Hèctor Parra (Composer) 

Hèctor Parra (1976)
Chronological List of Works (1999-2011)


2011

InFALL (2011)
Dur. 09:00 Large orchestra (3.3.3.3/4.3.3.1/1.1.1/Hrp./14.12.10.8.6)
Commissioned by the Barcelona National Orchestra OBC- Auditorium of Barcelona
Premiere : OBC, Lothar Zagrosek, conductor. 24-25-26 February 2012, L´Auditori de Barcelona, concert hall. Concert season OBC 2011-12.
Editorial Durand –Universal Music Publishing Classical (Paris)

Caressant l’horizon (2011)
Dur. 30:00 Orchestre/grand ensemble (2.2.2.2/2.2.2.1/3 perc./Hp/3.2.2.1)
Commissioned by Mécénat Musical de Société Générale and the Ensemble Intercontemporain
Premiere : Ensemble Intercontemporain. Emilio Pomàrico, conductor. Cité de la Musique de Paris, grande salle. 9 November 2011. Saison musicale 2011-12.
Editorial Durand –Universal Music Publishing Classical (Paris)


2010

Early Life (2010)
Dur. 13:15 Oboe, piano, violin, viola, violoncello
Commissioned by Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation
Premiere : Ensemble Recherche, Munich –24.05.2011.

Mineral Life (2010)
Dur. 13:00 Percussion solo (multipercussion)
Commissioned by Sisco Aparici
Premiere : Sisco Aparici, percussion.
Editorial Tritó (Barcelona)

Love to Recherche (2010)
Dur. 4:30 Clarinet/Bass clarinet, percussion, string trio
Commissioned by the Ensemble Recherche on the occassion of its 25th anniversary
Premiere: Ensemble Recherche. 28.10.2010, Musiekgebouw, concert hall. Amsterdam.
Editorial Tritó (Barcelona)

Piano Sonata (2010)
Dur. 20:00 Piano solo
Commissioned by the Festival Arcana 2010 for the pianist Nicolas Hodges
Premiere: Nicolas Hodges, piano. 04.08.2010, Festival ARCANA, St Gallen-Gesäuse, Austria.
Editorial Durand –Universal Music Publishing Classical (Paris)

Impromptu pour Equinoxe (2010)
Dur. 2:00 Piano solo
Commissioned by Dracar Productions for the film « Equinoxe » by Laurent Carcélès
Premiere: Hideki Nagano, piano. (recording session) 30.03.2010, Studio Guillaume Tell, Suresenes, Paris, France.
Editorial Tritó (Barcelona)

Equinox (2010)
Dur. 13:00 Chamber Orchestra (1.1.1.1/1.1.1.0/1.1/1/2.1.1.1)
Commissioned by the Festival Ars Musica of Bruxelles for the Ensemble BCN 216 and Ernest Martínez Izquierdo.
Premiere: Ensemble BCN 216. Ernest Martínez-Izquierdo, conductor. 08-10/.11.2010, Auditorio de Zaragoza (Spain) and Auditori de Barcelona, chamber music hall. Barcelona, Spain.
Editorial Tritó (Barcelona)

2009

Stress Tensor (2009 rev. 2011)
Dur. 15:00 Flute/Piccolo, clarinet/Bass Clarinet, Piano, Vn, Va, Vc.
Commissioned by the Ensemble Contrechamps.
Premiere: Ensemble Contrechamps, Jurjen Hempel, conductor. 19.01.2010. Saison de l´ensemble 2009-2010, Salle E. Ansermet, Geneva, Switzerland.
Editorial Tritó (Barcelona)

La dona d´aigua (El Montseny) (2009)
Dur. 11:00 Solo piano
Commissioned by Associación Española de Festivales de Música Clásica para la obra colectiva “Una Iberia para Albéniz”.
Premiere: Juan Carlos Garvayo, piano. 28.11.2009. Festival de Música Española de Cádiz, Spain.
Editorial Tritó (Barcelona)

“I have come like a butterfly into the hall of human life” (2009)
Dur: 17:45 Electronics (6 channels)
Commissioned by the Festival Sonic Explorations – Kings Place (London) of the London Sinfonietta
Premiere: Festival Sonic Explorations (London Sinfonietta). 02.10.2009. Kings Place, Hall 1, London, UK.
Editorial Tritó (Barcelona)

String Quartet No. 2 -Fragments on Fragility (2009)
Dur. 13:00 String Quartet and life electronics
Commissioned by the WDR-Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik for the Arditti Quartet
Premiere: Arditti String Quartet. 25.04.2009. Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik 2009, Witten, Germany.
Editorial Tritó (Barcelona)

Hypermusic Prologue
- A projective opera in seven planes. (2008-2009)
Dur. 63:00 Sopr., Bar., Fl-Cl-Hrn-Perc-Vn-Va-Vc-Db. Life electronics.
-Libretto by Lisa Randall-
Commissioned by the IRCAM-Centre Pompido and the Ensemble Intercontemporain
With the support of the Culture Department of Catalan Government .
Premiere: Charlotte Ellett, soprano, James Bobby, Baryton.
Ensemble Intercontemporain, Clement Power, conductor. Thomas Goepfer, life electronics (IRCAM)
Matthew Ritchie, scenography. Paul Desveaux, stage director.
14-15/.06.2009. Centre Pompidou, Grande Salle, Festival Agora 2009, Paris, France.
Editorial Tritó (Barcelona)

2008

Fibrillian –Chamber Symphony Nº 2 (2007-2008)
Dur. 12:00 String Orchestra (6.6.4.4.2)
Commissioned by Ernst Kovacic and the Wroclaw chamber orchestra for the Warsaw Autumn Festival 2008
Premiere: Wroclaw chamber orchestra “Leopoldinum”. Ernst Kovacic, conductor. 21.09.2008. Warsaw Autumn Festival, National Auditorium, chamber hall. Warsaw, Ponand.
Editorial Tritó (Barcelona)

Esquisses sur Celan (2008)
Musique semi improvisée pour soprano, flûte/piccolo, saxophone, percussion et piano. Dur. 5:00
Commissioned by the Ensemble Proxima Centauri
Premiere: Ensemble Proxima Centauri and Géraldine Keller, soprano. 31.01.2008. Molière Scène d´Aquitaine, Berdeaux, france.

Sirrt die Sekunde (2008)
Dur. 13:30 Chamber Orchestra (1.1.1.1/1.1.1.0/1.1/1/2.1.1.1)
Commissioned by Klangforum Wien and Impuls-Graz 2009 with the support of the Catalan Government
Premiere : Klangforum Wien, Enno Poppe, conductor. 14.02.2009. Festival Impuls Graz, Austria.
Editorial Tritó (Barcelona)

An exploration of light (2008)
Dur. 13:00 For violoncello and percussion.
Commissioned by the Foundation Caixa Catalunya for the exhibition “Alexander Rodtchenko”
Premiere : Pierre Strauch, cello and Andreï Karassenko, percussion. 13.10.2008. Auditori de la Pedrera de Gaudí, Barcelona, Spain.
Editorial Tritó (Barcelona)

Stimmen (2008)
Dur. 4:30 Soprano, violin and piano
Commissioned by the Festival Tage für Neue Musik Zürich.
Premiere: Sarah Leonard (sopr.), Rolf Hind (pno.), David Alberman (vn.). 14.11.2008. Tage für Neue Musik, Theater Rigiblick, Zurich, Switzerland.
Editorial Tritó (Barcelona)

2007

Piano Trio Nº 2 –Knotted Fields (2007)
Dur. 13 :00
Commissioned by Fundación Caja Madrid/Liceo de Cámara 2008
Premiere: Trio Jean Paul. 03.04.2008. Liceo de Cámara 2008. Auditorio Nacional de Música, Sala de Cámara, Madrid, Spain.
Editorial Tritó (Barcelona)

Zangezi (2007)
Théâtre musical pour trois acteurs, une soprano et électronique.
Based on the poem Zangezi by Velimir Khlebnikov.
Dur : 60:00
Commissioned by Musica de Hoy – Xavier Güell (Madrid)
Premiere: Aleksandra Zamojska (soprano), Ana Caleya, Georg Reiter, Christoph Kail (actors). 22-23/06.2007. Ópera de Hoy 2007, Teatro Albéniz, Madrid, Spain.
Editorial Tritó (Barcelona)

String Quartet No. 1 –Leaves of Reality (2006-2007)
Dur. 12 :00
Comissioned by the IVM (Institut Valencià de la Música)
Premiere: Arditti String Quartet. 08.05.2007. Festival Ensems, Teatre Talia. València, Spain.
Editorial Piles (València)

Tentatives de Réalité (2007)
for violoncello and life electronics controlled by gesture caption
Dur. 17:00
Commissioned by the IRCAM –Centre Georges Pompidou
Premiere: Pierre Strauch (cello) and Thomas Goepfer (computer music design). 14.06.2007. Festival Agora, Espace de Projection, IRCAM, Paris, France.
Editorial Tritó (Barcelona)

Quatre Miniatures (2007)
Dur 5:30 Solo piano
Commissioned by the Conservatori Professional de Música de Tarragona (Spain)
Premiere: Students of the Conservatorium of Tarragona, piano. 09.05.2008 Tarragona, Spain.
Editorial Tritó (Barcelona)

2006

Karst –Chroma II (2006)
Large Orchestra (3.3.3.3/4.3.3.1/1.1.1/14.12.10.8.6). Dur. 07:00
Commissioned by the French Ministry of Culture for the Festival Musica of Strasbourg
Premiere : Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège, Pascal Rophé, conductor. 07.10.2006. Festival Musica, Palais des Fêtes, Strasbourg, France.
Editorial Tritó (Barcelona)

Lumières Abyssales -Chroma (2004/2006)
Large Orchestra (3.3.3.3/4.3.3.1/1.1.1/14.12.10.8.6). Dur. 11:00
Commissioned by the Orchestre National d’Ile de France.
Premiere : Orchestre National d’Ile de France, David Porcelijn, conductor. 23.04.2006. Festival Île de Découvertes , Aulnay-sous-Bois, Paris, France.
Editorial Tritó (Barcelona)

Arena (2006)
Dur. 05:30 For soprano and piano. Poems by Núria Casellas.
Comissioned by the IVM (Institut Valencià de la Música)
Premiere : Pilar Jurado, soprano, Bertomeu Jaume, piano. 19.05.2006. Festival Ensems 2006 –Quaderns Ensems. Teatre Talia, València, Spain.
Editorial Piles (València)

De lejos (2006)
Dur. 05:30 For baritone and piano. Poems by Núria Casellas.
- adapted of Arena-

Ona (2006)
Dur. 2:45 For flute and viola.
Premiere: Alex Bruch, viola, Olivia Abreu, flute. Mairie du XIV, on the occasion of the marriage of the composer. Paris, 30.06.2006.
Editorial Tritó (Barcelona)

String Trio (2006)
Dur. 10:30 For violin, viola, cello and electronics.
Commissioned by the Akademie der Künste, Berlin
Premiere: Kammer Ensemble Neue Musik Berlin. 25.11.2006. Akademie der Künste Hall –Pariser Platz, Berlin, Germany.
Editorial Tritó (Barcelona)


2005

Chamber Symphony –Quasikristall- (2005)
Dur. 12:30 Chamber orchestra and life electronics (2.1.1.1/1.1.1.0/1./2.2.2.1.)
Commissioned by the IRCAM and the Ensemble Intercontemporain
Premiere : Ensemble Intercontemporain, Daniel Kawka, conductor. 16.12.2005. Centre Pompidou, Grande Salle. Paris, France.
Editorial Tritó (Barcelona)

Vestigios (2005)
Dur. 5:00 for two pianos and two percussionists
Commissioned by the Association Densité 93 (Université de Paris VIII)
Premiere: Quatuor Aker. 24.06.2005 Le Pré St Gervais, France.
Editorial Tritó (Barcelona)

Ciel Rouillé (2005)
Dur. 11:00 For flute/piccolo, saxophone baritone, piano, percussion
Commissioned by Société Selmer (Paris) for the Festival Novart 2005, Bordeaux
Premiere: Ensemble Proxima Centauri. 05.11.2005. TNBA, Grande Salle, Festival Novart, Bordeaux, France.
Editorial Tritó (Barcelona)

L´Aube Assaillie (2004-2005)
Ballet pour violoncelle, électronique et 12 danseurs. Dur. 17:00 Chorégraphie : Frédéric Lescure
Commissioned by the IRCAM -Centre Georges Pompidou and the CNSMD Lyon for the Jeune Ballet du CNSMD de Lyon
Premiere : Amandine Lefèvre (cello), Hèctor Parra (electronics). 10.03.2005. Cité des Arts de Chambéry, France.
Editorial Tritó (Barcelona)

Impromptu (2005)
Dur. 3:30 Solo piano
Premiere : Michael Wendeberg, piano. 26.11.2005, Philharmonie Luxembourg, Salle de Musique de Chambre, festival Rainy Days 2005.
Editorial Tritó (Barcelona)

Chymisch (2005)
Dur. 6:00 Baritone saxophone and electronics
Premiere: Marie-Bernadette Charrier (saxophone). 25.08.2005. Festival Internacional Quincena Musical de San Sebastián, Spain.
Editorial Tritó (Barcelona)

2004

Trio pour violon, violoncelle et piano “Wortschatten” (2004).
Dur. 7:30
Commissioned by the CDMC-Madrid for the publication Quodlibet of the University of Alcalá de Henares
Premiere : Ensemble Intercontemporain soloists. 17.07.2004. Centre Acanthes-IRCAM 2004, Grande Salle de l´Arsenal de Metz, France.
Editorial Tritó (Barcelona) / Fundación Universidad de Alcalá de Henares (Madrid)

Fragments Striés (2004)
Dur. 5:00 Saxophone quartet (S/A/T/B)
Premiere: Utopia Ensemble. 07.11.2004. Auditori Nova Jazz Cava, Terrassa (Barcelona), Spain.
Editorial Tritó (Barcelona)

Time Fields II (2004),
Dur. 5:30 Clarinette in Bb.
Commissioned by the INAEM (Spanish National Institute for the Arts and Music)
Premiere: Iván Solano (Bb clarinet). 06.06.2004. Colegio de España, Paris, France. Editorial Tritó (Barcelona)

Time Fields III (2004)
Dur. 5:00 Flute
Premiere : Sophie Dardeau (flute). 23.06.2004. Amphithéâtre X, Université de Paris VIII, France.
Editorial Tritó (Barcelona)

Glottal (2004)
Dur. 9:15 STEREO CD.
Premiere: 19.09.2004 Comines, Belgium. Installation "Artère" by Cristina Arroyo and Alberto Molina. Festival Art-Terre 2004.

2003

Strette (2003)
Monodrame pour soprano, électronique, vidéo en temps réel et lumières. Dur. 13:00 Poem by Paul Celan (Engführung).
Conception scénographique : Susana Velasco et Hèctor Parra.
Premiere: Valérie Philippin, soprano, Mikhail Malt, computer music design, Emmanuel Jordan, video design. 15.10.2003. Espace de Projection, IRCAM, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France.
Editorial Tritó (Barcelona)

Andante Sospeso (2003)
Dur. 4:30 For flute and piano.
Premiere: Duo Nataraya (Laura Capsir, flute, and Imma Santacreu, piano). 29.01.2004. Colegio de España, Paris, France.
Editorial Tritó (Barcelona)

Andante Sospeso (2003-2004)
Dur. 4:30 Version for clarinet and piano.
Premiere: Iván solano (clarinet) and Imma Santacreu (piano). 29.06.2004. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, CDMC-JIEM 2004, Madrid, Spain.
Editorial Tritó (Barcelona)

2002

Stasis -Antigone I (2002)
Dur. 7:15 String Quartet
Commissioned by Centre Acanthes (Paris)
Premiere : Arditti String Quartet. 19.07.2002. Centre Acanthes 2002, Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, Festival d´Avignon 2002, France.
Editorial Tritó (Barcelona)

Abîme -Antigone IV (2002)
Dur. 14:30 for flute/piccolo, oboe, piano, violin, viola and cello.
Commissioned by the International Takefu Festival for the 2002 composition workshop.
Premiere : Ensemble Recherche. Ken-Ichi Nakagawa, conductor. 15.06.2002. Takefu Bunka Center, Takefu International Music Festival 2002, Japan.
Editorial Tritó (Barcelona)

Strata -Antigone II (2002)
Original version for 2 clarinets, horn, percussion, 2 violins, viola and cello. Dur. 8:00
Editorial Tritó (Barcelona)

Strata -Antigone II (2002/2006)
Adapted version (2006) for flute, clarinet, horn, percussion, 2 violins, viola and cello. Dur. 8:00
Premiere : Ensemble Laboratorium. Aurélien Azan Zielinski, conductor. 31.03.2007. Luzerner Saal, Lucerne Music Festival Öster.
Editorial Tritó (Barcelona)

Time Fields I (2002/2004)
-Version for Bass Clarinet. Dur. 6:30
Premiere : Iván Solano, bass clarinet. 06.06.2004. Colegio de España, Paris, France.
Editorial Tritó (Barcelona)

Time Fields I (2002/2006)
-Original version (revised) for baritone saxophone. Dur. 6:30
Premiere : Marie-Beradette Charrier (saxophone). 05.12.2006. Sala Beckett, Barcelona, Spain.
Editorial Tritó (Barcelona)

2001

Mort d´Antigone -Antigone III (2001)
Dur. 5:45 mezzosoprano and Bb clarinet.
Premiere : Sandra Raoulx, mezzosoprano, Dominique Vidal, clarinet, and Rachid Safir, conductor. 29.09.2001. Session de Composition Voix Nouvelles, Saison musicale Royaumont 2001.
Editorial Tritó (Barcelona)

2000

Pulsions (2000)
I-Expectante
II-Irato
Dur. 7:00 for flute, oboe, clarinet, violin, viola, cello and piano.
Premiere: Ensemble Espai Sonor, Voro Garcia, conductor. 15.06.2008. Mostra Sonora de Sueca, Bibilioteca Suecana, Spain.
Editorial Tritó (Barcelona)

Pape moe (1999-2000)
Dur. 6:10 for soprano and electronics. Text by Paul Gauguin (Noa Noa).
Premiere: Geni Montenegro, soprano. 21.06.2000. Auditorium "Àgora Rubió i Balaguer de l´UPF-PHONOS, Barcelona, Spain.

1999

Tres Peces per a piano –Lichtzwang- (1999)
Dur. 9:00 Solo piano.
Premiere: Hèctor Parra, piano. 24.02.2000. Concert Hall Eduard Toldrà of the Conservatorium of Barcelona, Spain.
Editorial Tritó (Barcelona)