Luigi Antonio Irlandini

Compositions

Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back
shakuhachi and piano for one performer - duration: ca. 30 min. 2011

Bestiarium
(in-progress series of independent compositions, each on a mythical animal. The following have been composed:)

Metagon
shakuhachi (C or D) - duration 12 min. - 2008

Peace, my heart
Sung in English, poem by Rabindranath Tagore, # LXI in The Gardener
mixed choir a cappella - duration: ca. 8 min. - 2007

Luna
Sung in Latin, poem by Luigi Antonio Irlandini
mixed choir a cappella - duration: ca. 12 min. - 2006

first performance: Auer Hall, Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University, Bloomington, U.S.A., February 11, 2007
BRAZILIAN MUSIC FESTIVALConcert "A Musical Encounter with Brazil: Modern and Experimental Composers"
Contemporary Vocal Ensemble, conducted by Carmen Helena Téllez.

Trail of Tears
piano and two violins - duration: 8:45 - 2005

first performance: Santa Fe Waldorf School Great Hall, Santa Fe, N.M., U.S.A., 4 November 2005
PILLOW CONCERT
Violins: Elena Sopoci and Gail Robertson - Piano: Luigi Antonio Irlandini

Porta do Sol...nos Confins do Mundo
Sun Door... at World's End
sung in Sanskrit, Gâyatrî Mantra, Rg Veda III, 62, 10, by Visvamitra
second version: soprano, C shakuhachi, piano, violino, viola and violoncello
original version for soprano and eight cellos
written for the 10th RICE (Rio International Cello Encounter, 2005)

original version: first performance: Sala Cecília Meirelles, Rio de Janeiro,19 August 2005
X RICE (Tenth Rio International Cello Encounter)
Conductor: David Ashbridge - Soprano: Martha Herr - Cellos: Anatoly Krastev, Armen Ksajikian, Ina-Esther Joost, Lars Hoefs, Maria Alice Brandão, Michael Vollhardt. Minna Rose, and Ricardo Bru.

second version: first performance: Auditório do Departamento de Música da UDESC (Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina), Florianópolis, Brazil, 25 November 2011
LECTURE/RECITAL MÚSICA ESPIRAL
Soprano: Alicia Cupani - Piano: Maria Bernardete Castelan Póvoas - Cello: Hans Twitchell - Viola: Rubens Marques Farias - violino: João Titton - shakuhachi: Luigi Antonio Irlandini

Partita
six recorder players - duration: 11:15 - 2002
written for Brisk Amsterdam Recorder Quartet and Duo Duix
published by Orpheus Music, Armidale, Australia

first performance: Waalse Kerke, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 28 March 2003
CONCERT "In stile antico e moderno", a concert of 16th-century and contemporary music for recorders"
BRISK Recorder Quartet Amsterdam (Marjan Banis, Alide Verheij, Jantien Westerveld, Bert Honig) &
DUIX Recorder Duo (Kees Boeke and Antonio Politano)

Cromlech
brass quintet (C tpt.1, C tpt. 2, tbn., F hn., tb) - duration: ca. 8 min. - 2002

first performance: Sala Cecília Meirelles, Riode Janeiro, 15 November 2003
New Music Festival XIV BIENAL DA MÚSICA BRASILEIRA CONTEMPORÂNEA
Brass Quintet conducted by Zdenek Zwab

Pythagoras
I - Monas
II - Katharsis
III - Theoria
IV - Theosis
tenor recorder - duration: ca. 12 min. - 2000
written for and dedicated to Eva Legêne

first performance: Christ Church, Kagoshima, Japan, 19 May 2001,
Recital by Fumiharu Yoshimine and Eva Legêne
Tenor recorder: Eva Legêne.

Sol das Almas
Sun of Souls
guitar - duration: ca. 6 min. - 1999
written for Silvia Cesco

first performance at Theater in der Altstadt, Merano, Italy, 27 May 1999
Recital by Silvia Cesco

Sacrifício
Sacrifice
sung in Sanskrit, Rg Veda X, 90 by Narayana
mixed choir a cappella - duration: ca. 10 min. - 1998
instrumental version for two pianos - 2003

two pianos version: first performance: Sala Cecília Meirelles, Rio de Janeiro, 10 November 2005.
XV BIENAL DA MÚSICA BRASILEIRA CONTEMPORÂNEA.
Pianos: Luciano Magalhães and Marcelo Thys.

Agnistoma II
four recorder players - duration: 8:21 - 1998
written for Associazione Musica Reservata's 1998 Festival
Simboli e Allegorie del Sacro nella Musica Strumentale Antica e Contemporanea, Vicenza-Varese-Milano
published by Orpheus Music, Armidale, Australia

first performance: Oratorio San Nicola, Vicenza, Italy, 27 March 1998.
Concert at FESTIVAL SIMBOLI E ALLEGORIE DEL SACRO NELLA MUSICA STRUMENTALE ANTICA E CONTEMPORANEA,
of Musica Reservata Association, Vicenza and Varese, Italy, March 1998
Ensemble "The Running Quartet" (recorders): Antonio Politano, Tosiya Suzuki, Seiko Tanaka, Daniele Bragetti.

Agnistoma I
sung in Sanskrit, Rig Veda X, 3
soprano, didjeridu, two soprano recorders - duration: 7:19 - 1998
instrumental version for tenor recorder, didjeridu and two soprano recorders - 2006

first performance: St. Anthony's Seminary Chapel, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A., 3 May 1998,
monographic recital MUSICAL COSMOLOGIES Part 1 - MUSIC OF LUIGI ANTONIO IRLANDINI.
Soprano: Dhyane White. Didjeridus: Martin Ball and Luigi Antonio Irlandini.
Soprano recorders: Ben Lowsen and Ben Pringle.

Cosmologia II
G fl., Bb cl., F hn. - duration: ca. 8 min. - 1997

first performance: St. Anthony's Seminary Chapel, Santa Barbara, California, 3 May 1998,
monographic recital MUSICAL COSMOLOGIES Part 1 - MUSIC OF LUIGI ANTONIO IRLANDINI.
Conducted by Steve Hofer - Alto flute: Ben Lowsen - clarinet: Brandylee Dawson - French horn: Robert Hasegawa

Cosmologia I
oboe concertante, piccolo fl., Bb cl., vn., vc., pf. - duration: ca. 4 min. - 1996

first performance: Lehamn Hall, University of California, Santa Barbara, 21 April, 2000
2000 UCSB CONTEMPORARY MUSIC "New Music for a New Century"
UCSB ECM (Ensemble of Contemporary Music of the University of California, Santa Barbara)
conducted by Steve Hofer - Oboe: Laura Harrington - Flute: Jill Heinke - Clarinet: Geordie Stock - Violin: Byron Wallis - Cello: Claudia Kiser - Piano: Valerie Taylor.

Madrigal de Fogo
Madrigal of Fire
sung in Greek, six fragments by Heraclitus
mezzo-soprano, vn., vla, vc., db., 2 percussionists - duration: ca. 7 min. - 1996

first performance: Lehman Hall, University of California, Santa Barbara, 3May 1997
1997 UCSB CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL
UCSB ECM (Ensemble of Contemporary Music of the University of California, Santa Barbara)
Conducted by Steve Hofer - Mezzo-soprano: Sharmila Guha - Violin: Ryo Fukuda - Viola: Alexander Gurecich -
Cello: Alexander Russakovsky - Double-Bass: John Graves - Percussion: Matthew Talmage and Todd Caschetta.

Matrimônio do Céu e da Terra
Marriage of Heaven and Earth
First version for amplified instruments: English horn and tabla concertanti, two guitars, Tibetan antique cymbals - 1995
Second version (withdrawn): English horn and percussion concertanti, chamber orchestra - 1996
Third version: English horn/oboe and percussion concertanti, two string trios (vn., vla., vc.), Tibetan antique cymbals - duration: ca.13 min. - 1998

original version:
first performance: Karl Geiringer Hall, University of California, Santa Barbara, 6 May 1995
1995 UCSB CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL
UCSB ECM (Ensemble of Contemporary Music of the University of California, Santa Barbara)
English Horn: James Isaacs - Tablâ: Jeffrey S. Lidke - Guitars: Claire Bower and Jason Yoshida.

second version (withdrawn):
first performance: Sala Cecília Meirelles, Rio de Janeiro, 27 October 1997.
Festival XII BIENAL DA MÚSICA BRASILEIRA CONTEMPORÂNEA.
Chamber orchestra conducted by Ricardo Wilson da Rocha

third version:
first performance: St. Anthony's Seminary Chapel, Santa Barbara, California, 3 May 1998,
monographic recital MUSIC OF LUIGI ANTONIO IRLANDINI.
Conducted by Jeremy Haladyna - English horn: Elizabeth Sayrs - Percussion: Todd Caschetta - Violins: Byron Wallis and Ryo Fukuda - Violas: Valerie Johnson and Luke Maurer -
Cellos: Alexander Russakovsky and Elizabeth Means - Tibetan finger cymbals: Luigi Antonio Irlandini

Kali Yuga
four trumpets, four trombones, five percussionists - duration: ca. 15 min. - 1990

first performance: Roy O. Dysney Hall, California Institute of the Arts, 12 December 1990.
CALARTS COMPOSERS CONCERT
Conducted by Stephen L. Mosko
Trumpets: Michael McGuffey, Jim Grante, Marcia Benedict, Stuart Aptekar
Trombones: Toby Holmes, Alex Isles, Bob Payne
Percussion: Julie Spencer, Gregory Laikind, Matt Bornong, Mark Duggan, Jean-Pierre Bedoyan

Archipelago
three percussionists - duration: ca. 8 min. - 1990

first performance: Palazzo Chigi Saracini, Accademia di Musica Chigiana, Siena, Italy, 28 August 1990
CONCERT by Gruppo Octandre
Conducted by Paolo Bighignoli.
Percussion: Gianpaolo Salbego, Danilo Grassi and Gianni Casagrande.

Mojave
piano and two percussionists - duration: ca. 8 min. - 1989

first performance: Roy O. Dysney Hall, California Institute of the Arts, 9 November1990
monographic recital MUSIC OF LUIGI ANTONIO IRLANDINI.
Conductor: Robert Lawson.
Piano: Luigi Antonio Irlandini, Percussion: Jean-Pierre Bedoyan, Kirk Brundage.

"...a natureza ama esconder-se..."
"...nature loves to hide..."
oboe, Bb trumpet, violoncello - duration: ca. 9 min. - 1989

first performance: Roy O. Dysney Hall, California Institute of the Arts, 9 November 1990
monographic recital MUSIC OF LUIGI ANTONIO IRLANDINI.
Conductor: Stephen L. Mosko
Oboe: Ken Scully -Trumpet: Ralph Alessi - Cello: Erika Duke Kirkpatrick

Pralâya
piano - duration: ca. 6 min. - 1988

first performance: O'Shaughnessy Performance Space, Benildus Hall, College of Santa Fe,
Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A., 29 April 2006.
LECTURE/RECITAL: SPIRAL FORMS IN MUSIC
Piano: Luigi Antonio Irlandini

Quatro Cenas d'O Olhar de Orfeu
Four Scenes From "The Gaze of Orpheus"
I - O Caminhar
II - Homem sob a Lua
III - O Senhor do Deserto
IV - Salto
spoken in Portuguese (text by Beto Tibaji)
4 musicians playing several instruments and 2 actors - duration: ca. 20 min. - 1987

first performance: Sala Cecilia Meirelles, Rio de Janeiro, 8 November 1987
New Music festival VII BIENAL DE MÚSICA BRASILEIRA CONTEMPORÂNEA .
Actors: Beto Tibaji and Cláudia Viana - Musicians: Cristina Bittencourt, Antonio Saraiva, Norman Vilches, and Luigi Antonio Irlandini

Aurora
Written for the Orquestra de Música Popular da UniRio (Universidade do Rio de Janeiro Popular Music Orchestra)
Jazz Orchestra - duration: ca. 7 min. - 1986

first performance at Parque da Catacumba, Rio de Janeiro, 1986
CONCERT by Orquestra de Música Popular da UniRio, conducted by Roberto Gnattali.

A Cidade e o Tempo
The City and Time
Poem by Luigi Antonio Irlandini
Voice and variable jazz ensemble - duration: 3:30 - 1986

Numen
I - Dronos
II - Mysterion
III - Dithyrambos
sung in Sanskrit, Chandogya Upanisad 6. 12. 3
original title: Música Antiga
voice, and six musicians playing several world instruments- duration: 37:32 - original: 1986/final version: 2000

first performance, under the original title Música Antiga:
Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro MAM/RJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 31 August 1986
monographic recital MÚSICA DE LUIGI ANTONIO IRLANDINI
Musicians: Luigi Antonio Irlandini, Vicente Ribeiro, Rodrigo Ribeiro, Guilherme Hermolin,
Joe Vasconcelos, Marisa Monte

A Idade do Ferro
The Age of Iron

piano solo with preparation - duration: ca. 13 min. - 1985

first performance:Sala Cecilia Meirelles, Rio de Janeiro, 12 November, 1985
New Music Festival VI BIENAL DA MÚSICA BRASILEIRA CONTEMPORÂNEA.
Piano: Luigi Antonio Irlandini

De Natura
violin and piano - duration: ca. 6 min. - 1984

first performance at Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, MAM/RJ, Rio de Janeiro, 30 November 1989
New Music festival VIII BIENAL DE MÚSICA BRASILEIRA CONTEMPORÂNEA
Violin: Bruce Mack. Piano: Eliane Kardosos.

Vox Clamans in Deserto
tenor saxophone and piano - duration: ca. 7 min. - 1984
Other existing versions: large orchestra (2000); French horn and piano (1998);
bass clarinet and piano (1990).

tenor saxophone and piano version:
first performance: Sala Funarte Sidney Miller, Rio de Janeiro, 11June 1984
Festival - II MOSTRA DOS NOVOS COMPOSITORES E INTÉRPRETES
Tenor sax: Carlos Alberto Soares. Piano: Luigi Antonio Irlandini

bass clarinet and piano version:
first performed at New York City , 30 June19998.
Bass clarinet: Thomas Piercy

French horn and piano version:
first performance: St. Anthony's Seminary Chapel, Santa Barbara, California, 3 May 1998,
monographic recital MUSICAL COSMOLOGIES Part 1 - MUSIC OF LUIGI ANTONIO IRLANDINI.
French horn: Robert Hasegawa. Piano: Luigi Antonio Irlandini

Summer 84
piano - 1984

Três Canções de Fernando Pessoa
Three Songs by Fernando Pessoa

I - O Pastor Amoroso
II - O Sol de Outras Terras
III - Para Ser Grande

Poems by Fernando Pessoa
Voice and piano - ca. 15 min. - 1984

Nuvens no Porão
Poem by Luciana Sandroni
Voice and piano - ca. 4 min. - 1983

Fragmentos
Fragments
piano - duration: ca. 7 min. - 1983

first performance: Sala di via Bufalini, Conservatorio Luigi Cherubini, Florence, Italy, 27 May1983
Piano: Luigi Antonio Irlandini

Canções
Songs
I - Lamento
II - Por Mais Que Eu Ame
III - Manhãs, Tardes e Noites
IV - Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas
Poems by Luigi Antonio Irlandini

Voice and piano - duration: ca. 16 min. - 1983

Clausura
mixed choir a cappella - duration: ca. 4 min. - 1982

Andares
Poem Stuffen by Herman Hesse, Portuguese version
Four singers and piano - duration: ca. 4 min. - 1982

A Aqueles Que Vierem Depois de Mim
Poem by Bertold Brecht, Portuguese version
Four singers and piano - duration: ca. 3 min. - 1982

Oryx
I - Oryx, II - Oryx gazella, III - Oryx tao
I - piano solo Piano - ca. 4:25 - 1979
II - violin and piano - ca. 7 min - 1980
III - piano and string quartet - ca. 6 min. - 1982

A Cidade Maravilhosa
The Wonderful City
Piano - duration: 1:54 - 1981

Azul e Areia
Blue and Sand - piano improvisations Carmo LP (1985)