Chamber Music

quartet 3

 

Concertino, 1998  
(also known as Concertino or Concerto Grosso)
 
Premiered by members of the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra at the Luis A. Ferre Performing Arts Center, San Juan, Puerto Rico (April 1997) and at Hunter College, New York (April 2001) under the direction of Raymond Torres-Santos.  
 
Inst.: Cl (1), Hn (1), Piano (1), Percussion (1), and Strings  
Duration: 15 min.  
I. Sublime Vision 5:55
II. Palm Trees 8:53
 
 
Cordillera Central: Five Shades of Green, 1980  
(theme and five variations)
 
Premiered by Peter Yates and Douglas Scott at the Schoenberg Hall, University of California at Los Angeles as part of the New Music Series (January 1981).  
 
Inst.: Cl (1) and Cuatro (1) (Puerto Rican String Instrument).  
Duration: 7 min.  
I. Green (Theme) 1:09
II. First shade of green 0:47
III. Second shade of green 1:35
IV. Third shade of green 0:30
V. Fourth shade of green 1:35
VI. Fifth shade of green 1:26
 
 
Divertimento (Tropical Nights), 1996  
(also Danza Tropical)
 
Premiered and commissioned by the New Jersey Chamber Music Society at Upper Montclair and Morristown, New Jersey (April 1996). Also performed by members of the American Composers Orchestra (March 1997), the Bronx Arts Ensemble (1997), Quintet of the Americas (1998) and the USMA West Point Woodwind Quintet at the Storm King Festival, New York (July 2001) and at the West Point Jewish Chapel (March 2002).  
 
Inst.: Fl (1) [also Picc], Ob (1), Cl (1), Bs (1), and Hn (1).  
Duration: 8:17 min.  
 
 
La Guaracha del Macho Camacho, 1983  
 
Premiered by Raymond Torres-Santos and Robert Remstein at the Schoenberg Hall, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) as part of the New Music Series (April 1983). Subsequently, performed by Rubén Sueiras and Rubén Malán at the 2nd Latin American Arts Festival in San Juan, Puerto Rico (October 1984) and at the 1985 Ethnomusicology Society National Convention held at UCLA. A version for two grand pianos was performed by Larry McFatter and Raymond Torres-Santos at the California State University, San Bernardino, as part of the Faculty Artist Series (April 1987).  
 
Version 1:  
Inst.: Acoustic Piano (1) and Electric Piano (modified by Electronics) (1).  
 
Version 2:  
Inst.: Acoustic Pianos (2)  
Duration: 6:36 min.  
 
 
Musica Naturalis, 2006  
 
Commissioned by the North/South Chamber Orchestra. Premiered by the North/South Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Max Lifschitz at Christ & Stephen’s Church in New York City (March 12, 2006).  
 
Inst.: Fl (1), Ob (1), Cl (1), Bs (1), Hn (1) and Strings  
Duration: ca. 25min.  
I. 3:26
II. 4:37
III. 3:23
IV. 4:35
V. 1:32
VI. 2:36
VII. 4:04
 
 
Predatory Gestures, 2001  
 
Commissioned by the Bronx Arts Center in New York. Premiered by Barbara Seisel at the Storm King Music Festival, New York (June 2001). Also performed by Barbara Seisel at the New York Museum, New York City, New York (November 2002).  
 
Inst.: Flute (1) and Prerecorded Sound  
Duration: 7:33 min.  
 
 
Rondo Brillante, 1978  
 
Performed by Raymond Torres-Santos and Henry Hutchinson at the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music (May 1978).  
 
Inst.: Violin and Piano  
Duration: 9:30 min.  
 
 
Sonatina for flute and piano, 1977  
 
Performed by Raymond Torres-Santos at the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music, San Juan, Puerto Rico (May 1977).  
 
Inst.: Flute and Piano.  
Duration: 20:20 min.  
I. Amanecer 6:00
II. Ensueño 3:00
III. Alborada 1:50
IV. Diario vivir 9:30
 
 
Sonatina for violin and piano, 1977  
 
Performed by Raymond Torres-Santos at the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music (May 1977).  
 
Inst.: Violin and Piano.  
Duration: 20:20 min.  
I. Amanecer 6:00
II. Ensueño 3:00
III. Alborada 1:50
IV. Diario vivir 9:30
 
 
String Quartet, 1978  
 

Premiered by the Toccata Ensemble at the Puerto Rico (May 1979) and Spain (June 1979) Institutes of Culture as part of the Encounter of Two Worlds. Subsequently, performed at the Latin American Composers Convention in San Juan, Puerto Rico (August 1979) and by the Almont Ensemble at the California State University, San Bernardino as part of the Faculty Artist Series (May 1988).

Used in the soundtrack of the film, Tortuguero Lagoon.

  
 
Inst.: String Quartet [Vls (2), Vla (1) and Cello (1)]  
Duration: 19:08 min.  
I. Allegro Moderato 7:25
II. Allegro Moderato 4:45
III. Allegro Moderato 7:57
 
 
Summertime, 1982  
 
Premiered by the Villa Rojo Ensemble in San Juan, Puerto Rico (May 1982)  
 
Inst.: Consort of clarinets Eb Cl (1), Bb Cl  (1), Alto Cl (1), Bass Cl (1), Contrabass Cl (1), Vi (1), Cello (1), Percussion, and Piano.  
Duration: 3 min.  
 
 
Trio, No. 1, 1979  
 
Premiered by the San Juan Brass Quintet at the University of Puerto Rico as part of the 1st New Music Encounter (December 1979). Also, performed by the Gabrieli Ensemble as part of the Inter-American Festival of the Arts at the Luis A. Ferre Performance Arts Center, San Juan, Puerto Rico (October 1990).  
 
Inst.: Tp (1), Hn (1), Tb (1).  
Duration: 7:38 min.  
I. Fanfare 1:43
II. Canzona 2:22
III. Fugue 3:33
 
 
Trio, No. 2, 1998  
(see Concertino or Concerto Grosso)
 
Commissioned by the State University of New Jersey, Rutgers for the ensemble-in-residence D'Rivera-Tavares-Zinger Trio (Triángulo). Premiered at the Newark Library, Newark, New Jersey (March 1999).  
 
Version 1:  
Inst.: Cl (1), Cello (1), and Piano (1)  
 
Version 2:  
Inst.: Cl (1), Hn (1), and Piano  
Duration: ca. 15 min.  
I. Sublime Vision 5:55
II. Palm Trees 8:53
 
 
Un jibarito en Nueva York, 1977  
 
Premiered by the Puerto Rico Conservatory String Quartet at the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music, San Juan, Puerto Rico (May 1977).  
 
Inst.: Vls (2), Vla (1) and Cello (1).  
Duration: 3 min.