When I was 11 years old, my grandparents took me to hear the Spanish pianist Alicia de Larrocha in concert at Avery Fisher Hall. I was looking forward to the first half of the program, which included music by composers familiar to me—Bach, Haydn, and Mendelssohn. The second half looked more daunting—dedicated entirely to works by a Spaniard named Manuel de Falla, whose last name I assumed rhymed with “Paula”. Traffic was heavy coming into Manhattan that afternoon, and we missed the entire first half. It didn’t take more than the first few notes of Falla’s “Danza de la molinera” to make me realize that all was not lost. All at once, I found myself seduced by the robust folkloricism of this music, coupled to the exotic harmonic world and fanciful voicing of so much French Impressionistic music. Ever since then, the music of Spain has been central to my work as a performing artist and educator.
In my efforts to disseminate the music of Spain, I have been blessed with considerable support from the Spanish government and other agencies devoted to promoting Spanish culture. The Spanish Consulate in N.Y.C., the Spanish Ministry for Education and Culture, the Foundation for Iberian Music at the CUNY Graduate Center, the King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center at NYU, and Instituto Cervantes have all provided much meaningful assistance.Below is a list of works by Spanish and Latin-American composers I have performed as a soloist or chamber musician over the years. Examples of Spanish-influenced music by non-Hispanic composers are included as well. Elsewhere, videos, cds, collaborations with living Spanish composers, and my writings on this repertoire are accessible, as is information on the Burgos International Music Festival, where I teach and serve as Director of Cultural Outreach each summer. On several occasions, I’ve also been able to share my love of this repertory with students from a variety of backgrounds through courses offered at Instituto Cervantes of N.Y.C., Concordia College, and Brooklyn College.
Adam Kent Spanish and Latin-American Repertory
Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909)
Cantos de España (complete)
First Suite Española (complete)
Suite Iberia (complete)
Tango in D
Mateo Albéniz (1755?-1831)
Sonata in D
Roman Alís (1931-2006)
Three Images of New York State, Op. 222 (World premiere with Damocles Trio at CUNY Graduate Center in 2007)
Lleonard Balada (b. 1933)
Persistencies
Preludis obstinants
Pedro Blanco (1882-1919)
Hispania, Op. 4
Paul Bowles (1910-1999)
El bejuco
Salvador Brotons (b. 1959)
Piano Trio
Requiem Trio
Sonata for Cello and Piano
Toccata per a Piano, Op. 93
Antonio de Cabezón (1510-1566)
Diferencias sobre “el Canto del Caballero”
Benet Casablancas (b. 1959)
Tres Haikus
¡Sí, a Montsalvatge!
Gaspar Cassadò (1897-1966)
Los requiebros for cello and piano
Piano Trio
Anna Cazurra (b. 1965)
Mediterrània
Carlos Chávez (1899-1978)
10 Preludes (various)
Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
El Salón México (arr. by Leonard Bernstein)
Fr. Agostinho da Cruz (ca. 1590-1633?)
Verso del 8o tom por d-sol-re
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
La puerta del vino
Sérénade interrompue
Soirée dans Grenade
Òscar Esplà (1889-1976)
Sonata espafiola, Op. 53
Amparo Fabra (b. 1974)
Estudio-Fantasía
Song cycles on poetry by Francisco Acuyo and Amalia Iglesias
Suite
Variaciones sobre”el garbancito”
Visiones
Manuel de Falla (1876-1946)
Pièces Espagnoles
Fantasía Bética
Noches en los Jardines de España
Siete Canciones Populares Españolas for voice and piano
Suite Populaire Espagnole for cello or violin and piano
Transcriptions from “El amor brujo”, “El sombrero de tres picos”, and “El retablo de Maese Pedro”
Oscar Lorenzo Fernândez (1897-1948)
Trio Brasileiro
Josep Freixanet (1730-1762)
Sonata in A Major
Roberto Gerhard (1896-1970)
Dos Apunts
Dances from “Don Quixote”
Three Impromptus
Piano Trio
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)
Danzas argentinas
Enrique Granados (1867-1916)
Danzas españolas Nos. 1, 5, and 9
Escenas románticas
Goyescas (complete)
Piano Trio, Op. 50
Tonadillas for voice and piano
Valses poéticos
Jesús Guridi (1886-1961)
Seis Canciones Castellanas for voice and piano
Ernesto Halffter (1905-1989)
Canciones populares portuguesas for voice and piano
Canto Inca for voice and piano
Complete works for solo piano (recorded for Bridge Records)
Fantasía española for cello and piano
Madrigal for violin and piano
Petite Suite “Hommages” for piano trio
Pregón from “Hommage à Salvador Dalí” for voice and piano
Rapsodia Portuguesa for piano and orchestra
Señora for voice and piano
Transcriptions for cello and piano by Gaspar Cassadò
Transcriptions for violin and piano by Henryk Szeryng
Rodolfo Halffter (1900-1988)
Piano Sonata No. 2
Dos Sonatas de El Escorial
Joaquim Homs (1906-2003)
Diptic per a piano
Impromptu No. 6
Jacques Ibert (1890-1962)
Bajo la mesa
Antonio José (1902-1936)
Marcha de los soldados de ploma
Tres Danzas Burgalesas
Mauricio Kagel (1931-2008)
Piano Trio No. 1
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957)
Don Quixote: Sechs Charakterstücke
Tania León (b. 1943)
Atwood Songs for soprano and piano
Homenatge
Mística
Parajota Delaté
Piano Trio
Rituál
To and Fro for soprano and piano
Tumbao
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Spanish Rhapsody
Frank Marshall (1883-1959)
Suite Catalonia
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)
Saudades do Brasil (various)
Federico Mompou (1887-1983)
12 Canciones y danzas
El pont for cello and piano
Impresiones íntimas
Música callada (excerpts)
Suburbis
Xavier Montsalvatge (1912-2002)
Cinco Canciones Negras for voice and piano
Sonatine pour Yvette
Tres divirtimientos sobre temas de autores olvidados
Piano Trio
Joaquín Nin (1879-1949)
Seguida Española for cello and piano
Joaquín Nin-Culmell (1908-2004)
Danses cubaines
48 Tonadas
Piano Quintet
Sonata breve
Tres Homenajes
Bernardo Pasquini (1637-1710)
Partite sopra la Aria della Folia da Espagna
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Alborada del gracioso
Joaquín Rodrigo (1901-1999)
Cinco Piezas del Siglo XVI
Tres danzas de España
Tres evocaciones para piano
Miguel-Ángel Roig-Francolì (b. 1953)
Con los ojos cerrados for voice and piano
Sonata for cello and piano
Songs of the Infinite for violin and piano
Songs of Light and Darkness for piano trio
Suite Apócrifa
Antonio Soler (1729-1783)
Keyboard Sonatas R. 15, 21, 24, 84, 88, and 90
Carlos Surinach (1915-1997)
Piano Quartet
Sonatina
Suite from “The Acrobats of God”
Trois Chansons et Danses Espagnoles
Joaquín Turina (1882-1949)
El poema de una sanluqueña, Op. for violin and piano
Piano Quartet, Op. 67
Piano Trios (complete, recorded for Claves Records)
Polimnia for cello and piano
Rapsodia sinfónica, Op. 66 for piano and orchestra
Scènes andalouses for viola, string quartet, and piano
Sonata Pintoresca: Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Op. 24
Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1, Op. 51
Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2, Op. 82
Tres Danzas Fantásticas, Op. 22
Octavio Vázquez (b. 1972)
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
A prole do bebê No. 1 (complete)
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4
Piano Trios (complete—recorded for Claves Records)
Martin Zalba (b. 1959)
Proverbios for piano trio
Sebastián Zubieta (b. 1965)
Coronata di stelle for piano trio
PHOTOGRAPHY
Formal Shots: Michael Dames and James Keyser
Candid Shots in Spain: Joel Weinberg
Candid Shots of Damocles Trio: Sibylle Johner
Carnegie Hall Shots: Young Jang
