Gabriel Fernández Álvez

Gabriel Fernández Álvez (Madrid, 9 July 1943 – Madrid, 2 February 2008) was a Spanish composer. He represented Spain at the I.S.M.E.'s XII Congress and the I.S.C.M.'s XII Congress.

Selected works

• String Quartet No. 1 (1973)
• Hommage to Manuel de Falla (1976)
• Dioramas (1976)
• Concerto for 6 percussionists (1976)
• Hommage to Hindemith
• Lasciate ogni speranza, for soprano, treble, chorus, magnetic tape and orchestra
• Symphony No. 2 (1979)
• Oda for viola and piano (1984)
• Trío Mompou (1984)
• Lyric Phantasy for violin (1985)
• Cántico Matritense (1988)
• Fantasía (desde la lejana cercanía...) for guitar (1990)
• Elegiac Concerto for violin, cello, piano, chorus, 2 trumpets (among the audience), strings and percussion (1990)
• Sonata poética for guitar (1991)
• Gibraltar, opera (1992)
• Liturgia de cristal, 12 Preludes for guitar (1993)
• Concierto Seglar for saxophone and orchestra (1994)
• Violin Concerto (1996)
• La extraña flor de la melancolía, piano sonata (1996)
• Cuadernos para trío
• Concerto for 2 flutes and orchestra
• An-At, trio
• Getsemaní, oratorio (2000)
• Twelve Preludes for piano
• El Profeta, for barytone, chorus and orchestra (2006)
• Fantasía en blanco y negro for piano (2006)
• El poder de la imaginación, for trio (2006)
• Capriccio por trio and ensemble (2007)

External links

• Review of his Concerto for six percussionists in El País, 1977
• Obituary