Leonardo Balada

Leonardo Balada (født 22. september 1933 i Barcelona, Catalonien, Spanien) er en spansk komponist, pianist lærer og dirigent.

Balada hører til de fremmeste spanske komponister i det 20. århundrede. Han studerede klaver og komposition på Conservatorio Superior de Musica del Liceu. Herefter tog han til USA (1956) og studerede først på New York College of Music, og senere Julliard School of Music, hvor han tog afgangs eksamen (1960). Hans lærere var bl.a. Aaron Copland, Vincent Persichetti og Alexandre Tansman.

Balada har skrevet 6 symfonier, orkesterværker, kammermusik, 3 klaverkoncerter, 7 operaer, 2 cellokoncerter, guitarkoncert, violinkoncert, korværker, vokalmusik, klaverstykker, strygerkvartet etc.

Værker

Opera 
 Hangman, Hangman!, chamber opera (1982)
 Zapata, opera (1984)
 Christopher Columbus, opera (1986)
 Death of Columbus, opera (1996)
 The Town of Greed, chamber opera (1997) (sequel to Hangman, Hangman!)
 Faust-bal, opera (2007)
 Resurrection of Columbus, opera (2013)

Orkester 
 Symfonier
 Symphony No. 1 Sinfonia en Negro, en hyldest til Martin Luther King (1968)
 Symphony No. 2 Cumbres, a short symphony for band (1972)
 Symphony No. 3 Stål Symfoni (1972)
 Symphony No. 4 Lausanne (1992)
 Symphony No. 5 Amerikansk (2003)
 Symphony No. 6 Sorgens Symfoni (2005)
 Guernica (1966)
 Homage to Sarasate (1975)
 Homage to Casals (1975)
 Sardana (1979)
 Quasi un Pasodoble (1981)
 Fantasias Sonoras (1987)
 Zapata: Images for Orchestra (1987)
 Columbus: Images for Orchestra (1991)
 Divertimentos, for string orchestra (1991)
 Celebracio (1992)
 Folk Dreams (1994-8)
 Passacaglia (2002)
 Prague Sinfonietta (2003)

Concertante 
Klave
 Piano Concerto No. 1 (1964)
 Piano Concerto No. 2 for piano, winds, and percussion (1974)
 Piano Concerto No. 3 (1999)

Violin
 Violin Concerto No. 1 (1982)
 Caprichos No. 2 (2004)
 Caprichos No. 3 (2005)

Bratsch
 Viola Concerto for viola and wind ensemble (2009–2010)

Cello
 Cello Concerto No. 1 for cello and nine players (1962)
 Cello Concerto No. 2 New Orleans (2001)
 Concerto for Three Cellos and Orchestra A German Concerto (2006)

Fløjte
 Morning Music for flute and orchestra (1994)
 Music for Flute and Orchestra (2000)

Klarinet
 Caprichos No. 7 (2009), Composed for and dedicated to Grup21; Peter Bacchus, artistic director - for clarinet and instrumental ensemble.

Guitar
 Guitar Concerto No. 1 (1965)
 Sinfonia Concertante for Guitar and Orchestra Persistencies (1974)
 Concerto for Four Guitars and Orchestra (1976)
 Concierto Mágico for guitar and orchestra (1997)
 Caprichos No. 1 (2003)

Andre
 Concerto for Bandoneon and Orchestra (1970)
 Concertino for Castanets and Orchestra Three Anecdotes (1977)
 Music for Oboe and Orchestra Lament from the Cradle of the Earth (1993)
 Double Concerto for Oboe, Clarinet and Orchestra (2010)

Vokal/kor 
 Maria Sabina (1969)
 La Moradas (1970)
 No-res (1974)
 Ponce de Leon, for narrator and orchestra (1974)
 Torquemada (1980)
 Thunderous Scenes (1992)
 Dionisio: In Memoriam (2001)
 Ebony Fantasies, cantata (2003)

Referencer

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