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ORCHESTRA

ORCHESTRA

American Nocturnes
Symphonic Band
2019
12
UYMP
Cassini
Symphony Orchestra 3.3.3.3. / 4.3.3.1. / timp., 3 perc. / Hrp., Cel. / strings
2018
11´
UYMP
The Blue Voice of the Water
Symphony Orchestra 3.3.3.3. | 4.3.3.1. | Timp. | 3 perc. | Hrp. | Pno. | Strings
2015
13´
UYMP
Incipit
Symphony Orchestra 4.3.4.3.|4.3.3.1.| Timp. | 4 perc. | pno (=Cel.). Hrp. | Strings
2015
11´
UYMP
Frisland
Symphony Orchestra: 3.3.3.3.|4.3.3.1.|Timp. 3 perc. | Hrp. | Strings
2014
10´40"
UYMP
Before Spring (B)
Symphony Orchestra (original version for chamber ensemble, 2010)2.2.2.2. / 2.2.2.0. / timp., 2 perc. / Pno / strings
2013
10´
UYMP
Festive Overture
Symphony Orchestra 3.3.3.3. / 4.3.3.1. / timp., 2 perc. / Hrp., strings
2012/2013
4´30"
UYMP
Cercle Intérieur
Symphony Orchestra 3.3.3.3. / 4.4.4.1. / 16.14.12.10.8
2012
10´
UYMP
Antipode (B)
Version for orchestra - 2.2 (2nd = cor Ang). 2 (2nd = Bass cl). 2. | 2.1.0.0. | 1 vibr. | strings
2008
UYMP
Ascent
Symphony Orchestra 3.3.3.3. / 4.3.3.1. / timp., 3 perc. / Hrp., Pno / Strings
2006/2007
UYMP
Tracing the memory
Orchestra 2.2.2.2 / 2.2.1.0 / 1perc. + timp / Hrp / Cel. / Strings
2004/2005
13´
UYMP
Zapping
Orchestra 2.2.2.2. | 2.2.1 | 3perc. | 10.8.6.5.4
2004
4´33"
UYMP
Qalbî ‘arabî – os viajantes da noite(text: Luso-Arabic poetry /transl. by Adalberto Alves)
String orchestra (5.4.3.2.1) and vocal quintet (2Sopr; 1Mezzo; 1Ten; 1Bar)
2002
14´15"
UYMP
Round Time
Orchestra 4.4.4.4 / 4.3.3.1 / 3perc. + timp / Hrp / Pf / Cel. / 16.14.12.10.8note: also available in triple winds
2002
14´
UYMP
Chant for East Timor
Chamber string orchestra 4.4.3.2.1
1998
9´30"
UYMP
Perpetuum
Symphony Orchestra 3.3.4.3. | 4.2.3.1. | 3Perc. 1 Cel. 1 Hrp. 1 Pno. 16.14.12.10.8.
1996
12´
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OPERA / STAGE WORKS

OPERA / STAGE WORKS

Centauro – Quíron(Ballet)
Chamber Orchestra - 1.1.2.1.|1.1.1.|2 perc. | 2 pno. | strings
2016
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Lídia (Ballet)
Chamber Orchestra - 1.1.2.1.-1.1.1.-2perc.-hrp-2.1.1.1
2014
47´
UYMP
Paint Me (opera - libretto by Stephen Plaice)
Six singers and chamber orchestra2 sopr, 1 mezzo, 1 ten, 1 bar, 1 bass/bar – 1 fl (=picc & bass fl), 1 ob (=cor ang), 2cl (2nd= Bcl), 1 bn (=Cbn), 1 Hn, 1 tpt, 1 tbn, 1 hrp, 1pmo, 2 perc, 2 vl, 2 vle, 2 vc, 1cb
2010
60´
UYMP
Evil Machines (opera - libretto by Terry Jones)
12 singers and chamber orchestra5 sopr., 4 ten., 2 bar., 1 bass.2 fl (2nd=picc), 2ob (2nd=cor anglais), 2 Bb cl, (2nd=bass clarinet), 2 bn (2nd=Cbn), 2 horn in f, 2 trumpet in c (2nd=trumpet in e-flat), 1 tbn, 3 perc, 1 hrp, 1 pno, 2 vl, 2 vla, 2 vc, 1 cb
2007
70´
UYMP
WORKS WITH SLOLOISTS

WORKS WITH SOLOIST(S)

Cello Concerto No.2
Cello and large chamber ensemble: 1.1.1.1 – 1.1.1.0. – 2 perc. – herp. - pno – accordion – solo cello – 2.2.2.2.1.
2024
17´
Artway
Ends Meet (D)
Accordion and string orchestra
2023
10´
UYMP
Accordion Concerto
Accordion and Orchestra - 2.2 (2nd=cor ang).3 (3rd / bass cl).2 (2nd=cbn)  |  2.2.2.1  |  3Perc | Hp + Cel | Accordion/soloist | Strings 
2023
20´
Artway
Canções de Trabalho
Voice & Orchestra 2.2.2.2. | 2.2.1.0. | timp+2perc | voice | 12.10.8.6.4
2022
19´
UYMP
Kokyuu – Concerto for Saxophone Alto and Orchestra
Alto saxophone and Orchestra 2.2.2.2 | 2.2.2.1 |timp + 1 perc. |alto sax | strings
2020
18´
UYMP
Entre Silêncios – Concerto de Clarinete
Clarinet and Orchestra 2.2.2.2. / 2.2.1.0. / timp., 2 perc. / Hrp. / clarinet (soloist) / strings
2019
18´
UYMP
The Way of Theseus – Two Pictures for Saxophone and Wind Orchestra
Sax sopr, Sax baritone, wind orchestra.MOV 1: 1 picc. 2fl,2ob, 1corAng, 1clEb, 9clBb, 1Bcl, 2bn, 2saxAlto, 2saxTen, 1saxBar, 1 sax sopr (soloist), 4Hn, 3tpt, 2tbn, 1Btbn, 1euph, 1tba, 1Cb, Timp., 3 perc - MOV 2: same except for soloist = sax bar
2017/2018
17´00"
UYMP
Cello Concerto
Cello and Orchestra - 2.2.3.2. | 2.2.2.1. | 2 perc.| 1 hrp| 1 pno. | 10.8.6.6.4
2016/2017
25´00"
UYMP
Ends Meet (B)
For marimba and string ensemble (original version for marimba and string quartet, 2002)
2014
16´30"
UYMP
Horn Concerto
Horn and Symphony Orchestra 2.2.2.2. / 2.2.1.1. / timp., 1 perc. / F Hn soloist / strings
2013
13´
UYMP
Canções do Sonhador Solitário (text by Almeida Faria)
Soprano & Orchestra 2.2.3.2. / 2.2.1.0 /timp., 3 perc. / Hrp., Cel, Pno / soprano soloist / strings
2011/2012
20´
UYMP
Shadow Play
Erhu and Orchestra 2.2.3.2. / 2.2.1.1. / timp., 2 perc. / Hrp., Pno / Erhu soloist / strings
2011
12´
UYMP
Os Passeios do Sonhador Solitário (text by Almeida Faria)
Soprano, narrator,children’s choir, electronics and orchestra 2.2.3. 1 sax. 2. / 2.2.1.0. / timp., 3 perc. / Hrp., Cel., Pno / soprano soloist; narrator / children voices / strings
2011
40´
UYMP
Spam!
Male voice and chamber ensemble: fl., ob., 2 cl. (2nd = bass cl.), bn., F.hn., tpt., tbn., 2 perc., pno., male voice., 2 vl., vla., vc., db.
2009
16´20"
UYMP
From the Depth of Distance(texts by Walt Whitman and Álvaro de Campos[F.Pessoa])
Soprano and Symphony Orchestra 2(2nd=picc).2(2nd=ca).1.1(bcl).2 / 2.2.0.0 / 2perc / sop / strings
2008
16´
UYMP
Search Songs (texts by Alexander Search[Fernando Pessoa])
Soprano and Symphony Orchestra 3.3.3.3. / 4.3.3.1. / timp., 3 perc. / Hrp., Pno = Cel. / strings
2007
15´
UYMP
Fantastic Tales(text: Terry Jones)Note: available on English,Portuguese and Spanish versions
Narrator e Orchestra 2.2.2.2 / 2.2.1.0 / 3perc./ Hrp / Pno. / Strings
2005/2006
35´
UYMP
Diptych for piano and orchestra
Piano and Orchestra 3.3.3.3 / 4.2.3.1 / 3 perc. + timp / Hrp / Cel. / Pno (solo) / Strings
2004/2005
17´
UYMP
SOLO INSTRUMENT

SOLO INSTRUMENT

Mind the Gap (C)
Version for accordion solo
2024
UYMP
Dreaming of the Unseen (B)
Version for accordion solo
2024
Artway
Prolonging
Violoncello solo
2021
UYMP
Archipelago
Vibraphone and wa-wa tubes
2019
UYMP
Mind the Gap (B)
Version for piano solo
2009
UYMP
The Delirium of My Desire – a Consequenza for solo flute, in memoriam Luciano Berio
Flute solo
2006
3´40"
UYMP
Solonely
Contrabass and Electronics
2002
10´15"
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Mind the Gap
5 octaves´Marimba solo
1999/2000
UYMP
CHAMBER WORKS

CHAMBER WORKS

O céu, de opacas sombras(text by Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage)
Voice and piano
2025
Artway
Tribulations(text by Samuel Usque, translated to English by Martin A. Cohen)
Voice (sopr), Cl.,Vl.,Vc. Cbx., Pno
2024
16´
Artway
Out of Order
Two pianos
2024
7´30"
Artway
Ends Meet (E)
Version for accordion and string quartet
2023
10´
UYMP
Dreaming of the Unseen
Saxophone quartet
2023
Artway
Ends Meet (C)
Vibraphone and string quartet
2021
10´
UYMP
Short Cuts (J)
Short Cuts version for 1 percussion and string quartet
2021
UYMP
From the Branches to the Root
Clarinet & String Quartet
2020
22´
UYMP
Spiralling
Three percussionists (two vibraphones, only)
2020
10´
UYMP
Aleppo
Violin, Clarinet, Piano
2019
12´
UYMP
Genetically Modified Fados
Percussion Quartet + tape
2018
11´
UYMP
Short Cuts (H)
Short Cuts version for saxophone octet
2017
UYMP
Fogo (text by Almeida Faria)
Soprano and piano
2016
2´40"
UYMP
O Relógio (text by Salette Tavares)
For male voice and piano
2014
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Short Cuts (F)
Short Cuts version for percussion quartet
2010
UYMP
Zoom in – Zoom Out
Two marimbas (with pedal bass drum) and vibraphone
2010
7´30"
UYMP
Shadow Antiphonies
Two recorders and marimba
2009
5´30"
UYMP
O Silêncio e as Pedras
Fl., cl. (=bass cl.), vl., vc., pno. + live electronics
2008
10´
UYMP
King George I, as Seen in Schiaparelli's Telescope, Sailing his Barge upon Martian Canals
Flute, percussion (including Indonesian bonang) and live electronics
2008
8
UYMP
Steel Factory
Steel drums ensemble + multiple percussions (4 players)
2006
10´
UYMP
Diversion
Snare drum., Gtr., + two unspecified instruments
2005
2´30"
UYMP
Labyrinth
Ob (=C.Ing.), Cl (solo), Fag., Tpa., Vln., Vla., Vc., Cb.
2005
7´30"
UYMP
Short Cuts
Saxophone quartet 2 sopr.; 1 ten.; 1 bar.
2003-2004
UYMP
Imaginary Dancescape –a melodrumming after Cocteau (text: Jean Cocteau)
Baritone and percussion quintet
2003
17´
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Ends Meet
String quartet and marimba
2001-2002
10´30"
UYMP
The Drift of the Waters
Wind quartet Fl.; Ob. d’amore (c.ing); Cl.; Fag
2001
UYMP
Três Poemas do Oriente(original text by Camilo Pessanha in Portuguese)
Fl. (alto); Cl. (Cl. Bx.), Perc.; Hrp.; Pf.; Soprano
2001
10´
UYMP
Light - Distance
Wind quintet Fl.(picc+alto) Ob.(c.ing) Cl.(cl.bx) Fag. Tpa.
2000
10´
UYMP
...the Fertile Land
Tpt 1 e 2, Tpa, Tbn. Tuba.
1999
11´50"
UYMP
Autumn Wind
Wind quintet Fl.(picc+alto) Ob. Cl. Fag. Tpa.
1998
10´
UYMP
Forgotten Places
Piano, Vl. Vla. Vc.
1998
18´
UYMP
A Way to Silence
Fl. Cl. Fag. Tpa. Tbn. Vl. Vla. Vc.
1997
13´30"
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Triptych
Violin and Piano
1997
6´30"
DGArtes Ministério da Cultura
Secret Green
Saxophone alto and Piano (also available version for Bb clarinet and piano)
1997
7´30"
Musicoteca
String Quartet
Vls 1 e 2, Vla, Vc
1995
14´
C.M.Cascais
Short Cuts (E)
Version for clarinet quartet
(2008)
UYMP
Short Cuts (D)
Version for clarinet quartet and 1 perc. (mar. And vibr.)
(2008)
UYMP
Short Cuts (C)
Short Cuts transcription for 2 Cl., 1 Sax Ten., 1 Cl Bx., 2 vibr., 1 mar., 1 pno
(2005)
UYMP
Short Cuts (B)
Short Cuts transcription for sax quartet, 2 vibr., 1 mar., 1 pno
(2005)
UYMP
CHORAL WORKS

CHORAL WORKS

Ink Dance (text by Yvette K. Centeno)
Mixed choir
2012
3´20"
UYMP
Descubro a Voz(text by José Luís Tinoco)
Mixed Choir
2007
UYMP
Round Time Poems
Male Choir
1999
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LARG ENSSEMBLE

LARGE ENSEMBLE

Das Murmeln der Zeit
13 players: Fl, Ob, Bass Cl, F Hn, 2 Perc, Hrp, Pf, 2 Vl, Vla, Vc, Cb
2021
UYMP
Before Spring
fl. (=picc. and alto), ob. (=cor Ang), 2 cl. (2nd = bass cl), bn. (=Cbn), F Hn, Tpt Bb, Tbn., 2 perc., 1 pf., 2 vln., 1 vla., 1 vc. 1 Db.
2010
UYMP
Sea of Tranquillity
Two speakers and chamber ensemble: fl., ob., cl., sax alt., sax bar., bn., F.hn., tpt., tbn., pno., 2 voices., 2 vl., vla., vc., db.
2009
12´
UYMP
Hovering Over
Fl. (=picc); Cl. (=Cl.Bx); Fg. (=C.Fg); Tpa; Tr (=Fluegel); 2Perc.; Hrp.; Pf.; 2Vl; 2Vla.; 2Vc.; Cb.
2004
12´00"
UYMP
Invention on Landscape
Fl. (picc); Ob. (C.I.); Cl.; Fg; Tpa;Tr; Tbn.; 2Perc.; Pf.; 2Vl; Vla.; Vc.; Cb.
2001
UYMP
Antipode
Fl. Ob. Cl. B.Cl. Fag. Tpa. Tp. Tbn.Perc. Pf. Vl.1 Vl.2 Vla. Vc. Cb
1999/2000
UYMP
Sundance Sequence
Fl. Cl. Fag. Tpa. Tbn. Perc. Pno. Vl. Vla. Vc. Cb.
1999
11´
UYMP
MULTIMEDIA WORKS

MULTIMEDIA WORKS

Soundless Coast
Jazz orchestra and film projection
2013
5´30"
UYMP

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