A new edition of CONTEMPORANEUS is back, the festival of new music that the Contemporaneus Association has been organizing in Reus since 2023. My friend and sound adventures buddy, the composer and sound artist Joan Bagés i Rubí, and I co-direct it. The festival The third edition of CONTEMPORANEUS has grown in both duration and … Leer más
Picture from Turismo Donostia (San Sebastián) Each one of the five parts or forges of A CHILLIDA is an absolutely amazing sample of extended techniques on the baritone and colouring on the electronics part. Simply spectacular! The Composer MERCÈ CAPDEVILA (Barcelona, 1946) studied at the Conservatori Superior Municipal de Música and, simultaneously, Plastic Arts at … Leer más
Image from video recording of the work in 2011 OXYTON is indeed a masterpiece of the contemporary repertoire for baritone saxophone. For this reason, I decided to open my first solo album BELIEVER (INS Records, 2015) with this impressive work. Indispensable! The composer CHRISTOPHE HAVEL (1956), a formed saxophone player, leads an intense activity as … Leer más
Picture from the album “Made in BCN” (LMG-2154, 2018). ©Jesús Llungueras In this post, I want to highlight the original version of VIA, composed in 2013 for solo baritone saxophone. This version includes theatrical elements that add an extra appeal. I encourage you to discover it! The Composer JOAN MAGRANÉ (Reus, 1988) received his first … Leer más
Cover of the edition in Gérard Billaudot, Paris (FRA) It is a brilliant work, with many advanced techniques on the baritone that requires a good work on chamber music, as well. You will enjoy! The composer ALAIN MARGONI (Neuilly-Plaisance, France, 1934) is a composer, conductor, teacher, pianist, musicologist, lecturer and essayist. He is versatile musician … Leer más
Design for the booklet of “Made in BCN” (LMG-2154) by Jesús Llungueras TIME FIELDS 1 is one of the most challenging works for baritone saxophone I know. In addition to its high technical difficulty, a copious amount of energy and performing skills are required to play this a such intense and complex work. The composer … Leer más
Picture by Anna Guardiola This short and beautiful work originally composed for baritone saxophone solo is, as composer says, “the sounding result of a personal reflection upon the relationship between man and nature”. I love to play music by composers committed to their time. The Composer As a composer, ENRIC RIU (Barcelona, 1968) is a … Leer más
, Detail from the album MADE IN BCN (La Mà de Guido, LMG-2154) Both versions of this work belong to the series of Sound Portraits (solo instrumental pieces) that ENRIC RIU developed in his investigations mid the 2010’s. The main concern in each one of these works is to find paths to break the existing … Leer más
Cover of the printed edition It is a very well organized work that reflects an obsessive music, plenty of imagination and specific technical resources of the baritone saxophone. (Francesc Taverna-Bech, composer) The Composer ANTONIO VELASCO POLONIO (L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, 1964) studied guitar, choral conduction and composition in Barcelona and the UK (London and Camford). Some … Leer más