Any voice and instrument(s) (or one player only)
Indeterminate duration
Lullaby.
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Program notes
Snail lullaby is a graphical composition that focuses on active performers, musicians who choose to perform different or unconventional works. As an indeterminate work, all singers can perform it. They can be accompanied with any instrument(s). It also supports unaccompanied versions or even exclusively instrumental performances.
This sweet lullaby, commissioned by Pedro Javier Yuste as a dedication to his goddaughter in 2013, draw a happy snail and, as a consequence it is not only a musical but also a visual artwork. It sings a poem written also by Javier Pérez Garrido. This poem tells us two parallel stories. Although they occur in different places, they magically converge at the end. On the one hand, we have the story of a delicate snail. After nightfall, it decides to sleep and start dreaming about flying through the clouds looking for freedom. On the other hand, a mother hugging and singing a lullaby to her little girl makes the baby fall asleep and she start dreaming that lives in the clouds, the place where both (snail and girl) meet and begin to play happily.
Publisher
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Comission
Pedro Javier Yuste
Dedication
Ainara
Any instrument(s)
Indeterminate duration
Indeterminate composition influenced by jazz.
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Program notes
Yuste is an indeterminate composition. On it, the composer invites the performer to be creative and to play its own version of the work. This is something really good for musicians because they sometimes ask: Why I have to play this composition as the composer has written it? Couldn't I decide how to play it? Therefore this composition is specially done for active performers, unique musicians who decide to play their music as they like. As a result, for instance and among many other things, there are some indeterminate patterns that allow musicians to play them in a freely way.
The composition was commissioned by Pedro Javier Yuste as a present for his father on January, 2013. The title -father's surname- appears on the score since the staves caricature Yuste. Speaking about its style, the work is based on some rhytmic and joyful melodic elements influenced by jazz.
Yuste is not only a musical but also a visual artwork.
Publisher
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Commission
Pedro Javier Yuste
Premiere
II Concurso Internacional para Solistas y Grupos de Cámara "Ro, 2013" - Online
Dedication
Pedro Yuste
Any instrument(s)
Indeterminate duration
Romantic and expressive work that gives its name to the Concurso Internacional para Solistas y Grupos de Cámara, an online music competition held since 2012.
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Program notes
This indeterminate composition has a lyrical melody that can be played by any instrument. At the end of it, a repetition under the words "Repeat Freely" invites us to restate the music theme doing all the variations we deem necessary until we decide that the work must be completed. For polyphonic instruments there are harmonic indications so that the melody can be accompanied. Curiously, the title of the work is also represented by it staves being thus not only a musical but also a visual artwork.
Publisher
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Premiere
Concurso Internacional para Solistas y Grupos de Cámara "Ro, 2012" - Online
First Prize: Carlos Gigante Sevilla, clarinet
Dedication
Rocío González
2 trombones
4:30 min. aprox.
Enthusiastic and joyful composition for two trombones influenced by rock. Commissioned by Numskull International Competition.
Program notes
Rocking trombone! is an enthusiastic and joyful composition by Javier Pérez Garrido. Composed for two trombones, it has several rock and roll influences. It was commissioned by the Numskull Brass Festival for being performed as a mandatory piece during the Numskull International Competition (2015).
Publisher
DIGITAL - Temporarly for free
PRINTED - Contact composer: contacto@perezgarrido.com
Commission
Numskull International Competition
Premiere
July 16th, 2015
Numskull International Competition 2015
Auditorio Municipal. Caudete, Albacete, Spain
Clarinet quartet*
14 min. aprox.
This programmatic composition, commissioned by the clarinet quartet "Vert", reflects on the idea of human suffering and pain in the face of death.
Program notes
I. Arrival of death
II. Elegiac cry
III. Dance of the spirits
This programmatic composition, commissioned by the clarinet quartet "Vert", reflects on the idea of human suffering and pain in the face of death.
The work is divided into three parts. The diabolical Allegro of the first movement, entitled "Arrival of death", presents and develops various thematic ideas loaded with great emotional force that capture the listener at once. This represents the moment when death comes to carry away the life forever.
This tragic end leads to a melancholic and pathetic "Elegiac Weeping", the slow second movement which mourns the loss of life through deep sadness and darkness.
It is from there, where the melancholic and dark depth of emptiness reigns, that a devilish and neotonal fugue arises, anchored to a vibrant Allegro con brio, to create the "Dance of the spirits". This is a last, frenetic and fantastical movement that narrates the story of the suffering wich, according to Christianity, impure souls must pass in purgatory before they enter to Kingdom of Heaven.
Publisher
Brotons & Mercadal Edicions Musicals, Barcelona
Commission
Cuarteto de clarinetes "Vert"
Premiere
July 18th, 2013
Ciudad de Alicante University. Sala Altamira. Valencia, Spain
Cuarteto de Clarinetes "Vert"
Discography
Solo Clarinet
1 min. aprox.
Composition influenced by jazz. Awarded by Fifteen Minutes of Fame for being premiered in New York City.
Program notes
Awarded by Fifteen Minutes of Fame for being premiered in New York City -unique Spanish composer, 2012-
0:51, Op.51 is a piece composed for solo clarinet. It is divided into 51 bars and lasts only 51 seconds. This composition is clearly eclectic and its music style is very influenced by jazz patterns. The octagonal and virtuoso scales are evident as well as the continuous changes in tempo. The use of rhythmic accents enhances the character of the piece from the beginning to the end.
Publisher
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Premiere
September 9th, 2012
Composer´s Voice Festival - Fifteen Minutes of Fame
Jan Hus Church. New York City, New York, United States
Dr. Bruce Curlette, clarinet
Dedication
Bruce Curlette
Tuba quartet
3:30 min. aprox.
Fantasy inspired by Andalusian traditional music. Winner of the Honorable Mention by National Composition Competition "Manuel Carrascosa" from Valencia.
Program notes
Honorable Mention by National Composition Competition "Manuel Carrascosa" from Valencia.
Fantasía Andaluza is a composition really influenced by Andalusian traditional music style although it has other modern harmonic or rythmic developements. It has been built thanks to four different themes taking place in an only movement. The Málaga Tuba Quartet commissioned this piece for their Italian Tour 2012.
Publisher
Cimarron Music Press, United States
Comission
Málaga Tuba Quartet, for their Italian Tour 2012
Premiere
February 18th, 2012
Conservatorio Santa Cecilia. Rome, Italy
Málaga Tuba Quartet
Dedication
Alberto Pérez Jurado and the Málaga Tuba Quartet
Solo Clarinet and narrator
13:30 min. aprox.
Musical tale that represents the ugly duckling story.
Program notes
The Ugly Duckling is a musical tale for solo clarinet and narrator that shows one of the most famous stories by Brothers Grimm.
Publisher
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Solo Organ
5:30 min. aprox.
Religious composition that represents through the mystical minimalism the paradise.
Program notes
In Paradisum is an organ prelude that evoques the paradise. It has some influences by mystical minimalism -also called holy, spiritual or sacred- whose main figure is Arvo Pärt.
Publisher
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Premiere
November 4th, 2012
Luther College. Center for Faith and Live. Auditorium. Decorah, Iowa, United States
Brad Schultz, organ