Louis Aguirre

Oggún

Requiem for solo organ

Dedicated to Ere Lievonen

op. 34

2004

2005

Scoring

organ

Duration

21 min

Genre

Music for solo instruments

Creation

Revision: 2005

Premiere

09/10/2004, International Gaudeamus Week, Westerkerk, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Ere Lievonen (organ)

Aluyá

op. 36

2004

Scoring

double-bass amplified

Duration

21 min

Genre

Music for solo instruments

Gardens of the Beloved

Five Tropes for solo alto flute

Dedicated to Karolina Leedo

op. 61

2008

Scoring

alto flute (G)

Duration

21 min

Genre

Music for solo instruments

Text / Libretto

Rumi

Premiere

12/19/2008, Aalborg Kloster, Denmark. Karolina Leedo (flute)

Liturgias de Igbodú

Dedicated to Mina Fred

op. 74

2011

Scoring

viola amplified

Duration

21 min

Genre

Music for solo instruments

Oggún-Oniré

pour Orchestre de Bois, Cuivres, et Percussions

op. 63

2008

Scoring

orchestra:piccolo flute, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, clarinet (E flat), 3 clarinets (B flat), bass clarinet (B flat), contrabass clarinet (B flat), 2 saxophones, 2 bassoons, double bassoon, 4 horns, 2 cornets, 3 trumpets (C), 3 trombones, euphonium, tuba (contrabass tuba) (E flat), contrabass tuba, 8 percussionists

Duration

22 min

Genre

Orchestral music

Funding

Danish Statens Kunstfond

The Garden of Heaven

Dedicated to Leonora Aguirre, my daugther

op. 72

2010

Scoring

orchestra

Duration

24 min

Genre

Orchestral music

Commission

Santiago de Cuba Symphony Orchestra

Funding

Dansk Komponist Forening

Premiere

10/30/2010, Salón de los Vitrales, Plaza de la Revolución, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. Santiago de Cuba Symphony Orchestra, Conductor: Louis Aguirre

Agnus Dei

Orun a Oggún y Obbamoró

op. 41

2005

in progress

Scoring

brass, 2 percussionists

Duration

26 min

Genre

Orchestral music

Creation

Revision: in progress

Premiere

10/29/2005, Global Lokal Festival, Århus Conservatory, Denmark. DJM Brass ensemble, Conductor: Louis Aguirre

Concierto para Trío Clásico

Dedicated to Tulio Peramo

op. 6

1987/0088

Scoring

violin, violoncello, piano

Duration

27 min

Genre

Chamber music

Premiere

10/05/1993, VIII International Havana Festival, Sala Villenas, UNEAC, Havana, Cuba. Zenon Diaz (violin), Carmen R. Rodriguez (violoncello), Ofelia Montalvan (piano)

Annotation

First prize of the Cuban’s Artists and Composers’ Society (UNEAC) 1988

Ebbó

Chamber opera - oratorium

op. 23

1998

in progress

Scoring

soprano, narrator, dancer, ensemble

Duration

27 min

Genre

Theatre music

Creation

Revision: in progress

Text / Libretto

Rafael Almanza, after an ancient African legend

Premiere

01/17/1999, Brotfabrik Theater, Bonn, Germany. Maria Jonas (soprano), Camaguey Festival Ensemble, Conductor: Bernd Hänschke

Oyá

op. 75

2011

Scoring

2 alto saxophones (E flat)

Duration

27:33

Genre

Chamber music

Commission

Claus Olesen and Kasper Hemmer Pihl

Funding

Danish Statens Kunstfond