- 2hn - timp - strings (some basses with C extension) Singers: Fox Rose (soprano), Wolf Diogo (bass), speaker, children's choir Text: Antonio Pires Cabral Language: Portuguese Commission: Porto National Orchestra First Performance: 20.12.02, S.John National Theater, Oporto: Angélica Neto / Jorge Vaz de Carvalho / Paulo Pires / C.P.O.
Children's Choir / Porto National Orchestra / Joao Paulo Santos 2004 children's opera in two acts and sixteen scenes for five singers and orchestra Opus: 47 Duration (minutes) 65 Instrumentation: 1(picc).1(ca).1(bcl).1(cbsn).sax(ssax) - 2hn - perc(1) - guit - harp - pno - strings (some basses with C extension) Singers: Isabel (soprano), Dwarf (bass), Bandit (baritone), Wise man (baritone), Music Teacher (tenor), Tree (speaker), children's choir, male choir (ad libitum) Text: Ana Maria Magalhaes and Isabel Alçada after Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen Language: Portuguese Commission: Teatro Nacional de São Carlos (Portuguese National Opera House) First Performance: 28.2.04, Sao Luiz Theater, Lisbon: Angelica Neto / Jose Corvelo / Armando Possante / Rui Baeta / National Conservatoire Children's Choir / Portuguese Symphony Orchestra / Joao Paulo Santos 2010 music drama in one act and one scene for soprano, mezzo, chorus and orchestra Opus: 58 Duration (minutes) 13 Instrumentation: 2hn - timp - strings (some basses with C extension) Singers: Death (soprano), Providence (mezzo), mixed choir Libreto: João Botelho after Bernardo Soares's text (one of Fernando Pessoa heteronyms) Funeral march for Ludwig II of Bavaria (in The Book of Disquiet - 1920's ~ 30's) Language: Portuguese Commission: AR DE FILMES First Performance: 13.12.2010, open space, Sintra Forest (the Glorious Eden, quoting Byron) 2009-2010 opera in three acts and thirty scenes for eight singers and orchestra Opus: 60 Duration (minutes) 120 Instrumentation: 1(picc).1(ca).2(bcl).2(cbsn) - 4hn.
2004 Singers: baritone, mixed choir, orchestra Instrumentation: 4 French horns - harp - strings (basses with C extension) Opus: 48 Commission: Passos Canavarro Foundation Duration (minutes) 50 Text: Latin Catholic Requiem Mass Language: Latin First Performance: 18.1.06, Graca Church, Santarém: Jorge Vaz de Carvalho (baritone), Lisboa Cantat Choir, Porto National Orchestra, Joao Paulo Santos 2023 Singers: mixed choir, large orchestra Instrumentation: 2(2=picc).2(2=ca).2.2 - 2.2.2.1 - perc(2) - pno - strings (basses with C extension) Opus: 82 Commission: Teatro Nacional de São Carlos Duration (minutes) 12 Text: Popular Language: languages from Timor and Angola; Portuguese First Performance: March 9, 2024, Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, Lisbon: São Carlos Choir, Portuguese Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pirolli
1997 SATB a-cappella Duration (minutes) 7 First Performance: 3.11.98, Southwarck Cathedral, London: Lisbon Chamber Choir, Teresita Gutierrez Marques First Recording: Numerica, NUM 1083: Lisbon Chamber Choir, Teresita Gutierrez Marques 2006 SATB a-cappella Opus: 50 Duration (minutes) 16 Text: Latin Catholic Mass Language: Latin First Performance: 28.9.06, St. Cyprian Church, London: Helios Voices, Sergio Fontao 2007 SATB / Organ Opus: 52 Duration (minutes) 12 Text: Stabat Mater and Salve Regina Language: Latin Commission: Lisbon Classical University First Performance: 16.6.07, Sao Roque Church, Lisbon: Lisbon University Chamber Choir, David Cranmer, Jose Robert 2008 Singers: baritone, chamber choir (ssaattbb) Instrumentation: 1(picc).1(ca).1(bcl) - 1.1(A picc, flugelh) - perc(1) - harp - pno - 2 vl.vla.vc.db (with C extension) Opus: 54 Duration (minutes) 25 Text: Stabat Mater and Deus Benino (Luis de Camões) Language: Latin and Portuguese Commission: Belém Cultural Center (CCB) First Performance: 18.3.08, Belém Cultural Center, Lisbon: Armando Possante, Olisipo Choir, OrchestrUtopica, Cesario Costa
Opus: 57 Duration (minutes) 18 Commission: Torres Vedras's Municipal Council First Performance: 27.11.09, Torres Vedras Auditorium: Ensemble Darcos Conductors Stefan Asbury, Vasco Azevedo, Joana Carneiro, Pedro Carneiro, Simon Carrington, Nuno Corte-Real, Cesario Costa, Osvaldo Ferreira, Flavio Florence, Mark Foster, Patrick Gallois, Miguel Graca-Moura, Pablo Heras-Casado, Antonio Lourenco, Vytautas Lukocius, Wojciech Michniewski, Misha Rachlevsky, Donato Renzetti, Joao Paulo Santos, Joao Tiago Santos, Ernst Schelle, Brian Schembri, Nils Schweckendiek, Marc Tardue, Cara Tasher, Tapio Tuomela, Maciej Zoltowski Orchestras Porto National Orchestra, Portuguese Symphony Orchestra, Lisbon Sinfonietta, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra, Orchestre des Pays de Savoie, Deutsche Oper Berlin Chamber Orchestra, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Brazilian Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra Kremlin, Finnish Uusinta Kamariorkesteri, Jyväskylä Sinfonia, S.Petersburg Kapella Symphony Orchestra Ensembles Remix Ensemble, OrchestrUtopica, Grupo de Musica Contemporanea de Lisboa, Opus Ensemble, Ensemble Darcos, Galliard Ensemble, Chilingirian String Quartet, New Zealand String Quartet, Carion Woodwind Quintet, Ensemble Mediterrain, Matosinhos String Quartet, SONOR Ensemble Choirs MDR Rundfunkchor (Philipp Ahmann), The University of Michigan Men's Glee Club (Eugene Rogers), UNF Chamber Singers (Cara Tasher), Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir (Daniel Reuss), Gulbenkian Choir (Joana Carneiro), Ars Nova Vocal Ensemble (Katalin Kiss), Coro Casa da Musica (Simon Carrington), Coral de Letras da Universidade do Porto (Borges Coelho)