Agustín Fernández
List of Works
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NB Unless specified otherwise, all the performance material is available from the composer. The dates and performance details shown are those of the first performance and, in some cases, those of other particularly significant performances.
Instrumental (solo)
Cinco piezas de plata (1985) 12 min for piano 12 October 1991 Francis King, Harty Room, Belfast.
Contemporary Music Centre, Dublin 1993
Nana del insomne (The Insomniac’s Lullaby) (1992) 6 min for guitar Commissioned Arts Council of Northern Ireland.
25 February 1993 Nicola Hall, Ardhowen Theatre, Enniskillen, then Armagh and Belfast.
Tre Media, Karlsruhe
¡Oh guitarra! (2006) 8 min for guitar
11 November 2007 Christoph Jäggin, Theater am Gleis, Winterthur.
Tre Media, Karlsruhe
Northumbrian Anthem (2020) 6 min for organ
Estos carnavales (2021) 9 min for guitar. 5 April 2022 Tudor Gliga, guitar, Cluj Modern, Cluj-Napoca. Audiovisual
Duo
Portrait (1989) for 2 pianos 3 min 2 February 1990 Phillip Feeney John Sweeney, with choreography by Matthew Hart; De Valois Studio, Royal Opera House, London.
Distant Episodes (2009) 12 min for 2 pianos
Kantu Kantukantu (2021) 6 min for double bass
Chamber
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 AF 14 min
20 November 1986 City Lights; New Hall, City University, London.
Botanic Spider 1991, revised 2004 Pno Strings(2.1.1.0) 18 Min
12 October 1991 Sequenza and Ulster Youth Dance, with choreography by Royston Maldoom; Harty Room, Belfast.
Nuove Forme Sonore, Teatro Politecnico, Rome 1993.
Rev. version 26 May 2004 members of Northern Sinfonia, Newcastle.
Further 22 May 2006 at Hall Two, The Sage Gateshead, 9 July 2006 All Saints.
Rec Mr McFall’s Chamber (Newcastle New Music, 2010)
The Falcon’s Kiss 1994 SopSax, Pno 8 min Commissioned Gerard McChrystal
7 November 1996 Gerard McChrystal & Kathryn Page, Welsh College of Music, Cardiff.
Munirando 1994 Cl, Pno 10 Min Commissioned Park Lane Group.
12 January 1995 Paperhaus Duo, Purcell Room.
23 May 1999 Trio Aperto, International New Music Week, Bucharest
November 2001 Nuove Forme Sonore, Goethe Institut Rome.
Peregrine 1996 Revised 2005 1(pic).1.1(bcl).1(cbn) 1.1.0.0 Perc Harp Piano 1.1.1.1.1 12 min
November 1996 New Juilliard Ensemble cond Joel Sachs; Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York.
Music in a Summer Garden, New Juilliard Ensemble, Bryton Park, New York 2001.
2005 version perf by same ensemble 22 November 2005 at Alice Tully Hall.
Published by Tritó SL, Barcelona
Munirando II 1998 Vn, pno 14 min Darragh Morgan and Mary Dullea, Schott Recital Room, London, 6 February 2009.
Trío 2003 Vn, vc, pno 14 min Commissioned Fundación Arnold Schwimmer, 19 September 2003 Trío Apolo, Teatro Achá, Cochabamba
A to Z 2000 Ten-string guitar (charango), Flutes 20 min 29 October 2000 Stefan Östersjö and Terje Thiwång, Nutida Musikdagar, Malmö Rådhus, Malmö. Extended version (2002) performed by same at King’s Hall, Newcastle, 25 April 2002. Complete version 5 December 2006 at Nybrokajen, Stockholm.
Fantasia on a Theme by Kathryn Tickell 2007 Northumbrian pipes, 1(Pic).1(CA).1(BCl).0/2.0.0.0/0.0.0.1
20 February 2007 Mr McFall’s Chamber, Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh
String Quartet No 1, ‘Montes’ 2007 18 min 28 November 2007 Momenta Quartet, Rock Hall Auditorium, Temple University, Philadelphia, USA
Distant Episodes (2009) 12 min for 2 pianos
Souvenir de Teoponte 2011 double bass, Pf 12 min 6 December 2012 James Rapport and Eduard Lanner, Festsaal, Diplomatische Akademie, Vienna
String Quartet No. 2, ‘Sin tiempo’ 2013 21 min
Commissioned by the Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation in the Library of Congress. 13 November 2013 Momenta Quartet, Williams College, Massachusetts, USA
Notes from Underground 2016 18 min for baritone soloist, choir and large chamber ensemble 1(pic).1(cor anglais).1.1(Cbn) / 1.1.0.0. Per (2 players) Pf / Baritone / Choir / 1.1.1.1.1. Text by Sean O’Brien. Commissioned by Durham Book Festival 2015. 15 October 2015 Benjamin Appl, Voices of Hope, Royal Northern Sinfonia conducted by Clark Rundell, Gala Theatre, Durham
Aqua Tinae 2014 for cello and lever harp
After the Gathering 2016 6 min Northumbrian pipes, accordion, lever harp, cello. Commissioned by Kathryn Tickell and The Side. 7 May 2016 Kathryn Tickell and The Side, Alwinton Church, Alwinton Church Summer Concerts, Northumberland
Río Bravo 2016 11 min for sinfonietta (large chamber ensemble) 1(pic).1.1.1(Cbn / 1.1.1.1 / Per / Pf / Harp / 1.1.1.1.1. 21 April 2016 New Juilliard Ensemble cond Joel Sachs, Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York
Orchestral version in preparation
James’s Fire 2016 3 min for flute, harp, piano, violin, viola, cello. 18 November 2016 Pixels Ensemble, Capstone Theatre, Liverpool
Souvenir de Teoponte 2017 12 min version for cello and piano
LoA 2018 10 min Headspace, Ob(cor), Sop Sax (Alto), Lever harp, Electric guitar, strings 1.0.1.1.1. 22 September 2018 Royal Northern Sinfonia players and guests, Sage Two, Sage Gateshead
LoA 2018 10 min version for Ob, Sop/Alto sax, bassoon, trumpet (Eb, Bb, piccolo in Bb), harp, electric guitar, violin, viola, cello, double bass
Pájaro negro 2020 14 min version for soprano, flute, clarinet, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, piano
Más Kantu 2022 6 min for bassoon and piano
A to Z (5 out of 9) 2023 14 min for double bass (concert tuning) and guitar
Vocal, vocal-instrumental
Tres canciones sobre poemas de Rachel 1976 Mixed choir S.A.T.B 7 min Words in Spanish by Rachel (translated from Hebrew )
8 May 1984 Coral Nova cond Ramiro Soriano; Teatro Municipal, La Paz. Jubilate Choir – Mihaela Cesa-Goje, Cluj 2018
Rec Música Coral Contemporánea de Bolivia I PROAUDIO SRL, PAR-007C Coral Nova – Ramiro Soriano Arce, La Paz 1991
El Anillo 1976 (mezzosoprano, piano) 7 min. Words in Spanish by Federico García Lorca. September 1977 María Eugenia Muñoz de Soux and Adela Lea Plaza, Goethe Institut, La Paz.
Published by Tritó SL, Barcelona
Cantata de Navidad y Epifanía 1978 Childrens choir (S.S.A.A) Baritone Narrator 2Pnos 45 min. Words in Spanish by AF. 5 January 1978 Niños Cantores del Valle, E Gutiérrez, M Ayra, R Sanjinés, E Aliss, AF cond; Casa de la Cultura, Cochabamba. December 2002 Coro de la Filarmónica de Gran Canaria cond Marcela Garrón Velarde; various venues in Gran Canaria.
El Afilador 1981 Children’s choir S.S.A.A. also S.A.T.B. 4 min Words in Spanish by AF Numerous performances by choirs in Bolivia and Venezuela.
Botanic Journey 1991 MSop. Pno Words in English by Robyn Archer. 10min 4 February 1991 Garden Venture; ICA, London.
The Song of the Morrow 1992 S.T.Pno 12 min Words in English by AF after RL Stevenson. Commissioned Belfast Music Society. 20 March 1992 Mary King, Adrian Thompson, Iain Burnside; Elmwood Hall, Belfast.
Red Songs 1996 (soprano y piano) 8 min Words in English by Catherine Lenaghan and Rowena Pollard. August 2004 Alexandra Wayar, Carlos Rodríguez, Palacio de Comunicaciones, La Paz
Alquimia 2006 (soprano and piano) 12 min Words in Spanish by AF. 21 June 2006 by Patricia Caicedo and Pau Casan at Orfeó Gracienc, Barcelona, Barcelona Festival of Song.
Collier’s Rant 2013 4 choirs 6.5 min Commissioned by The Sage Gateshead. 22 June 2013 Women’s choir SSA, Community choir SAMen, 2 mixed choirs Various choirs cond. Alan Fearon, Great Hall, Discovery Museum, Newcastle upon Tyne
Arquitecto del espíritu 2018 5 min for mixed choir SATB. Audio
Infierno Verde see under Folk arrangements
Destacamento 111 see under Folk arrangements
Orchestral, orchestral-choral
Misa de Corpus Christi 1977 3.3.3.3 6.3.3.1 Timp. Per(3) Hp children’s choir mixed choir Baritone Strings 47 min 20 June 1978 Niños Cantores del Valle, Sociedad Coral Boliviana, Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional cond AF; Teatro Municipal, La Paz. 12 September 1978 DEBP choir, Sociedad Coral Boliviana and Tucumán University Orchestra cond M Perusso (September Festival, Tucumán) Argentina.
Withdrawn
Misa de Corpus Christi 2010 Reconstruction of above 3.3.3.2 4.3.3.1 Timp Per(3) Pf children’s choir mixed choir Baritone Strings 35 min 3 performances in October 2013 youth ensembles at Instituto Laredo, Cochabamba, cond AF, also cond Augusto Guzmán
Danza de la loma 1986 2.2.2.2(II=CBn) 2.2.0.0 Perc (2) Hp Pno 10 min 8 May 1988 Anemone, cond David Blake; Sir Jack Lyons Hall, York.
Rec BBC Symphony cond. Howard Williams for broadcast in Music in Our Time on 20 July 1989.
Also 30.4.1993 Ulster Orchestra cond Diego Masson, broadcast Radio Ulster(2) and Radio Telefis Eirean, Ireland.
Published by Tritó SL, Barcelona
Fuego 1987 2(II=pic).1.CA.2(II=BassCl).2 4.2.3.0 Perc (2) Hp Strings 10 min Commissioned Orchestra of Liverpool Cathedral.
23 May 1987 Liverpool Cathedral Orchestra cond J Wishart, Metropolitan Cathedral, Liverpool.
26 January 1996 Juilliard Symphony Orchestra cond David Loebl, Lincoln Center (New York).
5 December 2003 Orchestra Sinfonica di Perugia cond Edgar Alandia.
May 2007 three performances by Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León, cond. Arturo Posada.
Published by Tritó SL, Barcelona
La yapa 1999 string orchestra 6 min Commissioned Soloists Ensemble. 9 October 1999 Soloists Ensemble cond Robert Turrell, Southwark Festival, London.
Approaching Melmoth 2000 baritone, SATB choir, 2(II=pic).2(II=CA).2(II=BC).2 2.2.0.0 Timp Strings 30 min Words in English by AF. Commissioned Northern Sinfonia. 25 March 2000 Thomas Allen, Northern Sinfonia Chorus, Northern Sinfonia cond Nicholas Cleobury; Newcastle City Hall.
Una música escondida 2003 String orchestra, piano 15 min 26 May 2004 Northern Sinfonia cond Peter Wiegold, All Saints Church, Newcastle.
Published by Filarmonika at filarmonika.com, Fort Worth, Texas
Mystical Dances 2006 2(II=pic).2(II=CA).2(II=BC).2 – 2.2.1.0 Timp Perc (1) Pf Strings 17 min Commissioned Northern Sinfonia. 19 November 2006 by Northern Sinfonia conducted by Thomas Zehetmair, Huddersfield Festival. 1 August 2007 Northern Sinfonia cond. Alexander Shelley, The Sage Gateshead.
Published by Tritó SL, Barcelona
Arreglos Bolivianos 2014 12 min for string orchestra. 6 August 2014 Bolivia Clásica Youth Orchestra directed by Jaime Laredo, Teatro Municipal, La Paz
Collier’s Rant 2015 7 min for string orchestra. 19 April 2015 National Youth Orchestra of Scotland conducted by Chris George, The Maltings, Berwick-upon-Tweed.
Notes from Underground orchestral version 18 min for baritone, mixed choir and orchestra (Pic.2Fl.2Ob.CA.2Cl.BCl.2Bn.Cbn / 4.3.3.1 Timp Perc (2 players) Pf Strings
A Northumbrian Anthem 2021 version for orchestra Pic.2.2.Cor.2.BCl.2 / 4.2.3.1 / Perc.Timp / Strings 6 min
HB16 2024 Pic.2.2.CA.2.Clb.2 / 2.2.0.0 / Timp / Strings 2 min
Brass band, wind band
A Northumbrian Anthem 2020 6 min Audio
Destacamento 111 arrangement for wind band. Audio
Music-theatre and opera
Crossroads Talk 1984 Cl(Bass Cl). ASax(BarSax) Pno(Synth) Perc(Narrator) Vn(Vla) 6 min Words in English by AF. 7 December 1984 Gemini; Eleanor Rathbone Theatre, Liverpool.
Teoponte 1988 S.MS.2T.Bar.B Tape 35 min Words in English by AF. Commissioned by Innererklang Music-Theatre. 23 May 1988 IMT Bloomsbury Theatre (London International Opera Festival).
Botanic Journey 1991 MSop. Pno 10min Words in English by Robyn Archer. 4 February 1991 Garden Venture; ICA, London.
A Queen Has her Portrait Painted 1991 Sop(2) Pno 5 min Words in English by Edward Kemp. 4 February 1991 Garden Venture; ICA, London.
The Wheel chamber opera, 1992-3 Sop.CounterT.T.Bar Perc Accordion Pno Guitar(Mandolin) Vla DBass 35 min. Words in English by F Hayes-McCoy 30min Commissioned Garden Venture at the Royal Opera House. 29 June 1993 Garden Venture cond Chris Willis; Riverside Studios, London.
Books and Night chamber opera , 1995 Sop(4) Bar Chorus (SSAA) Tpt(2) Tbn Timp. 15 min Words in English by AF, Felicity Hayes-McCoy and Keats. Commissioned Opera Trail. 26 August 1995 Garden Venture cond Michael Finnissy, Bury St Edmunds Library.
Prison Letters chamber opera, 2013 Sop, Bass, chamber choir, Cl Vn Va Vc 15 min 23 August 2013 Bonnie Shaw, Andrew Novell, Voices of Hope, Dov Goldberg, Jenny Chang, James Slater, Daniel Hammersley. Hatton Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne
Electroacoustic
See Teoponte under Music Theatre and Opera
Wounded Angel 1989 Charango Tape 9 min
14 October 1989 AF; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. Featured in exhibition ‘Energieen’ at the Stedelijk Museum, April-July 1990.
Rec Mixed NMC D036
Rec Playtime, dB Productions, dB87/-
Silent Towers 1990 Solo Tape 12 min Commissioned Sonic Arts Network for choreographer Gregory Nash. 9 November 1990; Purcell Room, South Bank, London. Broadcast 5 April 1991 Radio Ulster, also 25 April 1991 BBC Radio 3 and 28 November 1995 Swedish Broadcasting Corporation.
Rec Alma Latina, Lorelt Records LNT113
Folk arrangements, other arrangements and compositions in a folk style
Arreglos bolivianos (2014) for string orchestra. Ingludes Collita, Viva Cochabamba and Viva mi patria. Total 13 min Audiovisual (Collita, Viva mi patria), Audiovisual (Viva Cochabamba)
Pensando en ti (2014) 3.5 for trio (violin, cello and piano). Arrangement of taquirari by Nicolás Menacho. Audio
Copacabana (2014) 1.5 min for violin and cello. Arrangement of huayño by Julio Martínez Arteaga.
Adiós a Riberalta (2019) for voice and trio (violin, cello and piano). Arrangement of polca by Pedro Shimose. Audio
Beethovenianas bolivianas No. 1 (2019) for violin, cello and piano. original taquirari. Audio
Morenada montecalva (2019) for violin, cello and piano. Fantasia on Bolivian traditional material and material by Mussorgsky. Audio
Taquiraris pandinos (2019) for voice and trio (violin, cello and piano). Arrangement of three taquiraris from Pando. Audio (simulación computarizada)
Ve’ulai (2019) by Yehuda Sharet on a poem by Rachel. Arrangement for mixed choir and string quartet. Audio (live recording) Audio (computer demo).
Yungueñita (2019) for violin, cello and piano. Arrangement of taquirari by Víctor Hugo Serrano. Audio (computer demo)
Chacarera chaqueña (2021) for violin, cello and piano). Fantasia after Chaco sin fronteras by Dalmiro Cuéllar. Audio (computer demo)
Par par palomita (2021) for violin, cello and piano. Audio (computer demo)
La flor del alma (2021) for violin, cello and piano. Three kaluyos: Kaluyo del alma, Ay, amor, Acaso porque te he querido. 5 min computer demo)
Infierno verde (2021) cueca for children’s choir or female choir SSAA 4 min Audio (computer demo) 3 min.
Destacamento 111 (2021) cueca for children’s choir or female choir SSAA Audio (computer demo) 4 min.
El cóndor pasa (2021) para orquesta de cuerdas 0.0.2.2 / 2.2.0.0 / Timp / Quena.Charango / Cuerdas Audio (computer demo) 4 min.
Destacamento 111 (2023) cueca for wind band. Audio
Sin canto (2023) para violín, cello y piano 6 min
NB This List excludes most works written prior to October 1984, which have been withdrawn. Some of them may become available again, pending revision.