SAXOFONCROMATICO

Publicacions Clivis presents an edition dedicated to the study of Chromatic Saxophone by Antonio Juarez.
150 Chromatic progression exercises and 60 Chromatic progression studies, with different articulations and formulas 68 years after it was invented, the saxophone is now an essential instrument in jazz, light, popular, and contemporary music and, of course, it has also taken a leading role in serious music in recent decades. The saxophone now has a repertoire of more than 10,000 original and symphonic compositions.


Which this work based on the chromatic scale, is to contribute a little of my modest knowledge so that saxophone professionals wishing to improve and enhance fingering techniques throughout the instrument’s range will find here the possibility of achieving this.
Author: Antonio Juárez Bayón.

"Nocturno Sevillano" by Agusti Borgunyó performed by the Barcelona Orchestra

The composer Agustí Borgunyó (1894-1967), from 1934 he worked for Alfred Wallenstein (who would later be the director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra) who asked him to compose pieces with the Hispanic flavour that had become so popular following the international success of Manuel de Falla. During that period and with this objective, Borgunyó composed the Suite per a viola, which included a movement entitled Gitanerías, and other works with a clearly Hispanic air, such as Danza ibérica, Nocturno sevillano or the Suite ibérica.
This work, alongside Don Juan by Strauss and Pictures at an exhibition by Mussorsky will be interpreted by the Barcelona Symphony and Catalonia National under the baton of Eiji Oue, the next 21, 22, 23 and May 25 at the Auditorium of Barcelona. You might also hear the same program 26 in Tarragona, 27 Lleida, Girona and finally to 28 on June 11 in Valencia.

MUSIKMESSE 2010

CLIVIS Publicacions will be aa the Musikmesse Frankfurt from 24 to 27 March, presenting each year as new editions of works by Catalan composers. (Hall 3.1 D22)
You can see the new editions on ISSUU

Suite for Orchestra by Lluís Benejam

The premiere of the Suite for Orchestra by Lluís Benejam, Orchestra Barcelona and Catalonia directed by James Judd at L'Auditori in Barcelona, on 15, 16 and January 17, 2010 proved a remarkable success.
Reproduce the feature published in La Vanguardia, the critic Jorrge de Persia on this release.
"The attraction of the concert was the Suite Benejam Lluís (1914-1968), Catalan composer emigrated to the U.S., in a move that also involved Xancó, Suriñach (cellist). A piece of plain language, and some American sounding Hollywood tinge, with fantastic resources and above all rhythmic and melodic color, culminating with a Spanish touch sensitive. The funny thing is that we know so little about this musician. The program fails to date the date of this work, where is find your file? We are in a very hazy memory of our little systematic exercise and recovery, something essential for a self-respecting culture. What do we expect? "

It is available in music stores, the new edition of Sonata 1 Benejam Lluís, and Transcriber Victor Manuel Morales says in the prologue ...
After tackling the transcription for flute of Sonata nr. 1 for violin and piano (1951) by Lluís Benejam, I have carefully revised the first edition together with this one, comparing them with the facsimile in order to avoid errors and clarify certain passages that were open to doubt (very few actually, because in general the composer has a very clear way of writing and there is hardly any crossing-out). The fact that the only available edition of the piece is the Clivis Publications edition has made this commitment even greater.

F. Fleta Polo

F. Fleta Polo • Five Concertante duets for violin and piano (Vol. 2) 4 • 5

As a string instrumentalist, Francisco Fleta Polo has always shown a special fondness of the instruments within this family and they are the protagonists of the majority of his works. In recent years, particularly since 2005, Fleta has composed a series of duet concertos for string instruments and piano: five for violin, five for viola, five for cello and one (in two movements) for double bass. (Clivis published or forthcoming)

Concertante duets for violin and piano 4 and 5 are dedicated in memoriam of Francesc Puertas, a great friend of the composer since the time they studied together in the Conservatory of Barcelona (they both graduated in violin, viola and trumpet), and the predecessor of a lineage of musicians. Far from conjuring the absent friend through nostalgic memories, the nature of the duets conveys the strength and energy that they shared when making music. 

Duet number 4 presents an initial movement in which an arpeggiated figure alternates with a rhythmic theme in double chords, whilst the second movement stands out thanks to the use of the violin’s entire tessitura. 

David Puertas

Musician and Journalist

ALEJANDRO CIVILOTTI

Alejandro Civilotti premiere at the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires. 

The Spanish-Argentine composer debut AURIS CONCERTUM the symphony for cello and orchestra, at the Teatro Colón, one of the most significant places in Argentina. 

The solo part is on the cellist Eduardo Vassallo, soloist of Birmingham Orchestra. 

The program shall consist of Villalobos, and Civilotti and Stravinsky will be held on 2 July 2009.