GERARDO DIRIÉ

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Voice, Choir

  • Candor es lucis (2007) for mixed choir a cappella with soprano and mezzo-soprano soloists 
  • De clavibus memorie (2007) for mixed choir, tarkas ensemble, and crystal glass
  •  The Void (2005) for mixed choir a cappella  Download this mp3 demo
  •  Tres motetes (2005) for SATTB, clarinet (db. bass cl.), marimba, and contrabass
  •  Tonos del Arcangel (2000) for chamber female choir, bassoon, and one percussionist
  •  All is Water (1999) for baritone, children’s choir, bassoon, soprano saxophone, two trombones, and harp
  •  Two songs for Eurydice (1994) for soprano and piano
  •  Three of my favorite places (1991-92), for soprano and piano
  •  Balada (1991), for soprano, clarinet, EWI, and tape
  •  Soneto del can (1990), for soprano, piccolo, and snare-drum
  •  Canto de amores entre ausencias (1988), for mixed chorus
  •  Per fenestram (1983), for mixed chorus a cappella


Stage

  •   Las cuerdas del titiritero (The Puppeteer's Strings) (2007), chamber opera in two acts. Libretto by Josep Miquel Sobrer.
  •      Written for the Fénix de los Ingenios ensemble - soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, with recorders, violin, dulcien, bassoon,
          shawm, harpsichord, viola da gamba, theorbo.


    Electroacoustic

    •  Moonless Etude (2008)
    • Villancico al Nacimiento (2000)
    •  Tu casa o este océano (1990)


    Small Ensembles

    •  Bordoneo, Pifilca y Zapateado (2006-7), for clarinet, cello, and piano
    • Dos gondoleros invisibles (1990, rev. 2007), for clarinet duo
    • Moon of the Sore Eyes (2006), for recorder, trombone, contrabass, and one percussionist
    • Nambour–Bli Bli (2004) for percussion sextet. Click on the player control to listen a fragment of this piece
    •  Anjo breve (2001) for bassoon and string quintet
    •  El arpa del malevo Suite (2000). (rev. 2006)  for harp duo
    •  Nocturno de la luna en tu frente (1996), for violin and harp
    •  Whose body was a garden (1995) for flute and one percussionist
    •  Helas mon dueil (1991), for violin, cello, and piano
    •  Two impromptus (1990), for two pianos
    •  Fuggi cor mio (1990), for clarinet and string quartet
    •  Confabulatores nocturni (1989), for violin and piano
    •   Parancero (1989), for flute and piano
    •   Música para una ventana (1988), for flute, bassoon, and percussion
    •  Romance para Lorca solo (1986), for oboe, bassoon, narrator, and percussion


    Large Ensembles   

    •  Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra: Subluna (1997)
    •   Puerto de cántaros (1989), for orchestra
    •   Dirección del fuego (1984), for chorus and orchestra
    •   Story board (1983), for soprano saxophone, brass, and six percussionists


    Solo Instruments

    •  Invention for Kay (1998), for one percussionist
    • Si un día el olvido... (1997) , for solo guitar
    •  A String of Longing (1995) , for solo harp
    •  Blå, Gul, Rojo (1995), three partitas for soprano recorder
    •  Siete de Oro (1993), for solo piano
    •  The weightless pillow (1991) , for solo guitar
    •  Il radio feriva il tempo (1991), for solo guitar
    •  El baile del quinto día (1991), for solo violin
    •  Tarde, uma nuvem rosea, lenta (1989), for alto recorder
    •  Canción para clarinete muy solo (1985), for clarinet and tape
    •  Tres impresiones para un cuadro de Guillermo Hoyos (1982), for solo oboe


    Other Ensembles

    •  Ti xiuhtototl (1997), for four female voices, harp, moxeño, and double bass
    •  An old friend (1994), for voice, harp, and treble viol
    •  Versos Alejandrinos (1994), for bassoon, recorders, string quintet, charango, and percussion
    •  Lo colore son amore (1994), for recorders, clarinet, trumpet, viola, and percussion
    •  Orpheus turns his head (1992), for voice, viola, EWI, and Norwegian flute
    •  Iquitos-Manaus (1991), for soprano, jazz-rock band, Brazilian percussion, Andean aerophones, and live electronics
    •  Terra (1991) for electric viola, two pianos, and marimba
    •  El sueño de la mula negra (1990), for tape and variable number of performers
    •  Cinco canciones debajo del ladrillo (1988), for alto recorder, clarinet, violin, and two percussionists
    •  Preludio a Bernoulli (1985), for six recorders and percussion
    •  Los ocho puentes (1985), for four recorders, mandolin, and percussion