Louis Aguirre

Ibeyi II

Dedicated to Matthijs Koene

op. 48

2006

Scoring

pan flute amplified

Duration

11 min

Genre

Music for solo instruments

Acharbá

Oru a Yemayá

Dedicated to Carlos Gálvez

op. 51

2007

Scoring

bass clarinet (B flat) amplified

Duration

11 min

Genre

Music for solo instruments

Text / Libretto

Fragments of Ancient Yoruba prayers

Yalodde III

Dedicated to Enric Monfort and B.C. Manjunath

op. 62

2008

Scoring

2 percussionists

Duration

11 min

Genre

Chamber music

Premiere

12/12/2008, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Enric Monfort (Iyá), B.C. Manjunath (Mridangan)

Alegoría I

op. 11

1992

2006

Scoring

double-bass

Duration

12 min

Genre

Music for solo instruments

Creation

Revision: 2006

Premiere

10/1994, IX International Havana Festival, Havana, Cuba. Yusleidys Hernandez (double-bass)

Annotation

First prize of the Cuban’s Artists and Composers’ Society 1993

—

First prize of the Cuban’s National Center of Art Schools 1994

IYÁ

Homenaje a Alejandro García Caturla

op. 24

1999

2011

Scoring

guitar

Duration

12 min

Genre

Music for solo instruments

Creation

Revision: 2011

Premiere

12/02/2000, Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg, Denmark. Karl Petersen (guitar)

Breathe With Me This Fear

Dedicated to Jeanett Poulsen

op. 29

2003

Scoring

soprano, bass recorder, alto recorder, flute, microtonal guitar, 2 pianos (piano I microtonally tuned), percussion

Duration

12 min

Genre

Chamber music

Text / Libretto

E.E. Cummings

Premiere

06/13/2003, Amsterdam Conservatory, Ellington Zaal, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Natsuko Arai (soprano), ensemble, Conductor: Louis Aguirre

Nfumbi

Liturgia de la Palabra Divina

op. 42

2005

Scoring

soprano, bass clarinet (B flat), violin, violoncello, piano, percussion

Duration

12 min

Genre

Chamber music

Text / Libretto

Ancient Bantú prayer

Premiere

05/20/2006, Esbjerg Conservatory, Denmark. Malene Bichel (soprano), Esbjerg Ensemble, Conductor: Jesper Nordin

Egungun

A mis Egguns, a mi madre Yemayá

Dedicated to Kimbala Percussion group

op. 49

2006-2007

Scoring

6 percussionists

Duration

12 min

Genre

Chamber music

Text / Libretto

Ancient Yoruba prayers

Premiere

04/22/2007, Teatro de Polinyá de Xúquer, Valencia, Spain. Kimbala Percussion Group

Fractal 2

op. 57

1992

2008/2009

Scoring

piano solo

Duration

12 min

Genre

Music for solo instruments

IDEA I

op. 64

1987

2009

Scoring

soprano saxophone + alto saxophone, piano

Duration

12 min

Genre

Chamber music

Premiere

11/28/2010, Aalborg Conservatory, Denmark. Pia Munch (saxophone), August munk Berg (piano)