Luís Carvalho

Luís Carvalho
Maestro / Compositor
Conductor / Composer
BIOGRAFIA
Clarinetista, maestro e compositor, Luís Carvalho distingue-se como um dos mais versáteis músicos portugueses
da sua geração. Apresentou-se em recitais e concertos um pouco por todo o mundo, muitas vezes estreando as
suas próprias obras e de outros compositores contemporâneos portugueses e estrangeiros, várias das quais
tendo-lhe sido expressamente dedicadas.
Estudou clarinete e composição no Porto (com António Saiote e Fernando Lapa, respetivamente), onde lhe foi
atribuído o «Prémio para o melhor aluno do curso» (1994), e direção de orquestra em Milão, S. Petersburgo e
Madrid, com Jorma Panula e Jesus López-Cóbos. Especializou-se ainda em direção de música contemporânea com
Arturo Tamayo, e frequentou workshops e palestras com compositores de renome como Luis de Pablo (Espanha)
e Magnus Lindberg (Finlândia). Galardoado em diversos concursos, destacam-se os prémios obtidos no «Concurso
de Interpretação do Estoril» (2001) e no «4º Concurso Internacional de Composição da Póvoa de Varzim», pela
sua obra orquestral Metamorphoses… hommage à M. C. Escher (2009). Foi ainda vencedor da «Audição para Jovens
Maestros» organizada pela Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa (2010), e, mais recentemente (2012), nomeado
para o Prémio Autores da SPA (Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores) pela sua obra orquestral Nise Lacrimosa. Já em
2013 foi distinguido pelo jornal nortenho «Audiência» com o Troféu Prestígio, pela sua carreira dedicada à música.
Dirige as mais importantes orquestras nacionais, como a Sinfónica Portuguesa (Lisboa), a Nacional do Porto, a
Metropolitana de Lisboa, a Orquestra do Algarve, a Filarmonia das Beiras (Aveiro), a Orquestra Clássica da
Madeira, a Orquestra de Câmara Portuguesa (Lisboa), a Sinfónica da Póvoa de Varzim, a Sinfónica da Universidade
de Aveiro, a Sinfónica da ESART (Castelo Branco), a Sinfónica da EPMVC (Viana do Castelo) ou a Orquestra Clássica
de Espinho, e no estrangeiro aparece com várias orquestras de Rússia, Itália, Hungria, Espanha e Finlândia. É
fundador e diretor artístico/musical da Camerata Nov’Arte (Porto), com a qual tem desenvolvido projetos artísticos
inovadores, incluindo uma muito bem-sucedida digressão ao Brasil (2013), e cruzamentos disciplinares com a área
do teatro. Acompanhou solistas da craveira de Pedro Burmester e João Bettencourt da Câmara (piano), Radovan
Vlatkovic e Paulo Guerreiro (trompa), Alain Damiens, Justo Sanz, Josep Fuster e Arno Piters (clarinete), Pedro
Carneiro (percussão), Henrique Portovedo (saxofone), Rui Lopes (fagote), José Pereira e Tamila Kharambura
(violino), Jutta Puchhammer-Sédillot e Pedro Meireles (viola), Marco Pereira (violoncelo) ou Elsa Saque, Carlos
Guilherme, Mário Alves, Isabel Alcobia, Raquel Camarinha, Dora Rodrigues, Sara Braga Simões, Ana Paula Russo,
Maria Luísa de Freitas e Cristiana Oliveira (canto).
O repertório que aborda é vasto e ecléctico, estendendo-se do barroco à atualidade, e inclui várias primeiras
audições absolutas. No campo da música de cena a sua experiência inclui a estreia da ópera Auto da Fundação de
Coimbra (Coimbra-2004), de Manuel de Faria, e ainda apresentações com La voix humaine (Poulenc), Il secreto de
Susanna (Wolf-Ferrari), Pierrot Lunaire (Schoenberg) e o conto musical encenado Como se faz cor-de-laranja, de
Pedro Faria Gomes.
Igualmente reconhecido como compositor, obras suas têm sido apresentadas em Portugal, Espanha, França,
Alemanha, Holanda, Venezuela e Brasil, por intérpretes e agrupamentos nacionais e estrangeiros. Do seu catálogo,
que é maioritariamente editado pela AvA-editions, destacam-se Nise Lacrimosa (encomenda do Cistermúsica2011/Alcobaça) e Metamorphoses… hommage à M. C. Escher, ambas para orquestra; Fantastic Variations e
Chiaroscuro, ambas para banda sinfónica (encomendas da Banda Sinfónica Portuguesa), Sax-suite para quarteto
de saxofones (em CD pela NUMÉRICA) e Hornphony para quarteto de trompas (em CD pela AFINAUDIO), bem
como Hornpipe (trompa solo) e Alboque (clarinete solo) e Chirimia (oboé ou saxofone-soprano solo). No âmbito da
sua investigação para doutoramento concebeu uma «reinvenção dos esboços para grande ensemble» baseada
nos rascunhos deixados por Gustav Mahler para a Sinfonia nº10, em fá# maior. Esta nova versão foi estreada pelo
próprio dirigindo a Camerata Nov’Arte (Junho/2014).
Luís Carvalho aparece em perto de uma vintena de CD’s, quer como clarinetista, maestro ou compositor, e em
etiquetas como NUMÉRICA, CASA DA MÚSICA, AFINAUDIO ou PUBLIC ART. É docente da Universidade de Aveiro.
www.luiscarvalho.com
BIOGRAPHY
Portuguese clarinetist, conductor and composer, Luís Carvalho is one of the most versatile musicians of his
generation. Having performed numerous concerts and recitals around the World, often premieres his own pieces
and others by leading Portuguese and foreign contemporary composers, some of which have been specifically
dedicated to him.
Mr. Carvalho studied clarinet and composition in Porto (with Antonio Saiote and Fernando Lapa, respectively),
where he was awarded the «Prize for the best student of the year» (1994), and orchestra conducting in Milan, S.
Petersburg and Madrid, with Jorma Panula and Jesus López-Cóbos. He also studied contemporary music conducting
with Arturo Tamayo, and attended workshops and lectures by renowned composers such as Luis de Pablo (Spain)
and Magnus Lindberg (Finland). A prizewinner at the «4th International Póvoa de Varzim Composition Competition»
(2009) for his orchestral work Metamorphoses... hommage à M. C. Escher, more recently (2012) Mr. Carvalho has
also been nominated for the Authors Prize of the Portuguese Authors Society (SPA), for another of his orchestral
works – Nise Lacrimosa. In 2013 «Audiência» regional newspaper awards him the Prestige Trophy for his career
devoted to music.
Mr. Carvalho appears regularly with most of the Portuguese leading orchestras, namely the Portuguese Symphony
Orchestra, the Porto National Orchestra, the Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra, the Algarve Orchestra, the Madeira
Classical Orchestra, the Beiras Philharmonic, the Portuguese Chamber Orchestra, the Póvoa de Varzim Symphony
Orchestra, the Aveiro University Symphony Orchestra, the ESART Symphony Orchestra, the EPMVC Symphony
Orchestra, the Espinho Classical Orchestra, and abroad appears with orchestras in Russia, Hungary, Italy, Spain,
and Finland. He is founder and artistic/music director of Camerata Nov’Arte (Porto), a group that proposes
alternative programs, including a well-received tour to Brazil (2013). Mr. Carvalho appears moreover alongside
such renowned soloists as Radovan Vlatkovic (horn), Pedro Burmester (piano), Alain Damiens, Justo Sanz, Josep
Fuster and Arno Piters (clarinet), Pedro Carneiro (percussion), Henrique Portovedo (saxofone), Rui Lopes
(bassoon), José Pereira and Tamila Kharambura (violin), Marco Pereira (cello), and Elsa Saque, Carlos Guilherme,
Mário Alves, Isabel Alcobia, Raquel Camarinha, Dora Rodrigues, Sara Braga Simões and Ana Paula Russo (voice),
having furthermore participated at the international festivals of Espinho, Aveiro, Póvoa de Varzim, Estoril, CCB
Music Days (Lisbon) and RDP/Antena 2 Young Musicians Festival.
Mr. Carvalho’s repertoire is vast and eclectic, spanning from the baroque to modernity, and includes several
premieres. On the scenic/operatic field his experience includes the premiere of Portuguese opera Tale of the
Foundation of the City of Coimbra, by Manuel de Faria, La voix humaine by Poulenc, Il secreto de Susanna by WolfFerrari, Pierrot Lunaire by Schoenberg and How to make orange color by Portuguese composer Pedro Faria Gomes.
Also a recognized composer, Mr. Carvalho’s works have been receiving performances in Portugal, Spain, France,
Holland, Venezuela and Brazil. Mainly published by AvA-musical editions, his catalogue includes Metamorphoses...
hommage to M. C. Escher and Nise Lacrimosa (commissioned by Alcobaça International Music Festival-2011), both
for orchestra, Fantastic Variations and Chiaroscuro, both for symphonic band (commissioned by the Portuguese
Symphony Band – on CD by label AFINAUDIO), Dodekathlon for solo tuba and low brass ensemble (commissioned
by renowned tubist Sérgio Carolino and The Wild Bones Gang), Sax-suite for saxophone quartet (on CD by label
NUMÉRICA), Hornphony for horn quartet (on CD by label AFINAUDIO) as well as Hornpipe (solo horn), Chirimia (solo
oboe) and Alboque (solo clarinet). As a result of his doctorate investigation Mr. Carvalho conceived a new
«reinvention of the draft for large ensemble» for Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No.10 in F# major, which he himself
premiered, alongside Camerata Nov’Arte in June/2014.
A faculty teacher at the Aveiro University (Portugal), Mr. Carvalho is featured in nearly two dozen CD’s, either as a
clarinetist, conductor or composer, and in labels such as NUMÉRICA, CASA DA MÚSICA, AFINAUDIO and PUBLICART.
www.luiscarvalho.com
Repertório (como maestro)
Repertoire (as conductor)
Bach:
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Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Suite in B-minor (flute and orchestra)
Barber:
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Violin Concerto, Op.14
Adagio for strings
Bartók:
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Concerto for Orchestra
Music for strings, percussion and celesta
Miraculous Mandarin
Romanian Folk Dances
Beethoven:
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Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4, 5
overtures Coriolanus, Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus, Egmont
Berlioz:
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Symphonie fantastique, Op.14
Symphonie funèbre et triomphale, Op.15
Le carnaval romain, Op.9
Les nuits d'été, Op.7
Rêverie et caprice, op.8 (for violin)
Bernstein:
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On the Waterfront (suite)
Three dance episodes from On the town
Overture to Candide
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Brady, Timothy:
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Concerto Viola (European premiere)
Brahms:
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Symphonies Nos.1, 2, 3, 4
Violin Concerto
Double Concerto (violin & cello)
Variations on a theme of Joseph Haydn
Serenades Nos. 1 (Op.11) & 2 (Op.16)
Academic Festival overture, Op.80 & Tragic overture, Op.81
Alto Rhapsody, Op.53
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Hungarian Dances (selections)
Britten:
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Sinfonietta, Op.1
Variations on a the by Franck Bridge, Op.10;
Serenade for tenor, horn and strings, Op.31
Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
4 Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
Bruch:
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Violin Concerto No.1, Op.26
Double Concerto for clarinet and viola, Op.88
Bruckner:
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Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7
Copland:
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El Salón México
Appalachian Spring
Billy the Kid
4 Dance episodes from Rodeo
Clarinet Concerto
Quiet City
Music for the theatre
Debussy:
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Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
La Mer
Danses sacrée et profane (solo harp)
Première Rhapsodie (solo clarinet)
Dvořák:
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Symphonies Nos. 7 (Op.70), 8 (Op.88), 9 (Op.95)
Serenade Op.44 for winds, cello and bass
Serenade Op. for strings
Slavonic Dances (selections)
Górecki:
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Symphony No.3, Op.36
Three pieces in old style
Kleines Requiem für eine Polka op. 66
Harvey, Jonathan:
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Timepieces (for orchestra with two conductors | Portuguese premiere)
Haydn:
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Symphonies Nos. 49, 84, 99, 103, 104
Jenkins, Karl:
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Gloria
Mahler:
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Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10
Das Lied von der Erde
Mendelssohn:
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Symphonies Nos. 1, 3, 4
overtures Die Hebriden; Fair Melusine; Ruy Blas; Overture for winds op.24
Midsummer night’s dream overture & excerpts
Violin Concerto
Milhaud:
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La Création du Monde
Le bœuf sur le toit
5 Petites Symphonies
Mozart:
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Overtures Cosi fan tutte, Die Zauberflute, Le nozze di Figaro
Eine kleine Nachtmusik; Divertimento K.136; Adagio and fugue K.546
Serenade No.10, K. 361/370a (Gran Partita)
Serenata Ein musikalisher Spass K.522
Symphonies Nos. 25, 29, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40 & 41
Concertos:
o Piano – Nos. 9 (Jeunehomme; K.271), 17 (K.453) & 24 (K.491)
o clarinet (K.622)
o flute (Andante in C K.315)
o horn (K.417 & K.447)
o bassoon (K.191)
o violin (No.3, K.216)
o Sinfonia Concertante for winds (K.297b)
o Misera, dove son?, K.369 (concert aria for soprano)
Coronation Mass
Requiem
Mussorgsky:
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Pictures at an exhibition (orch. Ravel)
Pictures at an exhibition (orch. Takahashi)
Pictures at an exhibition (orch. Gout)
Night on Bald Mountain
Nielsen:
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Symphony No.4 (The Inextinguishable)
Violin Concerto
Clarinet Concerto
Prokofiev:
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Classical-Symphony
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Symphony No.5
Winter Bonfire, Op.122
Peter and the Wolf
Ravel:
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Le Tombeau de Couperin
Valses nobles et sentimentales
La Valse
Bolero
Daphnis et Chloé (suite No.2)
Ma Mère l’Oye: 5 pièces enfantines
Pavane pour une infante défunte
3 Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé
Introduction & Allegro (solo harp)
Saint-Säens:
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Symphonies Nos. 2, 3
Violin Concerto No.3, Op.61,
Le Carnaval des animaux
Dance Bacchanale from Samson et Dalila
Schnittke, Alfred:
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Moz-Art à la Haydn (2 violins solo)
Schoenberg:
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Pierrot Lunaire
Theme and Variations op.43
Verklärte Nacht op. 4
Accompaniment to a cinematographic scene [Begleitungsmusik zu einer
Lichtspielszene], Op.34
Schubert:
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Symphonies Nos. 4 (D.417), 5 (D.485), 6 (D.589) & Unfinished (No.8 D.759)
Mass No.5 D. 678
Schumann:
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Symphonies 1, 2, 3, 4
Piano Concerto Op. 54
Shostakovich:
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Symphonies No.1, 5, 9, 10
Chamber Symphony Op.110a for strings [arr. Barshai]
Cello Concerto No.1, Op.107
Sibelius:
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Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 5
Violin Concerto
Pelléas et Mélisande, suite, Op.46
Smetana:
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Die Moldau
Three Dances from The Bartered Bride
Strauss, Richard:
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Metamorphosen for 23 solo strings
Serenade op.7 & Suite op.4 for Winds
Vier Letzte Lieder
Till Eulenspiegel
D. Quixote
Burlesque (piano & orch.)
Horn Concerto No.1, Op.11
Stravinsky:
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Firebird-(suite 1919)
Petroushka
The Rite of Spring
Pulcinella
Danses Concertantes
Concerto in Eb (Dumbarton Oaks)
2 Poèmes de Balmont
3 Poesies de la lyrique japonaise
8 Instrumental Miniatures
Octet for winds
Symphonies of wind instruments
Ebony Concerto
Scherzo à la russe
Histoire du Soldat (concert suite & stage versions)
Mass for Choir and Double wind quintet
Tchaikovsky:
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Symphonies Nos. 4, 5, 6
Suite nr.4 (Mozartiana)
String-serenade
Violin Concerto
Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op.33 (solo cello)
Verdi:
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Aïda: Triumphal March & Ballet Music
Overtures from La forza del destino, Nabucco and I Vespri siciliani
La Traviata: Prelude to Act III
Wagner:
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Siegfried-Idyll
Overtures Die Meistersinger von Nuremberg, Tannhauser, Rienzi
Tristan und Isolde: Prelude und Liebestod
Weill, Kurt:
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Concerto Violin and winds, op.12
Kleine Dreigroschenmusik
Repertório português
Portuguese repertoire
Alexandre Delgado:
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Concerto Viola
Tresvariações
Pequena suite Laurissilva
Cláudio Carneyro:
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Khroma (premiere of version in 3 movements)
Memento
Eurico Carrapatoso:
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A canção da urze, op.13
Deploração sobre a morte de Jorge Peixinho, op.15
Fernando Lopes-Graça:
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Divertimento op.107 (for winds, percussion, cellos and doublebasses)
Sinfonieta op.220
Suites Rústicas Nos. 1 (op.64) & 3 (op.203)
Três danças portuguesas, op.32
Sinfonia per orchestra, op.38
Frederico de Freitas:
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Suite Africana
Écloga sobre um poema de Virgílio
Muro do Derrête
Dança da menina tonta
Ribatejo
Suite Medieval
Joly Braga Santos:
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Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Três esboços sinfónicos op.38
Variações Sinfónicas sobre um tema alentejano, op.18
Luís Tinoco:
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Zapping
Trois Poèmes de l’Orient
Labyrinth
Before Spring
Luiz de Freitas Branco:
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Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4
Paraísos Artificiais
Vathek
Suites Alentejanas Nos.1 & 2
Marcos Portugal:
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Il Duca di Foix (overture)
Sérgio Azevedo:
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Romance do Grande Gatão (World premiere)
Septeto (World premiere)
Three American Portraits
Reflections on a Portuguese Lullaby (Portuguese premiere)
Viana da Mota:
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Sinfonia em lá maior, op.13, à Pátria
Opera / Stage Music
Gruber, HK:
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Frankenstein!!
Manuel de Faria:
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Tale of the foundation of the city of Coimbra (World premiere)
Maxwell-Davies:
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8 Songs for a Mad King
Poulenc:
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La voix humaine
Schoenberg:
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Pierrot Lunaire
Berio:
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Folk Songs
Stravinsky:
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Histoire du Soldat
Wolf-Ferrara:
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Il Secreto di Susanna
Alguns vídeos de actuações do maestro Luís Carvalho
Some videos retrieved from Mr. Carvalho’s conducting appearances
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STRAVINSKY, Igor: Petrushka (1947)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSk2oSmFtGE
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STRAUSS, Richard: Vier letzte Lieder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S61TDbKIto4
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FREITAS BRANCO, Luiz de: Paraísos Artificiais
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkeGEeqKqyY
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KODÁLY, Zoltán: Dances of Galánta
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4H9otyhu7yI
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SCHUMANN, Robert: Symphony No.4, Op.120
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NqcsR41kMg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ8UYOAceX0
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LOPES-GRAÇA, Fernando: Divertimento
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU4fs8PZqqY
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WEILL, Kurt: Kleine Dreigroschenmusik
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch4XMksniuc
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BRAGA SANTOS, Joly: Symphony No.1, Op.9
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1o231setcs
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SHOSTAKOVICH, Dmitri: Symphony No.9, Op.70
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVDBiJ3MF04
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MAHLER, Gustav: Symphony No.2, C minor, Resurrection
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUyVTkSiCg0
Principais obras (como compositor)
Featured worklist (as composer)
Orchestra – Band – Ensemble
NISE LACRIMOSA (orchestra) 11’
2222-2200-1 perc.-str.
METAMORPHOSES… homage à M. C. Escher (orchestra) 11’
2222-2200-timp.-1 perc.-str.
SINFONIETTA (Vox Populis) (orchestra) 30’
2222-sax.-2200-timp.-1 perc.-str.
FANTASTIC VARIATIONS (symphonic wind band) 15’
CHIAROSCURO – two sketches for symphonic band (symphonic wind band) 13’
MEDITATION AFTER JP (for small ensemble) 4’
fl.-clar.-1 perc.-harp-pno.-voice [mezzo]-vl.-vla.-vlc.
NONETO (for ensemble) 14’
1111-1000-vl.-vla.-vlc.-cb.
MOZARTIANA (for clarinet choir) 10’
------------------------------------------------------------------------Solos – Chamber Music
HORNPIPE (solo horn) 7’
ALBOQUE (solo clarinet) 6’
CHIRIMIA (solo oboe or soprano-sax.) 5’
CONN-O-SAX (solo alto-sax.) 5’
TROIS PIÈCES D’HOMMAGE (for duet) 11’
SUITE IN JAZZ STYLE (4 clarinets) 10’
QUINTETO (fl./ob./clar./fag./hr.) 14’
SAX-SUITE (saxophone quartet) 14’
HORNPHONY (horn quartet) 10’
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Arrangements – Orchestrations
SYMPHONY No.10, F# major, by Gustav Mahler 75’
a reinvention of the draft for large ensemble by Luís Carvalho
1111-sax-1100-euph.-accord. or harm.-harp-2 perc.-4 vl./2 vla./2 vlc./1 cb.
ARCO-ÍRIS (by Duarte Ferreira Pestana) 15’
re-orchestration for symphony orchestra by Luís Carvalho
2232-3 saxs.-4331-timp.-4/5 perc.-str.
SYMPHONY No.7, E-major, by Anton Bruckner 65’
orchestral reduction by Luís Carvalho
1111-1110-euph.-accord. or harm.-str. [11111 or up to 66442]
PREMIÈRE RHAPSODIE, by Claude Debussy 9’
orchestral reduction by Luís Carvalho
111a)1-1100-harp.-1 perc.- str. [11111 or up to 66442]
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clarinet as soloist
Ver e ouvir / Watch and listen
(works by Luís Carvalho)
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NISE LACRIMOSA:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjHrhiLudSs
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ARCO-ÍRIS, for orchestra (Pestana/Carvalho)
https://soundcloud.com/maestroluiscarvalho/pestanacarvalho-arco-iris
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItpjUoUpWxk
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FANTASTIC VARIATIONS:
https://soundcloud.com/maestroluiscarvalho/fantastic-variations
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CHIAROSCURO:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYsNRGpHCW0
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SYMPHONY No.10, F# major, for large ensemble (Mahler/Carvalho):
https://soundcloud.com/maestroluiscarvalho/sets/mahler-carvalho-symphony-no-10
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MOZARTIANA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JPg574n4rg
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SUITE IN JAZZ STYLE:
https://soundcloud.com/maestroluiscarvalho/suite-in-jazz-style-clar-4tet
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SAX-SUITE:
https://soundcloud.com/maestroluiscarvalho/sax-suite-iii-intermezzo-1
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HORNPHONY:
https://soundcloud.com/maestroluiscarvalho/1-intrada-hornphony
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HORNPIPE:
https://soundcloud.com/maestroluiscarvalho/hornpipe-for-solo-horn
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ALBOQUE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnEH0jnWKks
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CHIRIMIA (oboe version):
https://soundcloud.com/maestroluiscarvalho/chirimia
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CONN-O-SAX:
https://soundcloud.com/maestroluiscarvalho/conn-o-sax
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