmán, Catedral de Cochabamba, Coro Juvenil del Instituto Laredo, Judith Carmona, Kathryn Tickell & The Side, Misa de Corpus Christi 0 Comments
Sábado 1 de NoviembreCatedral MetropolitanaCochabambaEntrada libre Misa de Corpus ChristiCoro de los Niños Cantores del ValleCoro Juvenil del Instituto LaredoOrquesta Juvenil del Instituto LaredoAugusto Guzmán, directorJudith Carmona, directora coral Wednesday 5 November at 2000Hall Two, Sage Gateshead Aqua TinaeThe Side Domingo 9 de noviembreTemplo de Santa Ana de Cala CalaEntrada libre Misa de Corpus ChristiPor […]
Arreglos bolivianos
Agustín Fernández Arreglos bolivianos, Bolivia Clásica, computer demos 0 Comments
[English version below the picture on this page] Mientras esperamos con curiosidad e impaciencia la documentación que nos prepara Bolivia Clásica, aquí pongo las versiones computarizadas de Arreglos bolivianos. Este tipo de documento de audio tiene sus funciones específicas, que se pueden resumir en pocas palabras: sirven como sustituto a falta de de una grabación […]
September 2014
Agustín Fernández Camila Barrientos, Cochabamba, Jornadas Bolivianas de Música Contemporánea, Munirando, Sergio Escalera Soria 0 Comments
2 de septiembre de 2014Jornadas de Música Contemporánea 2014CochabambaBoliviaMunirandoCamila Barrientos, clarineteSergio Escalera, piano
Bolivia Clásica
Agustín Fernández Ana-Maria Vera, Armando Vera, Arreglos bolivianos, Bolivia Clásica, Eduardo Laredo, Instituto Laredo, Jaime Laredo, Orquesta Juvenil Bolivia Clásica, Sharon Robinson, Walter Montenegro 0 Comments
Con estas palabras me uno a las celebraciones del 189 aniversario de la fundación de Bolivia. En pocas horas más se realizará en el Teatro Municipal de La Paz – escenario de las experiencias musicales más significativas de mi juventud – un concierto en el que se estrenarán mis Arreglos bolivianos. Los interpretará la Orquesta […]
Notes from Underground
Agustín Fernández Benjamin Appl, Clark Rundell, Notes from Underground, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Sean O'Brien, Simon Fidler, Voices of Hope 0 Comments
My latest project is Notes from Underground, a song cycle for baritone, chamber choir and large chamber ensemble. The words are by Sean O’Brien, an award-winning poet also based in the Northeast of England, and also a professor at Newcastle University. The work is a commission from Durham Book Festival 2015. Earlier this year, the […]