WORKS | José del Avellanal

For more information on each piece, click on its title

MUSIC THEATRE

(2025) - 45'

Krizo Asembleo

music theatre for performers, musicians and presentation slides

co-creation by José del Avellanal and Bernat Pont

TENEBRAE

(2022-23) - 60'

music theatre for voice, trumpet, violin, electronics, light design and video

Mountain of Truth

(2022-23) - open duration

site-specific performance for directional speakers, quadraphonic installation and percussion

AUDIOVISUAL

wastelands

(2023) - 15'

for tenor saxophone, percussion, piano/keyboard, electronics and optional lights

CARNIVAL OF SOULS

(2022) - 12'

for percussion, video and electronics

Silencio

(2021-22) - 10'

for alto saxophone, electronics and stage lights

A garden for Olivia

(2021)

interactive audiovisual laptop patch

ORCHESTRAL

I saw the Mystery Man

(2019) - 8'

for symphony orchestra

CHAMBER

what answer would please you most

(2024) - 20'

for septet and playback

Alpenstrasse (Quartet Sketches)

(2024) - 10'

for string trio and motorised violin

Durme, durme

(2023) - 8'

for sextet and playback

Canto

(2022) - 8'

for percussion quintet

Marienbad

(2020-21, rev. 2022) - 5'

for sextet

mientras la noche cantaba

(2019) - 4'30"

for piano duet

Marea de Silencio

(2018-19) - 20'

for flute quartet

VOCAL

Lullabies for dinosaurs

(2025) - 25'

performance for voices and electronics

co-created by Lily Li, Matthias Müller and José del Avellanal

Vocalise

(2022) - 10'

for male voice, live electronics and text

Geometry and Anguish (after Lorca)

(2020) - 5'

for unaccompanied SSAATTBB choir

SOLO

ergo

(2025) - 12'

for amplified piano

?Trommel

(2021) - 7'

for percussionist and snare drum

Sombra

(2021) - 4'

for bass clarinet

Rust

(2020-21) - 10'

for trombone

speak, sing...

(2020) - 7'

for clarinet in B-flat and electronics

three breaths (after Ben)

(2020) - 1'

for clarinet in B-flat

Songs from the Machine

(2019-20) - 10'

for piano

ELECTRONIC

Manchester, May 2021 (Calling Dreams)

(2021) - 5' 30"

fixed stereo electronic work

A landscape for Olivia

For more information on each piece, click on its title

MUSIC THEATRE

(2025) - 45'

music theatre for performers, musicians and presentation slides

co-creation by José del Avellanal and Bernat Pont

(2022-23) - 60'

music theatre for voice, trumpet, violin, electronics, light design and video

(2022-23) - open duration

site-specific performance for directional speakers, quadraphonic installation and percussion

AUDIOVISUAL

(2023) - 15'

for tenor saxophone, percussion, piano/keyboard, electronics and optional lights

(2022) - 12'

for percussion, video and electronics

(2021-22) - 10'

for alto saxophone, electronics and stage lights

(2021)

interactive audiovisual laptop patch

ORCHESTRAL

(2019) - 8'

for symphony orchestra

CHAMBER

(2024) - 20'

for septet and playback

(2024) - 10'

for string trio and motorised violin

(2023) - 8'

for sextet and playback

(2022) - 8'

for percussion quintet

(2020-21, rev. 2022) - 5'

for sextet

mientras la noche cantaba

(2019) - 4'30"

for piano duet

(2018-19) - 20'

for flute quartet

VOCAL

(2025) - 25'

performance for voices and electronics

co-created by Lily Li, Matthias Müller and José del Avellanal

(2022) - 10'

for male voice, live electronics and text

(2020) - 5'

for unaccompanied SSAATTBB choir

SOLO

(2025) - 12'

for amplified piano

(2021) - 7'

for percussionist and snare drum

(2021) - 4'

for bass clarinet

Rust

(2020-21) - 10'

for trombone

(2020) - 7'

for clarinet in B-flat and electronics

three breaths (after Ben)

(2020) - 1'

for clarinet in B-flat

(2019-20) - 10'

for piano

ELECTRONIC

(2021) - 5' 30"

fixed stereo electronic work

(2020) - 4'

fixed stereo electronic work

LIGHT DESIGN

(2025) - 80'

theatrical concert by Kollektiv Unruhe

(2025) - 40'

work for bassoon, multichannel electronics and sound-reactive light design

collaborative creation by Olivia Palmer-Baker (performance), John Aulich (composition) and José del Avellanal (light design)

(2025) - 35'

audiovisual performance by Philolaos Kougias

(2024) - 40'

audiovisual performance for musicians, electronics, video and light design

collaborative creation by Arda Yurdusev (concept, video), Lautaro Tesar (composition, electronics) and José del Avellanal (light design)