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Compositions
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Uṣás (Alvorecer – Dawn)
2026 - ryūteki, hichiriki, shō
Sangedatsumon (Três portas da libertação - Three doors of liberation)
2026 - shakuhachi and five percussionists playing narashimono (Japanese Buddhist temple instruments: bonshō, denshō, hyōshigi, large mokugyō, 3 keisu [large, medium and small], ōdaiko, 2 taiko)
Aker
2026 - oboe, violin, basson, contrabass, tam-tam
Hokkaijōin (Mudra cósmico - Cosmic mudra)
2024 - piano
2024 – Elder alto recorder
Namazu (Bestiarium, Livro 2, #2)
2023 - percussion solo (four timpani)
Ouroboros (Bestiarium, Livro 2 #1)
2023 - shakuhachi solo with drone in two double-basses
Sūrya namaskāra (Saudação do sol - Sun salutation)
2023 - soprano and chamber orchestra
sung in Sanskrit: traditional sun salutation mantra
Rugido de tigre provoca vento (Roar of Tiger Causing Wind)
2022 - D shakuhachi and 13-string koto (Version I)
2023 - D shakuhachi and piano (Version II)
Visões de Bashō (Bashō Visions)
2021 - hichiriki and piano (Version I)
2023 - D shakuhachi and piano (Version II)
2021 - strings orchestra
Vṛtrahan
2020 - baritone saxophone and percussion (one or two players)
percussion: crotale tree, sizzled cymbal, small tam-tam, large tam-tam, woodblock, bongos,two tambourines, cuíca,
lion's roar, orchestral bass drum
Ākāśa
2018 - C shakuhachi amplified with reverberation, and fixed media
Der fluß
2016 - mixed choir a cappella
Sung in German: selected excerpts from Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha
Santuário de baleias (Whale sanctuary)
2016 - soprano saxophone and strings orchestra
Thirteen moons on Turtle’s back (Treze luas nas costas da Tartaruga)
(in thirteen movements played without interruption)
I. Great Spirit moon
II. Moon of ice crusts on the snow
WETÚ
III. Moon when finback whales arrive
IV. Moon of great sand storm
V. Moon when ponies shed
BLOKÉTU
VI. Moon of salmon going up the river
VII. Moo of red blooming lilies
VIII. Moon of berries ripening in the mountain
PTANYÉTU
IX. Moon of birds flying south
X. Moon of falling leaves
XI. Moon of first frost
WANIYÉTU
XII. Moon when wolves run together
XIII. The hard moon
2016 - cello and piano
Triskelion
2015 - viola, piano and percussion (marimba, large tam-tam, djembé)
“…śabdah khe…”
2015 - tenor, soprano saxophone, tuba, violin, double-bass, piano and percussion (cow bells, large tam-tam, orchestral bass drum)
Sung in Sanskrit. Text: excerpts from the “Bhagavad Gītā”
Khímaira (Bestiarium Book I, #3)
2013 - oboe, cello, didjeridu (or bass trombone)
Phoînix (Bestiarium Book I, #2)
2010 - orchestra
Ho-oo (Bestiarium, Book I, #1)
2008 - D shakuhachi, guitar, strings quartet (Version I)
2021 - shakuhachi solo (Version II)
2023 - D shakuhachi and guitar (Version III)
Metagon
2008 –shakuhachi solo
Peace, my heart
2007 - mixed choir a cappella
sung in English: poem by Rabindranath Tagore The Gardener # LXI
Luna
2006 - mixed choir a capella
sung in Latin: poem Luna, by Luigi Antonio Irlandini
Trail of tears
2005 - piano and two violins
Porta do sol...nos confins do mundo (Sun door… at world’s end)
2005 - soprano and eight cellos
sung in Sanskrit. Text: Mantra Gāyatrī
Partita
(Partita sopra “Anchor che col partire”)
2002 - six-player recorder ensemble
Cromlech
2002 - brass quintet
Pythagoras
2001 tenor recorder solo
Sol das almas
1999 - guitar (Version I)
2012 - piano (Version II)
Sacrifício (Sacrifice)
1998 - mixed choir a cappella (Version I)
sung in Sanskrit; text: Ṛg Veda X, 90
2003 - two pianos (Version II)
Agnistoma
1998 - in two movements, OR each may be performed as a separate piece
Agnistoma I
1998 - soprano or tenor, two soprano recorders, didjeridu (Version I)
sung in Sanskrit; text: 󠇫Ṛg Veda X, 3
2006 - tenor recorder, two soprano recorders, didjeridu (Version II)
Agnistoma II
1998 - four-player recorder ensemble
Cosmologia II
1997 - alto flute, Bb clarinet, French horn
Cosmologia I
1996 - oboe concertante, piccolo flute, Bb clarinet, violin, cello, piano
Madrigal de fogo (Madrigal of fire)
1996 - mezzo-soprano, violin, viola, cello, double-bass, two percussionists
sung in ancient Greek: selected fragments by Heraclitus
Matrimônio do céu e da terra (Marriage of heaven and earth)
1995 - English horn tablā concertanti, two guitars, Tibetan cymbals (Version I)
1998 - English horn/oboe and percussion concertanti, two strings trios (vn., vla., vc.), Tibetan cymbals (Version II)
1996 - English horn and percussion concertanti, chamber orchestra, Tibetan cymbals (Version III - WITHDRAWN)
Kaly Yuga
1990 four trumpets, four trombones, five percussionists
Archipelago
1990 - three percussionists
Mojave
1989 - piano and two percussionists
“…a natureza ama esconder-se…” (“…nature loves to hide…”)
1989 - oboe, Bb trumpet, cello
Pralāya
1988 –piano
Quatro cenas d’O Olhar de Orfeu (Four Scenes from O Olhar de Orfeu)
1987 - two actors and four musicians playing several instruments
Aurora
1986 - jazz orchestra, written for the UNIRio Orquestra de Música Brasileira (Version I)
2010 – piano (Version II)
Livro de Canções (Song Book)
I – Lamento (Lamentation)
II - Por mais que eu ame (As much as I love)
III - Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas (Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon)
IV - Manhãs, tardes e noites (Mornings, afternoons and evenings)
V - A cidade e o tempo (Time and the city)
(1983-1986) - songs for voice and piano on poems by Luigi Antonio Irlandini
Numen
I - Dronos
II -Mysterion
III -Dythirambos
1986 - voice and six+ musicians playing several world instruments
A idade do ferro (The age of iron)
I - Requiem (Requiem)
II - Os Trabalhos e os dias (The works and days)
III - Música da decadência (Music of decadence)
IV - Londres depois da bomba (London after the bomb)
1985 - expanded piano
De natura
1984 - violin and piano
Vox clamans in deserto
1984 - tenor saxophone and piano (Version I)
1990 - Bb clarinet and piano (Version II)
1998 - French horn and piano (Version III)
2000 - orchestra (Version IV)
Três canções de Fernando Pessoa
I - Vai alta no céu a lua da primavera
II - Bendito seja o mesmo sol de outras terras
II - Para ser grande
1984 - voice and piano
sung in Portuguese on poems by Fernando Pessoa
Summer 84
1984 – piano
Fragmentos
1983 –piano
Clausura
1982 - mixed choir a cappella
Andares
1982 four singers (SATB) and piano
sung in Portuguese on a translation of Hermann Hesse's poem Stuffen
A aqueles que vierem depois de mim
1982 - four singers (SATB) and piano
sung in Portuguese on a translation of a poem by Bertold Brecht
Oryx
may be performed as three separate pieces or as a piece in three movements
I - Oryx (1979) - piano
II - Oryx gazella (1980) - violin and piano
III - Oryx tao (1982) - piano and strings quartet
No vagão a incerteza (In the wagon, uncertainty)
1981 – piano
A cidade maravilhosa (The wonderful city)
1981 -piano
