Works

I-Romance... d'hommage à Copland II-Elegie... d'hommage à Lutoslawski III-Lied... d'hommage à Schumann

Instrumentation (detailed)

Winds and Brass	Alto Flute (Oboe d'Amore, Clarinet in A, Soprano Saxophone)
Keyboards	Piano

Trois Pièces d'Hommage are actually three small études on specific sonorities. In fact the first intended title was «3 Studies of Sonority», but as the process of composition evolved the influence of specific composers on each of the pieces became evermore obvious to the point that I decided those influences should be reflected in the titles of every one of the movements. Each one of this reflects also my acknowledgement of the mentioned composers and some particularity in their oeuvre: the first, for instance, takes as it's germ a single moment of dissonance in Copland's «Clarinet Concerto» initial movement; the second the incredible polyrhythms and sometimes harsh polytonality of Lutoslawski's «Dance Preludes»; and the last, again one particular moment in the beginning of Schumann's initial lieder from «Dichterliebe» cycle, where to the note sung by the voice the piano answers with a completely diverse harmony. An additional sound particularity of these pieces is the use of less common instruments as recitalists alternatives (Alto flute, Oboe d'amore, A-Clarinet or Soprano saxophone), this way giving even more sense to the "sonority studies" idea that ruled the initial plan for this small cycle.

Work	Type	Date	Organization/Event	Venue	Town	Country	Performers	Notes	Inv Row
Trois Pièces d'Hommage	Performance	2012/Sep/20		Teatro Municipal da Guarda	Guarda	Portugal	Jorge Salgado Correia, flute Helena Marinho, piano	Notes
Trois Pièces d'Hommage	Performance	2012/Jun/27	2º Encontro Internacional de Música de Câmara da Universidade de Évora	Evora University	Evora	Portugal	Jorge Salgado Correia, flute Helena Marinho, piano	Notes	premiere of the version for alto-flute and piano
premiere of the version for alto-flute and piano
Trois Pièces d'Hommage	Performance	2012/Apr/29		Centro Cultural da Bairrada	Bairrada	Portugal	Henrique Portovedo, saxophone David Knotts, piano	Notes	premiere of the version for Soprano Saxophone and Piano
premiere of the version for Soprano Saxophone and Piano
Trois Pièces d'Hommage	Performance	2012/Feb/10		Clube Literário do Porto	Oporto	Portugal	Samuel Bastos, oboé David Silva, piano	Notes	premiere of the version for oboe and piano
premiere of the version for oboe and piano
Trois Pièces d'Hommage	Performance	2008/Dec/06		Fernando Lopes-Graça Auditorium	Tomar	Portugal	Filipe Pereira (clarinet), Natalia Riabova (piano)	Notes
Trois Pièces d'Hommage	Premiere	2000/Nov/01					Luís Carvalho - clarinet Marian Pivka - piano	Notes
Trois Pièces d'Hommage	Partial premiere	1997/Oct/01					Luís Carvalho - clarinet Rui Pinheiro - piano	Notes	Romance and Elegie
Romance and Elegie