Author: Benejam, Lluís
The Elegy About an Incaic Theme is a brief piece. This external briefness adjusts perfectly with an internal conciseness of the language, which grants the piece practically symetrical proportions, without the least moment of weakening or discouragement.
Author: Toldrà, Eduard
Empúries, the ancient Greek villa situated in the northeast of Catalonia, has been a source of inspiration for numerous artistic works, and especially of musical works.
Author: Bertran, Moisès
Esguards silents is a concerto for guitar and string orchestra in three movements entitled Incertesa (Uncertainty),Desconcert (Bewilderment) and Desolació (Desolation). Each one of them wants to express an emotional state as it could be felt by a child from any country in front of the disasters of a war.
Author: Serra, Joaquim
Estampes Simfòniques has two parts: Danza Gitana and Fiesta Andaluza. The second movement is structured around a nocturnal air, while the centre of the first movement contains a habanera rhythm.
Author: Lamote de Grignon, Ricard
The work Facècia reflects the humorous and light-hearted nature that the title announces but the latter conceals a very elaborate work based on variation and counterpoint. The original piece hails from Ampurdan in Catalonia, and is dealt with ten times, using traditional variation resources: extension, diminution, retrogression, inversion, glosa, etc.
Author: Fleta Polo, Francisco
The piece Fantasia Concertante, which is structured as a single movement, fits perfectly into the fantasia genre: a free discourse from the solo instrument which, in spite of being based on an initial theme, includes various themes by way of improvisation.
Author: Benejam, Lluís
This work is brilliant, energetic, at certain moments impressionist, at others polytonal or influenced by the language of jazz, it clearly evinces the spirituality of its composer.
Author: Rodríguez Picó, Jesús
Fantasía covers some of the themes from the opera El viatge de Marlow, primarily the theme of a journey that appears right from the beginning of the piece and is its main theme. This motif leads to others that refer to the landscape of darkness, to the forest or to the grotesque characters that survive in these inhospitable surroundings.
Author: Lamote de Grignon, Ricard
Ricard Lamote de Grignon does not use the composer José Serrano's most popular melodies to do Fantasía, but places less well-known fragments on the stave.
Author: Benejam, Lluís
Composed in 1962, the Flamenco Overture is one of the orchestral works that Benejam wrote once he had settled in Birmingham (Alabama), and reflects the Hispanic character of other works that he also composed during those years such as Baile (Spanish Dance), the Iberian Preludes and Lorqueña.
Author: Valls Duran, Pere
The Great Forced Concert of Doublebass is divided into three parts, Allegro moderato, Barcarola and Scherzo finale, and allows a great brilliance of the performer either on piano version or orchestra version.
Author: Serra, Joaquim
Impressions camperoles (Rural Impressions) was originally written for a cobla in a descriptive style which perfectly showcases the clear, natural language of this Empordà native.