Compositions

SOLO INSTRUMENTAL

Noa-Noa – homenagem a Gauguin  op. 2 (1995)

Electronic music  (stereo)

Texts in Portuguese by Paul Gauguin

Duration: ca 6’39’’

 

Due poesie per l’infinito  op. 3 (1996)

Violin solo

Duration: ca 6’30’’

 

L’odore di mare, eternelle nostalgie  op. 5 (1997)

Violin solo

Duration: ca 9’11’

 

Onze desejos  op. 13 (2001)

Violin and bass clarinet in Bb

Duration: ca 9’09’’

 

Pranto  op. 17 A  (2002)

2 Bass clarinets in Bb

Duration: ca 9’00’’

 

Pranto  op. 17 B  (2002)

Violin and viola

Duration: ca 9’00’’

 

Pranto  op. 17 C  (2002/2007)

Violin and cello

Duration: ca 9’00’’

 

Coimbra  op. 18 (2003/2008)

Cello and piano

duration: ca 10’00’’

Commissioned by the X Festival Internacional de Música de Coimbra – Coimbra / Portugal

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Cântico Negro  op. 19 (2003)

English Horn and piano

Duration: ca 12’00’’

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Gestos  op. 31 (2007)

Cello and marimba

Duration: ca 6’00’’

Commissioned by the XV Festival Internacional de Música de Alcobaça – Alcobaça / Portugal

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A Bicicleta do Poeta  op. 46 (2014)

Cello solo

Duration: ca 7’00’’

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CHAMBER / ENSEMBLE

Lascivious Book of Music  op. 9 (2000)

Recorder solo, 2 female reciters, 3 clarinets (Bb, A and bass in Bb), harp, string quintet (1.1.1.1.1), and electronics (stereo)

Texts in Greek, English and French by Konstandinos Kavafis

Duration: ca 23’13’’

 

 

Suspirando  op. 11 (2000)

Alto flute in G, bass clarinet in Bb, violin, viola, cello, piano and percussion (vibraphone and glockenspiel)

Duration: ca 5’38’’

 

 

Pequenas músicas de mar  op. 15 (2001)

Brass quintet (2 trumpets, in C and Bb, horn in F, tenor trombone and tuba)

Duration: ca 9’19’’

Commissioned by Culturgest – Lisbon / Portugal

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O Doido e a Morte  op. 27 (2006)

Wind quintet

Duration: ca 18’00’’

Not performed

 

 

Largo Intimíssimo  op. 28 (2006)

Clarinet in Bb, cello and piano

Duration: ca 14’00’

Commissioned by Trio Mediterrain

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Sonata Holandesa  op. 30 (2002/2007)

Violin, cello and piano

Duration: ca 18’00’

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Quinteto para o Infinito  op. 34 (2008)

Clarinet in Bb (+bass clarinet), violin, viola, cello and piano

Duration: ca 13’00’

 

Volupia  op. 35 (2008)

2 cellos and piano

Duration: ca 9’00’

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Monumentum – In Memoriam Philippe Hirshhorn  op. 37 (2009)

String quartet

Duration: ca 25’00’’

Commissioned by Município de Matosinhos

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Glosa  op. 38 (2010)

String trio (vl, vla, vlc)

Duration: ca 6’00’’

 

 

Lembras-te, meu amor, das tardes outonais…  op. 47 (2014)

Violin, viola, cello and piano

Duration: ca 14’00’

Commissioned by Festival Internacional de Música de Póvoa de Varzim – Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal

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Cycles  op. 49 (2015)

Indonesian Gamelan and string quartet

Duration: ca 6’50’

 

 

Danças Ibéricas   op. 59 (2017)

Solo violin, solo cello, violin, viola, cello, double bass and piano

Duration: ca 12’30’’

ORCHESTRAL

Un Ange, qui vient, qui va  op. 6 (1997)

Clarinet solo (in Bb and Eb), string orchestra (4.4.3.2.1) and percussion (chimes, triangle and crotales)

Duration: ca 11’35’’

 

Concerto In Memoriam Luigi Nono  op. 10 (2000)

Violin solo and chamber orchestra

1[1/pic/afl] 1[1/Eh] 1 1 – 1 0 0 0 – pf – 3 – str [1.1.1.1.1 or larger]

perc: tmp, vib, tri, chimes, mrb

Duration: ca 21’30’’

Commissioned by Centro Cultural de Belém – Lisbon / Portugal

Concerto Vedras  op. 14 A (2001)

Chamber orchestra

1 1 2[1.bc] 1 – 1 1 0 0 – 3 – pf – str [1.1.1.1.1 or larger]

perc: tmp, glock, crot, vib, chimes, marim, sus cym, 4 tomtoms, bd   

Duration: ca 14’00’’

Commissioned by Centro Cultural de Belém and Casa da Música – Lisbon, Oporto / Portugal

Concerto Vedras  op. 14 B (2001/2017)

Orchestra

2 2 2[1.bc] 2 – 2 2 0 0 – 3 – pf – str

perc: tmp, glock, crot, vib, chimes, mrb, sus cym, 4tomtoms, bd   

Duration: ca 14’00’’

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Andarilhos  op. 16 (2002)

Chamber orchestra

1[1/pic/afl] 1[1/Eh] 1[1/Ebcl/bc] 1[1/cbn] – 1 1 1 0 – 3 – pf – str [1.1.1.1.1 or larger]

perc: tmp, glock, tri, vib, chimes, marim, 3 sus cym, hi-hat, 5 woodblk, 4tomtoms, sd, bd, tam-tam   

Duration: ca 21’50’’

Commissioned by Centro Cultural de Belém and Casa da Música – Lisbon, Oporto / Portugal

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Rock – homenagem a Ligeti  op. 21 A (2003)

Chamber orchestra

1 1 1 1 – 1 1 1 0 – pf – cel – hpsd – str [1.1.1.1.1 or larger]

Duration: ca 8’15’’

Commissioned by OrchestrUtopica and V Festival Internacional de Música de Mafra – Mafra / Portugal

Rock – homenagem a Ligeti  op. 21 B (2003/2018)

Orchestra

2 2 2 2 – 2 2 3 0 – pf – cel – hpsd – str

Duration: ca 8’15’’

Luar Galego  op. 23 (2006/2017)

Cello solo and string orchestra

Duration: ca 14’00’’

Abertura Secondo Novecento  op. 24 (2005)

Orchestra

2 2 2 2 – 2 2 0 0 – tmp – str

Duration: ca 4’15’’

Elegia  op. 33 A (2008)

Piano and chamber orchestra

1 1 1 1 – 1 1 1 0 – tmp+2 – str [1.1.1.1.1 or larger]

perc: tmp, tri, sus cym, bd

Duration: ca 17’00’’

Commissioned by Orchestrutopica and Centro Cultural de Belém – Lisbon / Portugal

Elegia  op. 33 B (2008/2019)

Piano and orchestra

2 2 2 2 – 2 2 3 0 – tmp+2 – hrp – str

perc: tmp, tri, sus cym, bd

Duration: ca 17’00’’

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Oratória Popular  op. 39 (2010)

Bagpipe, piano solo, male reciter, tenor solo, choir SATB and orchestra

2[1.2/pic] 2 2[1.2/bcl] 3[1.2.cbn] – 4 2 3 1 – tmp+3 – hrp – str

perc: tmp, glock, tri, vib, chimes, xyl, cym, tam-tam, 2sd, bd

Duration: ca 40’00’

Texts in Portuguese by various authors

Commissioned by Câmara Municipal de Torres Vedras – Portugal

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A Incrível Jornada de Sousa Mendes  op. 41 (2012)

Orchestra

3[1.2.3/pic] 3[1.2.Eh] 3[1.2.bcl] 3[1.2.cbn] – 4 3 3 1 – tmp+3 – hrp – pn/cel – str

perc: tmp, glock, tri, vib, chimes, xyl, cym, sus cym, tam-tam, sd, bd

Duration: ca 16’00’’

Commissioned by Guimarães 2012 – Guimarães, Portugal

 

Songs of love and nature  op. 42 C (2012/2017)

String orchestra

Duration: ca 14’00’

 

Que cavalos são aqueles que fazem sombra no mar?  op. 44 (2013)

Orchestra

3[1.2.3/pic] 3[1.2.3/Eh] 3[1.2.3/bcl] 3[1.2.cbn] – 6 3 3 1 – tmp+3 – 2 hrp – str

perc: tmp, glock, vib, xyl, cym, sus cym, szl cym, tam-tam, sd, bd

Duration: ca 8’00’’

Commissioned by Fundação Centro Cultural de Belém – Lisboa, Portugal

 

Todo o teatro é um muro branco de música  op. 45 (2013)

Piano concertante and orchestra

2[1.2/pic] 2[1.2/Eh] 2[1.2/bcl] 2[1.2/cbn] – 2 2 0 0 – tmp – str

Duration: ca 8’30’’

Commissioned by Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa – Lisboa, Portugal

 

Wellington Suite  op. 54 (2016)

Bagpipe, piano concertante and orchestra

2[1.2/pic] 2 2[1.2/bcl] 2[1.cbn] – 4 2 3 0 – tmp+3 – pn – str

perc: tmp, tri, xyl, cym, sus cym, 2 sd, bd

Duration: ca 17’00’’

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Sinfonia Noa Noa  op. 62 (2018)

Orchestra

2[1.2/pic] 2[1.2/Eh] 2 2 – 4 2 3 1 – tmp+3 – str

perc: tmp, glock, tri, vib, xil, 3 sus cym, szl cym, conga, 4 woodblk, cowbell, 4 tom-toms, tam-tam, 2 sd, td, bd

Duration: ca 21’00’’

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Kind of Concerto  op. 65 (2019)

Tuba solo and orchestra

3[1.2.pic] 2[1.2/Eh] 2[1.2/bcl] 2 – 4 2 3 0 – tmp+4 – hrp – pn/cel – str

perc: tmp, glock, tri, vib, marim, 4 sus cym, 2 szl cym, 2 hi-hat, 4 woodblk, 5 tom-toms, 2 sd, bd

Duration: ca 28’00’’

Commissioned by Orquesta Sinfónica Castilla y León – Valladolid, Spain

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Sinfonia 2022  op. 70 (2022)

Orchestra

2[1.2.pic] 2[1.2/Eh] 2[1.2/bcl] 1[alt/bar] 3[1.2.cfg]  – 4 3 3 1 – tmp+4 – hrp – pn/cel – org – str

perc: tmp, glock, tri, vib, chimes, marim, cym, 3 sus cym, szl cym, 4 tom-toms, 2 sd, td, bd, tam-tam

Duration: ca 40’00’’

Commissioned by Teatro Nacional de São Carlos – Lisbon, Portugal

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SOLO VOICE

2 Momentos a Pessoa, com Pessoa  op. 1 (1995)

Soprano, clarinet in A, piano

Texts in Portuguese by Fernando Pessoa

Duration: ca 7’41’’

Le Vin  op. 4 (1997)

Baritone, male reciter, 2 recorders (soprano + alto + tenor and bass) or 2 flutes (+ alto in G + piccolo), harp and viola

Texts in French by Charles Baudelaire

Duration: ca 7’24’’

Noite Antiquíssima  op. 7 (1999)

Soprano, male reciter, violin, contrabass and piano

Texts in Portuguese by Fernando Pessoa

Duration: ca 17’43’’

Lua, canção de uma Morte  op. 20 A (2003)

Soprano solo, bass clarinet in Bb solo and chamber orchestra

1 1 1 1[cbn] – 1 1 1 0 – 3 – pf – str [1.1.1.1.1 or larger]

perc: tmp, glock, tri, vib, chimes, 3 sus cym, sd, bd

Text in Portuguese by Nuno Côrte-Real

Duration: ca 22’00’’

Commissioned by Culturgest – Lisbon / Portugal

Lua, canção de uma Morte  op. 20 B (2003/2009)

Soprano solo, bass clarinet in Bb solo and orchestra

2 2 2 3[1.2. cbn] – 4 2 3 1 – tmp+3 – hrp – pf – str

perc: glock, tri, vib, chimes, 3 sus cym, cym, sd, bd

Text in Portuguese by Nuno Côrte-Real

Duration: ca 22’00’’

Os frutos dos Anjos  op. 26 (2005)

Song cycle

High or low voice and piano

Texts in Portuguese by Eugénio de Andrade

Duration: ca 22’00’

Commissioned by Casa da Música – Oporto / Portugal

Livro de Florbela  op. 42 A (2012)

Soprano, violin, viola, cello and piano

Duration: ca 28’00’

Texts in Portuguese by Florbela Espanca

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Livro de Florbela  op. 42 B (2012/2016)

Soprano and orchestra

2[1.2/pic] 2[1.2/Eh] 2[1.2/bcl] 2[1.2/cbn] – 4 2 0 0 – tmp+2 – hrp – str

perc: tmp, glock, tri, vib, crot, xyl, cym, 3 sus cym, tam-tam, bd

Texts in Portuguese by Florbela Espanca

Duration: ca 28’00’’

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Livro de Florbela  op. 42 D (2012/2020)

Soprano, clarinet (Bb and bass), 2 violins, viola, cello, double-bass, harp and piano

Duration: ca 28’00’

Texts in Portuguese by Florbela Espanca

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Dois improvisos pessoanos  op. 43 (2013)

Mezzo soprano, flute (+ flute in G), clarinet in Bb (+ bass clarinet in Bb), harp, piano, violin, viola, cello, and percussion (vibraphone, marimba, suspended cymbal and tam-tam)

Texts in Portuguese by Fernando Pessoa

Duration: ca 8’30’’

Commissioned by Grupo de Música Contemporânea de Lisboa

Partem tam tristes  op. 51 (2015)

High voice and string quartet

Text in Portuguese by João Roiz

Duration: ca 7’00’’

Commissioned by Teatro Municipal de Castelo Branco – Castelo Branco, Portugal

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Velut Umbra  op. 53 (2016)

Vocal quartet SATB and guitar quartet

Text in Portuguese by Antero de Quental

Duration: ca 6’00’’

Commissioned by Paris Guitar Quartet – Paris, France

Premiere: Olissipo Vocal Ensemble, Paris Guitar Quartet, Centre Culturel d’Athis-Mons – Athis-Mons, France – October 14th 2016

Agora Muda Tudo  op. 55 (2017)

Song cycle

Jazz voice, trumpet, guitar (acoustic and electric), piano, violin, viola, cello, double bass, 2 percussion (tmp, glock, tri, vib, xyl, marim, 3 sus cym, szl cym, hi-hat, cowbell, tam-tam, 3 stl drum, tambn, 5 woodblk, 4 tom-toms, sd, bd)   

Text in Portuguese by José Luís Peixoto

Duration: ca 55’00’’

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Cuatro canciones de Santa Teresa de Jesus  op. 58 (2017)

Song cycle

High voice and guitar

Texts in Spanish by Santa Teresa de Jesus

Duration: ca 16’00’

Commissioned by L’Effetto Ensemble – Braga / Portugal

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Gacela del niño muerto   op. 60 (2017)

Soprano, saxophone, accordion, viola and cello

Text in Spanish by Garcia Lorca

Duration: ca 8’20’’

Canções Helénicas de Sophia  op. 61 (2017)

Song cycle

Soprano and orchestra

2 2 2[1.2/bcl] 2[1.cbn] – 4 2 3 0 – tmp – hrp – str

Texts in Portuguese by Sophia de Mello Breyner

Duration: ca 13’00’’

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Time Stands Still op. 64 (2019)

Song cycle of arrangements to John Dowland songs with interludes

Soprano and chamber orchestra

1[1/pic] 0 1[1/bc] 0 – 0 0 0 0 – 2 – hrp – pn – str [1.1.1.1.1]

perc: vib, marim, sus cym, 4 tom-toms, bd

Duration: ca 55’00’’

Commissioned by Centro Cultural de Belém – Lisbon, Portugal

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Tremor  op. 66 (2021)

Song cycle

Soprano, vocal quartet and chamber orchestra

1[1/pic] 0 0 0 – 1 0 0 0 – 1 – hrp – pn – pn/synth – portuguese gtr – str [1.1.1.1.1]

perc: tmp, glock, tri, vib, drum set, bd

Texts in Portuguese by Pedro Mexia

Duration: ca 54’00’’

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Três Canções de Mário de Sá Carneiro  op. 69 (2022)

Song cycle

Soprano and chamber orchestra

2 2[1.2/bcl] 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 – 1 – pn – str [1.1.1.1.0]

perc: vib, sus cym, 4 tom-toms, sd, bd

Texts in Portuguese by Mário de Sá Carneiro

Duration: ca 15’00’’

CHORAL

Novíssimo Cancioneiro – livro primeiro  op. 12 (2001)

(arrangements of Portuguese and Galician folk Tunes)

Soloists SATB, choir SATB , flute (+ alto in G + piccolo), piano, violin and double bass

Texts in Portuguese and Galician

Duration: ca 37’05’’

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Cantata Verbum Caro  op. 22 A (2004)

Bass, choir SATB and chamber orchestra

1 1[1/Eh] 1 1[1/cbn] – 2 1 1 0 – tmp+3 – hrp – str [1.1.1.1.1 or larger]

perc: tmp, glock, tri, vib, chimes, 3 sus cym, szl cym, tam-tam, 4 tom-toms, sd, bd

Texts in Latin and Portuguese by The Gospel according to John, The Gospel according to Luke, Mass of the Dead and Teixeira de Pascoaes

Duration: ca 23’00’’

Commissioned by  Ciclo de Música Sacra de Viana do Castelo 2004 – Viana do Castelo / Portugal

 

Cantata Verbum Caro  op. 22 B (2004/2007) 

Bass, choir SATB and orchestra

3[1.2.pic] 3[1.2.Eh] 3[1.2.bcl] 3[1.2.cbn] – 4 3 3 1 – tmp+3 – hrp – str

perc: tmp, glock, tri, vib, chimes, 3 sus cym, szl cym, 4 tom-toms, sd, bd, tam-tam

Texts in Latin and Portuguese by The Gospel according to John, The Gospel according to Luke, Mass of the Dead and Teixeira de Pascoaes

Duration: ca 23’00’’

Premiere: conductor Cesário Costa, baritone Luis Rodrigues, Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa, Teatro Nacional de São Carlos – Lisbon, Portugal – October 25th 2007 

 

Eternidade  op. 25 (2005)

Choir SATB

Duration: ca 7’00’’

Text in Portuguese by Bocage

Commissioned by Associação Dedicarte e Coro de Câmara de Setúbal – Setúbal / Portugal

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Oratória Popular  op. 39 (2010) 

Bagpipe, piano solo, male reciter, tenor solo, choir SATB and orchestra

2[1.2/pic] 2 2[1.2/bcl] 3[1.2.cbn] – 4 2 3 1 – tmp+3 – hrp – str

perc: tmp, glock, tri, vib, chimes, xyl, cym, tam-tam, 2sd, bd

Duration: ca 40’00’

Texts in Portuguese by various authors

Commissioned by Câmara Municipal de Torres Vedras – Portugal

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Lagarto Pintado – cancioneiro Infantil  op. 48 (2015)

Children choir, viola, cello and piano

Duration: ca 18’00’

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Francisco  op. 50 (2015)

Choir SATB and piano

Duration: ca 8’10’

Commissioned by Santuário de Fátima – Fátima, Portugal

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Cantata Vera Cruz  op. 56 (2017) 

Male reciter, choir SATB and orchestra

2[1.2/pic] 2[1.2/Eh] 2[1.2/bcl] 2[1.2/cbn] – 2 2 3 0 – tmp+4 – hrp – pn/cel – str

perc: tmp, glock, tri, vib, chimes, marim, 3 sus cym, szl cym, flessotone, 2 bongo, 2 conga, 5 woodblk, 2 cowbell, 4 tom-toms, tam-tam, 2 sd, bd, tam-tam

Texts in Portuguese by Pêro Vaz de Caminha

Duration: ca 40’00’’

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Novíssimo Cancioneiro – livro segundo – CANTE  op. 57 (2017)

(arrangements of Portuguese folk Tunes)

Soloists SATB, choir SATB, string quintet (1.1.1.1.1) and piano

Texts in Portuguese

Duration: ca 36’00’’

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Magnificat Manuelino  op. 68 (2021) 

choir SATB and orchestra

0 0 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 – tmp+5 – hrp – pn – cel – str

perc: tmp, glock, tri, vib, chimes, marim, 2 sus cym, szl cym, 2 bongo, 2 conga, 5 woodblk, 3 tom-toms, tam-tam, sd, bd

Texts in Latin

Duration: ca 30’00’’

Commissioned by Festival Internacional de Música Estoril-Lisboa – Lisboa, Portugal

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Novíssimo Cancioneiro – livro terceiro – FOLIAS  op. 71 (2023)

(arrangements of Portuguese folk Dances)

Choir SATB, basson, string quintet (1.1.1.1.1), percussion (tri, sus cym, cast, 4 woodblk, adufe, cowbell, sd, kick drum, bd) and piano

Texts in Portuguese and Mirandês

Duration: ca 42’00’’

STAGE

7 Dances to the death of the Harpist (music theatre)  op. 8 (1999)

Harp solo with tap dance and electronics (stereo)

Duration: ca 26’00’’

Commissioned by Meike Hartman – Utrecht / Holland

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A Montanha  op. 29 (2007)

Chamber Opera

2 sopranos, baritone, baritone/reciter and chamber orchestra

2[1/pic/afl.2/afl] 1[1/Eh] 1[1/Ebcl/bc] 1[1/cbn] – 1 1 1 0 – tmp+3 – hrp – pn – cel – str [1.1.1.1.1 or larger]

perc: tmp, glock, tri, vib, chimes, marim, 3 sus cym, szl cym, hi-hat, tam-tam, 5 templeblks, 4 tom-toms, sd, bd

Libretto in Portuguese by Nuno Côrte-Real (compilation of texts from various poets)

Duration: ca 38’00’’

Commissioned by Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian – Lisbon / Portugal

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O Rapaz de Bronze  op. 32 (2007)

Chamber Opera

3 sopranos, 2 mz, 2 tenors, baritone and cello solo and chamber orchestra

1[1/pic] 1[1/ob d’am/Eh] 2[1.2/bc] 1[1/cbn] – 1 1 1 0 – tmp+3 – hrp – pn/cel – str [1.1.1.1.1 or larger]

perc: tmp, glock, tri, vib, chimes, marim, 3 sus cym, szl cym, hi-hat, gongs (C1-C#1-D#1-E1-G1-G#1-A1-Bb1-B1-C2-C#2-D2-D#2-E2-F2-G2-G#2-A2), 2 bongos, 3 congas, tam-tam, 4 tom-toms, sd, bd

Libretto in Portuguese by José Maria Vieira Mendes

Duration: ca 55’00’’

Commissioned by Casa da Música and Teatro Nacional de São Carlos – Lisbon, Oporto/ Portugal

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O Velório de Cláudio
  op. 36 (2009)

Intermezzo

2 sopranos, contra-tenor, tenor and bass and orchestra

2[1.2/pic/afl] 2[1.2/Eh] 0 1[1/cbn] – 0 2 0 0 – tmp+2 – str

perc: tmp, tri, vib, marim, sus cym, 4 tom-toms, sd, bd

Libretto in Portuguese by José Luis Peixoto

Duration: ca 10’00’’

Commissioned by Teatro Nacional de São Carlos – Lisbon, Portugal

Banksters  op. 40 (2011)

Symphonic opera

2 sop, mz, 3 tenors, 3 baritones, 2 basses, choir SATB and orchestra

2[1.2/pic] 2[1.2/Eh] 2[1.2/bcl] 3[1.2.cbn] – 4 2 3 1 – tmp+4 – hrp – pn/cel – gtr+elec gtr – str

perc: tmp, glock, tri, vib, chimes, crot, xyl, cym, 3 sus cym, szl cym, hi-hat, tam-tam, tambn, cast, 5 woodblk, 4 tom-toms, sd, bd

Libretto in Portuguese by Vasco Graça Moura

Duration: ca 125’00’’

Commissioned by Teatro Nacional de São Carlos – Lisbon, Portugal

Os dilemas dietéticos de uma Matrioska do meio  op. 52 (2016)

Chamber opera

Soprano, baritone, clarinet in Bb, cello and piano

Libretto in Portuguese by Mário João Alves

Duration: ca 70’00’’

Commissioned by Quarteto Contratempus – Oporto, Portugal

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Canção do Bandido op. 63 (2018)

Chamber Opera

4 sopranos, mz, tenor, baritone and chamber orchestra

1[1/pic] 1[1/ob d’am/Eh] 2[1.2/bc] 1[1/cbn] – 2 1 1 1 – tmp+3 – hrp – synth – str [1.1.1.1.1 or larger]

perc: tmp, glock, tri, vib, xyl, 2 sus cym, fless, clav, marac, conga, cowbell, 3 tom-toms, sd, bd

Libretto in Portuguese by Pedro Mexia

Duration: ca 80’00’’

Commissioned by Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, Teatro da Trindade and Temporada Darcos – Lisbon, Portugal

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La Vida Secreta
  op. 67 (2021)

Chamber Opera

soprano, voice-over, saxofone (soprano, alto, tenor and baritone), violin, viola, cello, piano and synthesizer

Libretto in Spanish by Martha Asunción Alonso

Duration: ca 58’00’’

ARRANGEMENTS

Porgy & Bess  (opera by George Gershwin)

Clarinet (Eb, Bb, Bcl), percussion, double bass and piano

1997

Hansel und Gretel   (opera by Engelbert Humperdinck)

Chamber orchestra

1[1/pic] 1[1/Eh] 3[1.2/Eb.3/bcl] 2[1.cbn] – 2 1 0 0 – tmp+2 – hrp – str [1.1.1.1.1 or larger]

2002

Four preludes   (Johann Sebastian Bach)

String quartet

2008

Songs by Cole Porter   (Cole Porter)

Voice and chamber orchestra

0 0 1[1/bcl] 0 – 0 0 0 0 – hrp – pn – str [1.1.1.1.1 or larger]

2009

Ma Mère L’Oye  (orchestral suite by Maurice Ravel)

Chamber orchestra

1[1/pic] 1[1/Eh] 1[1.2/bcl] 1[1/cfg] – 1 0 0 0 – tmp+1 – hrp – cel – str [1.1.1.1.1 or larger] 2012

Four lieder   (Franz Schubert)

Voice and string quartet

2008

Three Christmas Songs  (traditional songs harmonized by Sampayo Ribeiro)

Choir and orchestra

3[1.2.3/pic] 3[1.2.3/eh] 3[1.2.3/bcl] 3[1.2.cbn] – 4 3 3 1 – tmp+3 – hrp – str

2016

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Prelude and Transfiguration  (from the opera Tristan und Isolda by Richard Wagner)

Orchestra

2[1.2/pic] 2[1.2/eh] 2[1.bcl] 2 – 3 2 3 0 – tmp – hrp – str

2022

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FILM MUSIC

Terra Nova   (2021)

Director: Artur Ribeiro

Producer: Ana Costa (CINEMATE)

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