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November 2009
Agustín Fernández Darragh Morgan, Joe Cutler, Kenneth Hesketh, Mary Dullea, Michael Finnissy, Munirando II, Tom Armstrong 0 Comments
Munirando II Programme to include also Michael Finnissy’s Violin Sonata, Tom Armstrong’s Akin, Joe Cutler’s Comfortable Music, Kenneth Hesketh’s A Land So Luminous and new pieces by advanced composition students from Newcastle University and University of Durham. Presented by CETL. Darragh Morgan, violin Mary Dullea, piano 20 November 2009 at 7.30 pm King’s Hall Armstrong Building Queen Victoria Road […]
Danza de la loma en Zaragoza
Agustín Fernández Auditorio de Zaragoza, Danza de la loma, Jaime Martín, Orquesta de Cadaqués 0 Comments
Jaime Martín y su equipo de virtuosos El Ensemble de Vientos de la Orquesta de Cadaqués presentó Danza de la loma en el Auditorio de Zaragoza el domingo 8 de marzo de 2009, bajo la dirección de Jaime Martín. Estuve allí para presenciar el momento. Lo primero que me impresionó fue el auditorio mismo, de […]
Munirando II: A belated but but very welcome première
Agustín Fernández Belfast, Darragh Morgan, Eire Violin and Piano Competition, Joel Sachs, Mary Dullea, Munirando, Munirando II, Museum of Modern Art, New Juilliard Ensemble, Park Lane Group, Schott Recital Room, Yfra Nieman 0 Comments
Darragh rehearsingMunirando II for violin and piano was written in 1998 for a virtuoso player based in New York; it may be kinder not to name them, even though I have great respect and fondness for them. In the late 1990s I had a happy association with New York’s Juilliard School. Their orchestra performed my […]
Belated sun
Agustín Fernández autumn morning, rain 0 Comments
Long time no write. It appears that some of the stories I have been telling have caused one or two of their protagonists a degree of bother. My use of first initials was intended to protect their identities, but in England’s most thinly populated county there are not many of us and recognition is easy. […]
Apuntes y reminiscencias
Agustín Fernández Alberto Villalpando, Basilio Guarachi, Benjo Cruz, Carlos Rosso, Hermanos Prudencio, Los Palmarinos, Nicolás Suárez, Rubén Vartañán, Teoponte, Toño Canelas, Walter Montenegro, Willy Pozadas, Writings, Zulma Yugar Andrés Fosatti, Franklin Anaya 0 Comments
Con Willy Pozadas y Ruben Vartanyan en la cena de despedida de Vartanyan, 1978 Recordar el pasado es un don más maravilloso que el don opuesto, el de predecir el futuro. No lo digo yo, sino un grande de la literatura francesa, Anatole France.(1) Pero qué fácil convenir con él ahora que, sentado […]
The Spirit of the Andes
Agustín Fernández Culture Lab, Fernando Montes, The Spirit of the Andes, Verónica Souto 0 Comments
Verónica Souto. Photograph by Richard Strike While on the subject of the Momenta Quartet’s performance of my String Quartet No. 1 ‘Montes’, I recommend a beautiful film: The Spirit of the Andes by Verónica Souto. It is a documentary on the life and work of Fernando Montes, the painter. The film charts a life’s progress […]
Momenta in Newcastle!
Agustín Fernández Arthur Kampela, Cergio Prudencio, Fernando Montes, Manena Contreras, Matthew Rowan, Momenta Quartet, String quartet No. 1 'Montes', The Spirit of the Andes, Vamos Festival, Verónica Souto 0 Comments
Photograph by John GurrinI am thrilled to announce that the Momenta Quartet, unforgettable heroes of the première of of my String Quartet last year in Philadelphia, will be in Newcastle in the flesh. They will be taking part in the ¡Vamos! Festival with two performances. On Friday 11 July the Momenta will take part in […]
‘Montes’ at Bolivar Hall
Agustín Fernández Ashley Solomon, Bolívar Hall, Fernando Montes, Florilegium, Jane Gordon, Jennifer Morsches, Mozart, Rautio Trio, Rodolfo Richter, Verónica Souto 0 Comments
Jane Gordon, Adrian Charlesworth, Sara Jones and Jennifer Morsches. In the first image, I am acknowledging the Montes family who are in the audience. Photos by Richard Strike. UK Première of String Quartet No 1 ‘Montes’ This was an intense experience. The music’s dedicatee, Fernando Montes, presided over the proceedings as if he were still […]
UK première of ‘Montes’
Agustín Fernández Bolívar Hall, Fernando Montes, Jennifer Morsches, Momenta Quartet, Verónica Souto 0 Comments
Following the Momenta Quartet’s concert in Philadelphia, there will be a performance, here in the UK, of my String Quartet No. 1, ‘Montes’. Fittingly, it will be part of an evening celebrating the life and the work of the Bolivian painter Fernando Montes to be held at Bolívar Hall, London. This means that the music, […]
February 2010
Agustín Fernández A to Z, Momenta Quartet, New York, Northern Sinfonia, Peregrine, Peter Wiegold, Stefan Östersjö, String quartet No. 1 'Montes', Terje Thiwång, Wounded Angel 0 Comments
Peregrine 16 February 2010 at 2000 Northern Sinfonia conducted by Peter WiegoldThe Sage Gateshead Hall TwoAlso in the programme: Olofsson, Rijnvos, Lang, CaskenTickets: £7 from The Sage GatesheadGateshead, UKNana del insomne (The Insomniac’s Lullaby)¡Oh Guitarra!19 February 2010 at 1930Recital RoomArmstrong BuildingNewcastle University+44 (191) 222 7636Newcastle upon Tyne, UKWounded AngelA to Z20 February 2010 at 1930Terje […]