COMPOSITIONS
Nana negra (Black Lullaby)
Lyrics: Fortunato Vizcarrondo (1895-1977)
Excerpts from the poem Nana
Published in Dinga y mandinga (1942)
SSA a cappella choir
1993
Ave Maria
SATB a cappella choir
1994
Ficus enim non florebit
Habacuc 3:17-18SATB a cappella choir
1994
Catá, Maruco y Cheché (Catá, Maruco and Cheché)
Lyrics: Fortunato Vizcarrondo (1895-1977)
Excerpts from the poem Tango, tarango, té
Published in Dinga y mandinga (1942)
TTBB choir and bomba drums
1994
Dixit Deus ad Moysen
Exodus 3:14
SSAATTBB a cappella choir
1997
Fisuras (Fissures)
Lyrics: Magaly Quiñones
SATB a cappella choir and soprano solo
1999
Aleluya
SSSAAA a cappella choir
2000
Kyrie
SATB a cappella choir
2000
De Profundis
Psalm 129:1-2
SSAATTBBB a cappella choir
2000
In Paradisum
SSATBB a cappella choir and soprano solo
2001
Ave verum Corpus
SSATBB a cappella choir
2006
El girasol (The sunflower)
Lyrics: María Juanita Caro
Children’s song
Unison Children’s choir with piano accompaniment
2006
No hay silencio (There is no silence)
Lyrics: José A. Peláez (n. 1950)
Madrigal for SATB choir and two alto soloists with violin, viola, and harpsichord accompaniment
2008
Padre Nuestro (Our Father)
SATB a cappella choir
2009
Díptico en versos (Diptych in verses)
I. Cronometría (Chronometry)II. Humedal (Marsh)
Lyrics: Xavier Valcárcel and Ángel Antonio Ruiz-Laboy Madrigal for SATB a cappella choir and soprano solo
2010
Ave Maria
Version for soprano, two altos and tenor soloists, string orchestra, and organ
2010
Si el Señor no edificare la casa (Unless the Lord builds the house)
Psalms 127:1; 128:1 and 3
Sacred art song
Soprano with piano accompaniment
2011
Pequeño Kyrie (Little Kyrie)
SATB choir with piano accompaniment
2012
Salve Regina
Anthem for SATB a cappella choir and soprano solo, cello, and harpsichord or piano accompaniment
2012
Catá, Maruco y Cheché (Catá, Maruco and Cheché)
Lyrics: Fortunato Vizcarrondo (1895-1977)Excerpts from the poem Tango, tarango, té
Published in Dinga y mandinga (1942)
Version for SATB choir and bomba drums
2012
Atraganto (Gagged words)
Lyrics: Ángel Antonio Ruiz-Laboy
Art song tryptic for mezzo-soprano, viola, and piano
2013
Sanctus
SATB choir with soprano and tenor soloists, cello, harpsichord, and trumpet in C
2013
Fault Lines
Lyrics: Allora & Calzadilla
Duet for boy sopranos (or sopranos) a cappella or with harpsichord or keyboard accompaniment
2013
Misa a San Francisco de Asís (Mass to Saint Francis of Assisi)
SATB choir and tenor soloist with oboe, cello, harp, harpsichord, or organ accompaniment
2014
Adoramus te, Christe
SATB a cappella choir
2014
VII
Lyrics: Nydia Fernández-ToledoScenic cantata (ballet) based on the Seven Deadly Sins for SATB choir,
two soprano soloists, strings, guitar, piano, trumpet in C and percussion
(zills, suspended cymbal, snare drum, tumbas and djembe)
2015
Arranca en fa (Get going!)
Cha-cha-chá for SATB a cappella choir
2016
Topografía (Topography)
Lyrics: Carlos Vázquez-Cruz
Madrigal for SSATBB choir with piano accompaniment
2016
Requiem: muerte y renacimiento de la Patria (Requiem: Death and Rebirth of Our Homeland)
Lyrics: José María Lima (1934-2009), Angelamaría Dávila (1944-2003), Hugo Margenat (1933-1957),Víctor Fragoso (1944-1982) and Juan Antonio Corretjer (1908-1985)
Requiem for double choir (SATB/SAB), soprano and two mezzo-soprano soloists,
twelve cellos, Puerto Rican cuatro, organ, clarinet in A and handbell
2016 (Version for full orchestra, 2017)
Seis de la alborada (Seis for the dawning)
SATB choir with Puerto Rican güiro and bongo
Onomatopoeic piece based on Puerto Rican jíbaro folk music
2017
Cecilia Virgo
Anthem for Saint Cecilia
SATB choir, soprano solo, flute and organ
2017
Portal de niebla y aliento (Portal of Haze and Breath)
Lyrics: Alberto Prieto (n. 1962)Christmas cantata for double choir (SATB/SSAT mixed and children’s choir), tenor soloist, and orchestra
(strings, two flutes, oboe, clarinet in A, bassoon, two trumpets in C and organ)
2017
Ubi caritas
SAATB a cappella choir
2017
Si me ven llorando (If they see me crying)
Opera in two acts Libretto: Yamil Maldonado-Pérez (based on La novatada a short story by Carlos Vázquez-Cruz)Two sopranos, two mezzo-sopranos, alto, tenor, three baritones and one bass soloist, SATB choir, strings
(viola, cello, and double bass) flute, oboe, clarinet in A, bassoon, piano, and percussion
(suspended cymbal, snare drum, triangle, marimba, and Puerto Rican güiro)
2018
Antelia (Anthelia)
Vocalisse for soprano and alto (soloist or female choir), oboe, cello and piano
2018
Antífona del silencio (Antiphon of silence)
Lyrics: Alberto Prieto (n. 1962)
Art song for tenor, clarinet in A and harp
2019
Invocación (Invocation)
Lyrics: Yamil Maldonado-Pérez
Art song for baritone or alto, and piano
2019
Le jeu (Gambling)
Lyrics: Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867)
Art song for alto and piano
2019
Discidium
Sacred cantata for women’s chorus, soprano soloist, oboe, clarinet in A, and percussion(suspended cymbal, snare drum, tambourine, triangle, and bongo)
2019
Azucenas (Daylilies)
Lyrics: Ángel Antonio Ruiz-Laboy
Madrigal for SATB a cappella choir with divisi
2020
Paños fríos de silencio (Cold cloths of silence)
Lyrics: Ángel Darío Carrero (1966-2015)Secular cantata for soprano and alto soloists, SATB and SA choirs, organ,trombones
(three tenor trombones and one bass trombone) and Tibetan bowl
2019
Stabat Mater
Lyrics: Alberto Prieto (n. 1962) and the traditional Medieval hymn SATB choir,soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor and baritone soloists, flute, alto flute, piccolo, oboe, cor anglaise,
clarinet in A, clarinet in Eb, bass clarinet in Bb, bassoon, and harpsichord or piano
2020
Perfume de gardenias (Scent of gardenias)
Film score
2021
¡Bordes! Borders! ¡Bordes!
Recording for soprano, flute, percussion, and digital noises
2022
Misa a San Sebastián, mártir (Mass to Saint Sebastian martyr)
Concert mass for soprano, alto, and two tenor soloists, SATB choir, and orchestra:strings, continuo organ, harp, flute, alto flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet in C and percussion
(timpani, suspended cymbal, snare drum, triangle, and zills)
2022
Dominus regit me
Psalm 23:1-3
TTBB a cappella choir
1998
Retorno (Homecoming)
Lyrics: Jean Gabriel Burset-Catinchi
Madrigal for SSAATTBB a cappella choir and two sopranos soloist