Aparte del trabajo decidido y asiduo del Trío Apolo, son inusuales las ejecuciones de mi trabajo en Bolivia. Este mes se produce uno de esos eventos inusuales, esta vez en Santa Cruz. Se trata del estreno de Un himno a Northumbria (título original A Northumbrian Anthem) el 11, 12 y […]
11, 12 y 13 de marzo a las 20:00 Casa de la Cultura Raúl Otero Reiche Santa Cruz, Bolivia Orquesta Sinfónica Juvenil Boris Vásquez, director A Northumbrian Anthem (Un himno a Northumbria)
Not for the first time, I face the question: does this entry belong here or in my composer’s blog? In the past I have duplicated the entry where I could not resolve the doubt. The orchestral version of A Northumbrian Anthem belongs here because it, and much of my discussion […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
At this bizarre conjuncture maybe I should be saying, as Samuel Beckett said to Edna O’Brien when she asked if he was writing anything: “and what use would it be, anyhow?” What use, indeed, if he was on his deathbed and if any lines he might pen at that point […]
I will play this fourteen times today. Nothing will destroy what it contains. It has nothing to do with valediction, but everything to do with love, faith and hope.