Chamber Music & Solo
short opera about bankruptcy based on real testimonials mez, ch, b. tbn, perc 2024 | 18' Commissioned by Birmingham Opera Company as part of their BRUM Commissions series
[shut]
Excerpt from "[shut]", performed at Eastside Projects (Birmingham) in April 2024.
immersive brass quintet fanfare 2023 | 20'' Short fanfare based on the rotation of the solar system for the Digistar User's Group conference.
Solar system fanfare
a "Schubertiade" based on the poetry of Joan Fuster sop, cl, pno 2022 | 20' Commissioned by the Godella International Chamber Music Festival (Valencia, Spain) for their "Schubertiade" event to celebrate the centenary of Joan Fuster's birth.
La Fusteriada
Performed by Quiteria Muñoz (sop), Luis Giner (pno), Bernardino Assunçao (cl), and Lola Moltó and Paula Braguinsky (acting). Godella. 23/7/2022. Teatre Capitolio.
standalone piece from "La Fusteriada" sop, cl, pn / vc, cl, pno / other instrumentations 2022 | 5' One of the four pieces commissioned by the Godella International Chamber Music Festival (Valencia, Spain) for their "Schubertiade" event to celebrate the centenary of Joan Fuster's birth.
Mambo
Performed by Quiteria Muñoz (sop), Luis Giner (pno), Bernardino Assunçao (cl), and Lola Moltó and Paula Braguinsky (acting). Godella. 23/7/2022. Teatre Capitolio.
a selection of arias and duos from "Besse" sop, ten, vn, pno 2022 | 40' A series of numbers extracted from the beer opera Besse arranged for voice, violin and piano. It includes, amongst other numbers, the "Ode to beer".
Besse (selection)
Aria from "Besse" sung in Catalan: "Naisquí súbdita..."". Performed by Belén Roig (sop), Josep Ribera (vl) and Jorge Giménez (pno).
reinstrumentation of Manuel Palau's (1893-1967) string quartet "en Estil Popular" fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 hn, 2bn, db 2019 | 20' Commissioned by Moonwinds as part of a project of recovery of Valencian classical music repertoire.
Manuel Palau - Suite en estil popular
Manuel Palau Boix / Daniel Blanco: Allegro non troppo (Suite en estil popular)
(IBS152022 track 1 ℗ 2022 IBS Artist)
"Ancestral", "La Matinada", "La Terra" for soprano and cello 2019 | 8' Adapted for the Plaerdemavida ensemble, based on previous works based on Josepa's texts.
3 poemes de Josepa Montagut
short and quirky processional fanfare for brass quintet 2018 | 1' Written for Royal Birmingham Conservatoire's 2018 "Night of Unexpected", prior to Howard Skempton's speech.
Walking music for Howard Skempton
reimagined folk dances rec, vn, va, d.b., pno 2018 | 6' Written for Kaleidoscope ensemble, using semi-open scores inspired by Valencian folk music.
Danses d'oficis
Excerpt from "Dance of the Minimum Wage Worker", second movement of "Dances d'oficis". Performed by Kaleidoscope Ensemble in Birmingham (UK).
running music for violas for viola ensemble 2017 | 3' Written to support "The Running Viola" in his participation in the Birmingham Half Marathon raising funds for musical education in South Africa.
Running violas
Excerpt from "Running violas", performed at the Birmingham Half Marathon in 2017.
for Boot Out Austerity open instrumentation 2017 | 2' Written to open the Boot Out Austerity march between Birmingham and Liverpool against the austerity cuts by the tory government.
a Blast!
Excerpt from "a Blast!, performed at the Rally against Austerity (Birmingham, 2017).
miniature for cello, oboe and piano 2017 | 3' Miniature written for the Schuber Ensemble inspired by the eponymous short story by Pere Calders.
Fet de guerra
Excerpt from "Fet de Guerra", performed by Schubert ensemble at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in 2017.
for clarinet, viola and piano 2017 | 7' 30'' Written for the Incus Ensemble inspired by Lorca's writings on "duende". Winner of the Birmingham Chamber Music Composition Prize 2017.
duende, evocació
Excerpt from "La Terra", second movement of the cycle of miniatures "Papallones silenciades sobre una mar de gel". Performed by BCMG at the CBSO Centre, Birmingham in 2016.
for trumpet, piano and percussion 2016 | 15' Piece inspired by the different poetic structures by Vicent Andrés Estellés.
Joc de meravelles
standalone piece from "Joc de meravelles" for trumpet, piano and percussion 2016 | 5' Second movement of "Joc de meravelles", a piece inspired by the different poetic structures by Vicent Andrés Estellés.
Ègloga
Excerpt from "Ègloga", second movement of "Joc de Meravelles". Recorded and produced by Jennifer Boase.
"La Senda", "La Matinada", "La Terra" for soprano and violin 2016 | 8' A series of three vocal miniatures based on Josepa Montagut's poems from her work "Papallones silenciades sobre una mar de gel".
3 poemes de Josepa Montagut
bar, vn, va, tpt 2015 | 6' Piece written for and winner of the Philip Bates Composition Prize, setting the modernist poem by Joan Salvat-Papasseit.
Sageta de Foc
Excerpt from "Sageta de Foc", performed at the 2015 Philip Bates composition prize concert.
preliminary study for La Obisparra string trio and piano 2015 | 3' Study of the musical material for the "baile llano" in "La Obisparra", which would become Act 2, Scene 1.
Introducción y baile llano
homage for flugelhorn and piano 2012 | 5' Piece written for the Feria de Teatro de Ciudad Rodrigo for their homage event to Rosa María García Cano.
Una Rosa entre bambalinas
for soprano and piano 2012 | 3' Based on a poem by Joan Salvat-Papasseit.
Si anessis lluny
Soprano - Noelia Castillo Piano - Toni Moya, recorded at the Valencia Conservatory studios.
