Ensemble (5 or more instruments)
et cætera
for wind quintet
Year: 2021
Detailed instrumentation: wind quintet » [1 flute, 1 oboe, 1 B-flat clarinet, 1 horn in F and 1 bassoon)
Duration: ca. 7’
Commission: mpmp, movimento patrimonial pela música portuguesa
et alibi
for quintet and electronics
Year: 2012
Detailed instrumentation: quintet » [flute, B-flat clarinet, violin, violoncello and piano] and electronics
Duration: ca. 10’
Commission: Sond'Ar-te Electric Ensemble
Date and place of the premiere: 10th October 2012 – Goethe-Institut Lisbon
Performers of the premiere: Sond'Ar-te Electric Ensemble – Guillaume Bourgogne, conductor
Included in Música Viva Festival 2012
Radio Programme: Arte Electroacústica (10th November 2012)
for quintet and electronics
Year: 2012
Detailed instrumentation: quintet » [flute, B-flat clarinet, violin, violoncello and piano] and electronics
Duration: ca. 10’
Commission: Sond'Ar-te Electric Ensemble
Date and place of the premiere: 10th October 2012 – Goethe-Institut Lisbon
Performers of the premiere: Sond'Ar-te Electric Ensemble – Guillaume Bourgogne, conductor
Included in Música Viva Festival 2012
Radio Programme: Arte Electroacústica (10th November 2012)
Letters for Mia
for 14 players
I. Molto feroce. Stridente.
II. Calmo. Molto lontano.
III. Nervoso. Quasi improvvisato (sempre molto irregolare).
IV. Vuoto. Sotto voce.
V. Lirico. Espressivo. Cantabile. Semplice.
Original title in Portuguese: Cartas a Mia
Year: 2012
Detailed instrumentation: 14 players » flute (doubling piccolo and alto flute), oboe, B-flat clarinet, bassoon, horn in F, trumpet in C, trombone, percussion (1 player: timpani, 4 tom-toms, bass drum, 3 suspended cymbals, 1 large tam-tam, vibraphone and whip), piano (+ 1 large tam-tam and 2 gongs), violin I, violin II, viola, violoncello and double bass
Duration: ca. 9’
Date and place of the premiere: 23rd August 2012 – Salle François-Bernier – Domaine Forget (Charlevoix, Quebec, Canada)
Performers of the premiere: Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne – Lorraine Vaillancourt, conductor
Other public performances:
6th May 2019 - Vianna da Motta Auditorium (Lisbon)
ClusterLAB XL ensemble - Carlos Marecos, conductor
for 14 players
I. Molto feroce. Stridente.
II. Calmo. Molto lontano.
III. Nervoso. Quasi improvvisato (sempre molto irregolare).
IV. Vuoto. Sotto voce.
V. Lirico. Espressivo. Cantabile. Semplice.
Original title in Portuguese: Cartas a Mia
Year: 2012
Detailed instrumentation: 14 players » flute (doubling piccolo and alto flute), oboe, B-flat clarinet, bassoon, horn in F, trumpet in C, trombone, percussion (1 player: timpani, 4 tom-toms, bass drum, 3 suspended cymbals, 1 large tam-tam, vibraphone and whip), piano (+ 1 large tam-tam and 2 gongs), violin I, violin II, viola, violoncello and double bass
Duration: ca. 9’
Date and place of the premiere: 23rd August 2012 – Salle François-Bernier – Domaine Forget (Charlevoix, Quebec, Canada)
Performers of the premiere: Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne – Lorraine Vaillancourt, conductor
Other public performances:
6th May 2019 - Vianna da Motta Auditorium (Lisbon)
ClusterLAB XL ensemble - Carlos Marecos, conductor
Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne; Lorraine Vaillancourt
Charlevoix 2012
Charlevoix 2012
Diurne: alter ego
for 15 players
Year: 2010
Detailed instrumentation: 15 players » flute (doubling piccolo), oboe, B-flat clarinet, bassoon, horn in F, trumpet in C, tenor trombone, tuba, percussion (1 player: tam-tam, 5-octave marimba, 3 suspended cymbals, bass drum, timpani, tubular bells, triangle and vibraphone), piano, violin I, violin II, viola, violoncello and double bass
Duration: ca. 5’
Prizes: 1st Prize in the International Composer Pyramid 2010
Date and place of the premiere: 4th December 2012 – St. Gregory’s Music Centre (Canterbury)
Performers of the premiere: International Composer Pyramid Ensemble – Gerry Cornelius, conductor
Other public performances:
5th December 2010 – Auditorium Bizet (Dunkerque)
ICP Ensemble – Gerry Cornelius, conductor
24th May 2011 – Augustine Hall (Canterbury)
Århus Sinfonietta – Søren K. Hansen, conductor
Included in Sounds New Contemporary Music Festival 2011
8th December 2011 – Théâtre Sébastopol, Place Sébastopol (Lille)
Orchestre de Formation Professionnelle du Conservatoire de Lille – Nicolas Krüger, conductor
9th December 2011 – La Concorde, Chemin du Banc Vert (Dunkerque)
Orchestre de Formation Professionnelle du Conservatoire de Lille – Nicolas Krüger, conductor
for 15 players
Year: 2010
Detailed instrumentation: 15 players » flute (doubling piccolo), oboe, B-flat clarinet, bassoon, horn in F, trumpet in C, tenor trombone, tuba, percussion (1 player: tam-tam, 5-octave marimba, 3 suspended cymbals, bass drum, timpani, tubular bells, triangle and vibraphone), piano, violin I, violin II, viola, violoncello and double bass
Duration: ca. 5’
Prizes: 1st Prize in the International Composer Pyramid 2010
Date and place of the premiere: 4th December 2012 – St. Gregory’s Music Centre (Canterbury)
Performers of the premiere: International Composer Pyramid Ensemble – Gerry Cornelius, conductor
Other public performances:
5th December 2010 – Auditorium Bizet (Dunkerque)
ICP Ensemble – Gerry Cornelius, conductor
24th May 2011 – Augustine Hall (Canterbury)
Århus Sinfonietta – Søren K. Hansen, conductor
Included in Sounds New Contemporary Music Festival 2011
8th December 2011 – Théâtre Sébastopol, Place Sébastopol (Lille)
Orchestre de Formation Professionnelle du Conservatoire de Lille – Nicolas Krüger, conductor
9th December 2011 – La Concorde, Chemin du Banc Vert (Dunkerque)
Orchestre de Formation Professionnelle du Conservatoire de Lille – Nicolas Krüger, conductor
Århus Sinfonietta; Søren K. Hansen
Canterbury 2011
Canterbury 2011
Nocturne: rituel
for 15 players
Year: 2010
Detailed instrumentation: 15 players » flute (doubling piccolo), oboe, 2 B-flat clarinets (2nd doubling bass clarinet), bassoon, horn in F, trumpet in C, tenor trombone, percussion (1 player: tubular bells, tam-tam, vibraphone, glockenspiel, 2 triangles, 3 gongs, 3 suspended cymbals, bass drum and crotales), piano, violin I, violin II, viola, violoncello and double bass
Duration: ca. 9’30’’
DVD Recordings: 10th International Forum for Young Composers - nem; CIRTMM
Date and place of the premiere: 26th November 2010 – Salle Claude-Champagne (Montreal)
Performers of the premiere: Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne – Lorraine Vaillancourt, conductor
Included in the 10th International Forum for Young Composers with Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne with the video Agora Obscura by David Manseau
for 15 players
Year: 2010
Detailed instrumentation: 15 players » flute (doubling piccolo), oboe, 2 B-flat clarinets (2nd doubling bass clarinet), bassoon, horn in F, trumpet in C, tenor trombone, percussion (1 player: tubular bells, tam-tam, vibraphone, glockenspiel, 2 triangles, 3 gongs, 3 suspended cymbals, bass drum and crotales), piano, violin I, violin II, viola, violoncello and double bass
Duration: ca. 9’30’’
DVD Recordings: 10th International Forum for Young Composers - nem; CIRTMM
Date and place of the premiere: 26th November 2010 – Salle Claude-Champagne (Montreal)
Performers of the premiere: Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne – Lorraine Vaillancourt, conductor
Included in the 10th International Forum for Young Composers with Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne with the video Agora Obscura by David Manseau
Loose Messages
for flute, harp and string quartet
Original title in Portuguese: Mensagens Soltas
Year: 2009
Detailed instrumentation: flute, harp and string quartet » violin I, violin II, viola and violoncello
Duration: ca. 6’
Commission: Sounds New Contemporary Music Festival 2009 (United Kingdom)
Date and place of the premiere: 30th April 2009 – St. Gregory’s Centre for Music (Canterbury)
Performers of the premiere: Stina Dawes (flute), Alexander Rider (harp), Alea Quartet: Amanda Lake (violin I), Esther King (violin II), Clare Fox (viola) and Sophie Rivlin (violoncello)
Included in Sounds New Contemporary Music Festival 2009
Other public performances:
25th April 2010 – Centro Cultural de Belém, Almada Negreiros Room (Lisbon)
Leipzig String Quartet (Stefan Arzberger, Tilman Büning, Ivo Bauer and Matthias Moosdorf), Marie-Pierre Langlamet (harp), Katharine Rawdon (flute)
Included in Dias da Música em Belém 2010 – As Paixões da Alma
for flute, harp and string quartet
Original title in Portuguese: Mensagens Soltas
Year: 2009
Detailed instrumentation: flute, harp and string quartet » violin I, violin II, viola and violoncello
Duration: ca. 6’
Commission: Sounds New Contemporary Music Festival 2009 (United Kingdom)
Date and place of the premiere: 30th April 2009 – St. Gregory’s Centre for Music (Canterbury)
Performers of the premiere: Stina Dawes (flute), Alexander Rider (harp), Alea Quartet: Amanda Lake (violin I), Esther King (violin II), Clare Fox (viola) and Sophie Rivlin (violoncello)
Included in Sounds New Contemporary Music Festival 2009
Other public performances:
25th April 2010 – Centro Cultural de Belém, Almada Negreiros Room (Lisbon)
Leipzig String Quartet (Stefan Arzberger, Tilman Büning, Ivo Bauer and Matthias Moosdorf), Marie-Pierre Langlamet (harp), Katharine Rawdon (flute)
Included in Dias da Música em Belém 2010 – As Paixões da Alma
Alea Quartet, Stina Dawes (flute) and Alexander Rider (harp)
Canterbury 2009
Canterbury 2009
Gestures III: (untitled)
for 4 trumpets in C and percussion
Original title in Portuguese: Gestos III: (sem título)
Year: 2008
Detailed instrumentation: 4 trumpets in C and percussion (1 player: chinese suspended cymbal, 20’’ suspended cymbal, vibraphone, 2 triangles and tam-tam)
Duration: ca. 8’
Commission: Deal Festival 2008
Dedication: for Bella Tromba and percussionist Steve Burke
Date and place of the premiere: 11th July 2008 – St. Andrews Church (Deal, United Kingdom)
Performers of the premiere: Bella Tromba: Victoria Curran, Josephine Harris, Clare Helsdon and Nicole Lyons (trumpets), Steve Burke, percussion
Included in Deal Festival 2008
Radio Programme: Arte Electroacústica (29th September 2012)
for 4 trumpets in C and percussion
Original title in Portuguese: Gestos III: (sem título)
Year: 2008
Detailed instrumentation: 4 trumpets in C and percussion (1 player: chinese suspended cymbal, 20’’ suspended cymbal, vibraphone, 2 triangles and tam-tam)
Duration: ca. 8’
Commission: Deal Festival 2008
Dedication: for Bella Tromba and percussionist Steve Burke
Date and place of the premiere: 11th July 2008 – St. Andrews Church (Deal, United Kingdom)
Performers of the premiere: Bella Tromba: Victoria Curran, Josephine Harris, Clare Helsdon and Nicole Lyons (trumpets), Steve Burke, percussion
Included in Deal Festival 2008
Radio Programme: Arte Electroacústica (29th September 2012)
Letter for Kundera
for 14 players
Original title in Portuguese: Carta a Kundera
Year: 2007
Detailed instrumentation: 14 players » flute (doubling piccolo), oboe, B-flat clarinet (doubling bass clarinet), bassoon, horn in F, trumpet in C, trombone, percussion (1 player: 4 suspended cymbals, vibraphone, tam-tam, xylophone and whip), piano, violin I, violin II, viola, violoncello and double bass
Duration: ca. 10’
Commission: Royal Academy of Music
Date and place of the premiere: 15th June 2007 – Schoreditch Church (London)
Performers of the premiere: Manson Ensemble – Baldur Brönnimann, conductor
Included in Spitalfields Festival 2007
Other public performances:
1st October 2009 – The Concert Hall (Gothenburg)
Gageego! Ensemble – Pierre-André Valade, conductor
The ISCM World New Music Days Festival 2009/Listen to the World!
17th May 2016 - Vianna da Motta Auditorium (Lisbon)
ClusterLAB XL ensemble - Carlos Marecos, conductor
Editions: The Portuguese Music Research & Information Centre - score
Radio Programme: Na outra margem (23rd September 2009), interview with Manuela Paraíso. Also with the participation of the composer Bruno Gabirro.
part 1 part 2
for 14 players
Original title in Portuguese: Carta a Kundera
Year: 2007
Detailed instrumentation: 14 players » flute (doubling piccolo), oboe, B-flat clarinet (doubling bass clarinet), bassoon, horn in F, trumpet in C, trombone, percussion (1 player: 4 suspended cymbals, vibraphone, tam-tam, xylophone and whip), piano, violin I, violin II, viola, violoncello and double bass
Duration: ca. 10’
Commission: Royal Academy of Music
Date and place of the premiere: 15th June 2007 – Schoreditch Church (London)
Performers of the premiere: Manson Ensemble – Baldur Brönnimann, conductor
Included in Spitalfields Festival 2007
Other public performances:
1st October 2009 – The Concert Hall (Gothenburg)
Gageego! Ensemble – Pierre-André Valade, conductor
The ISCM World New Music Days Festival 2009/Listen to the World!
17th May 2016 - Vianna da Motta Auditorium (Lisbon)
ClusterLAB XL ensemble - Carlos Marecos, conductor
Editions: The Portuguese Music Research & Information Centre - score
Radio Programme: Na outra margem (23rd September 2009), interview with Manuela Paraíso. Also with the participation of the composer Bruno Gabirro.
part 1 part 2
Manson Ensemble; Baldur Brönnimann
London 2007
London 2007
Echoes
for 15 instruments
Original title in Portuguese: Ecos
Year: 2007
Detailed instrumentation: 15 instruments » 2 trumpets in C, 2 horns in F, trombone, tuba, flute, oboe, B-flat clarinet, bassoon, violin I, violin II, viola, violoncello and double bass
Duration: ca. 5’
Date and place of the premiere: 30th April 2007 – Foyer of The Queen Elisabeth Hall (London)
Performers of the premiere: Soloists of the London Sinfonietta and Royal Academy of Music - Christopher Austin, conductor
for 15 instruments
Original title in Portuguese: Ecos
Year: 2007
Detailed instrumentation: 15 instruments » 2 trumpets in C, 2 horns in F, trombone, tuba, flute, oboe, B-flat clarinet, bassoon, violin I, violin II, viola, violoncello and double bass
Duration: ca. 5’
Date and place of the premiere: 30th April 2007 – Foyer of The Queen Elisabeth Hall (London)
Performers of the premiere: Soloists of the London Sinfonietta and Royal Academy of Music - Christopher Austin, conductor
Gestures I
for solo piccolo and any four instruments (or four groups of any instruments)
Original title in Portuguese: Gestos I
Year: 2006
Duration: ca. 4’
Dedication: for COMA London
Date and place of the premiere: 22nd June 2007 – Concert Room (Royal Academy of Music – London)
Performers of the premiere: Alexandra Jakeman (piccolo), Tomas Ruti Vilar (violin), Bruno Gabirro (viola), Tadasuke Iijima (viola), Alicia Martin (violoncello) – Hugo Ribeiro, conductor
for solo piccolo and any four instruments (or four groups of any instruments)
Original title in Portuguese: Gestos I
Year: 2006
Duration: ca. 4’
Dedication: for COMA London
Date and place of the premiere: 22nd June 2007 – Concert Room (Royal Academy of Music – London)
Performers of the premiere: Alexandra Jakeman (piccolo), Tomas Ruti Vilar (violin), Bruno Gabirro (viola), Tadasuke Iijima (viola), Alicia Martin (violoncello) – Hugo Ribeiro, conductor
... quasi un lamento ...
for strings
I. Molto lento
II. Vivo
III. Molto lento
Year: 2005
Detailed instrumentation: string orchestra » violins I (4), violins II (4), viola (3), violoncellos (2) and double bass (1)
Duration: ca. 7’
Commission: Royal Academy of Music
Dedication: for my mother
Date and place of the premiere: 8th November 2005 – Duke’s Hall (Royal Academy of Music – London)
Performers of the premiere: Royal Academy Soloists – Clio Gould, director
for strings
I. Molto lento
II. Vivo
III. Molto lento
Year: 2005
Detailed instrumentation: string orchestra » violins I (4), violins II (4), viola (3), violoncellos (2) and double bass (1)
Duration: ca. 7’
Commission: Royal Academy of Music
Dedication: for my mother
Date and place of the premiere: 8th November 2005 – Duke’s Hall (Royal Academy of Music – London)
Performers of the premiere: Royal Academy Soloists – Clio Gould, director
Royal Academy Soloists, Clio Gould
London 2005
London 2005
Impromptu
for 13 players
Year: 2005
Detailed instrumentation: 13 players » flute, oboe, B-flat clarinet (doubling bass clarinet), bassoon, horn in F, trumpet in C, trombone, percussion (1 player: tubular bells, 5-octave marimba and vibraphone), violin I, violin II, viola, violoncello and double bass
Duration: ca. 9’
Dedication: for Guillaume Bourgogne
Date and place of the premiere: 24th March 2006 – Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Main Auditorium (Lisbon)
Performers of the premiere: Gulbenkian Orchestra – Guillaume Bourgogne, conductor
for 13 players
Year: 2005
Detailed instrumentation: 13 players » flute, oboe, B-flat clarinet (doubling bass clarinet), bassoon, horn in F, trumpet in C, trombone, percussion (1 player: tubular bells, 5-octave marimba and vibraphone), violin I, violin II, viola, violoncello and double bass
Duration: ca. 9’
Dedication: for Guillaume Bourgogne
Date and place of the premiere: 24th March 2006 – Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Main Auditorium (Lisbon)
Performers of the premiere: Gulbenkian Orchestra – Guillaume Bourgogne, conductor
5 Bagatelles
for 8 instruments
I. Calmo
II. Lento, ad libitum
III. Vivo
IV. Molto lento ed espressivo
V. Calmo
Original title in Portuguese: 5 Bagatelas
Year: 2005
Detailed instrumentation: 8 instruments » flute, oboe, B-flat clarinet, bassoon, violin I, violin II, viola and violoncello
Duration: ca. 9’
Dedication: for [ka’mi]
Date and place of the premiere: 1st June 2005 – S. Luiz Theatre, Jardim de Inverno Room (Lisbon)
Performers of the premiere: ESML Contemporary Music Ensemble – Christopher Bochmann, conductor
Other public performances:
24th September 2005 – Centro de Apoio Social de Oeiras Auditorium
the same performers of the premiere
Included in Música Viva Festival / Entr’artes 2005
for 8 instruments
I. Calmo
II. Lento, ad libitum
III. Vivo
IV. Molto lento ed espressivo
V. Calmo
Original title in Portuguese: 5 Bagatelas
Year: 2005
Detailed instrumentation: 8 instruments » flute, oboe, B-flat clarinet, bassoon, violin I, violin II, viola and violoncello
Duration: ca. 9’
Dedication: for [ka’mi]
Date and place of the premiere: 1st June 2005 – S. Luiz Theatre, Jardim de Inverno Room (Lisbon)
Performers of the premiere: ESML Contemporary Music Ensemble – Christopher Bochmann, conductor
Other public performances:
24th September 2005 – Centro de Apoio Social de Oeiras Auditorium
the same performers of the premiere
Included in Música Viva Festival / Entr’artes 2005