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Joan Martí-Frasquier, baritone saxophone
Recorded al Calafell Sound Studio Recording by Antonio Velasco in January 2022

Find out more about the classical/contemporary repertoire for baritone saxophone on the blog from my website: https://joanmf.com/jmf-blog/

QUASI UNO SPECCHIO (2020) for Baritone Saxophone solo. Isabel Benito

The Stage Hand

The Salesman

Glass Mountain for accordion, bass clarinet, violin, viola and cello

Glass Mountain

I Carry Your Heart

Orchestra Philharmonique de Radio France (Dylan Corlay, conductor)
26.06.2016, Maison de la Radio (Radio France), Paris
IRCAM ManiFeste 2016

Two Pieces For Orchestra (I) (2016 - Orchestre Philharmonique De Radio France)

Two Pieces For Orchestra (II) (2016 - Orchestre Phliharmonique De Radio France)

For Electric Guitar, Bass Clarinet, and Cello. Premiered 1/3/18 by Distractfold Ensemble.

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Interference is named in reference to electromagnetic interference, especially phone calls and radio communication breaking up. The content slides between the clarity of clean pitched content and the crackling and hissing of interference. It is very rarely at either extreme, instead exploring the spectrum between the two through a range of instrumental effects and techniques.

The image may seem unrelated, however I have been living opposite this imposing, seemingly disused, building since September and I recently learned that it is called Faraday Tower. Faraday (and his cage) is a fitting reference for a piece about electromagnetic interference.

© Simon Hellewell 2018

Interference

Whiskey, beer, and morphine is a work for string quartet based on the fiddle tune Soldier’s Joy which refers to a soldier’s substance abuse during the American Civil War. However, the tune has origins in Scottish fiddling traditions. 
Whiskey, beer, and morphine draws upon folk sounds but these are grotesquely transformed to symbolise the soldier’s substance abuse. Whilst the characteristics of the tune remain, Whiskey, beer, and morphine presents a cracked, distorted, and broken realisation of a familiar tune. 
I lived in Scotland for a few years, and so this piece is also a personal exploration of nostalgia and memory.

'Twas fantastically performed by The Lux Quartet on Friday 9th March 2018 at the RNCM French Connections Chamber Music Festival

Whiskey, Beer, And Morphine (2017) for String Quartet

for piano and percussion, interpreted by Isaac Álamo (piano) and Manuel Alcaraz (percussion)

Sith

Isabel Benito Gutiérrez (1981), was born in Santander (Spain), where she studied piano at the Conservatorio Municipal Ataúlfo Argenta with M. Isabel Charlón. In the lasts days of her degree she started to be very interested in harmony and counterpoint. For this reason, she finally decided to move to Barcelona to study theory and composition at the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya (ESMuC), where she studied with the masters Luis Naón and Mauricio Sotelo, and attended seminars and master-classes by Lasse Thoresen, Daniel Teruggi, Joan Albert Amargós, José Nieto, Hilda Paredes, Kaija Saariaho, Jose María Sánchez-Verdú and many others.

In 2013 she moved to England where she did her PGCE (Postgraduate Certificate in Education) at the University of Huddersfield, working in the City of Liverpool College. She also studied a Masters in Research in Music Composition at the University of Liverpool being mentored by Dr. Ben Hackbarth. Within this course she works along with other Postgraduate students composing music for a silent film, this project is carried out with the collaboration of FACT Liverpool.

Her music is intuitive and artisanal and with a strong and magnetic nature. She creates contemporary music to be attractive not just to musicians, but for people from any professional field, as she thinks art is for everyone, and any person can feel an artistic representation inside. Many of her works have an interdisciplinary sense, mostly combined with painting, as she is very interested in this plastic art, while also in architecture, photography and cinematography.

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Isabel Benito Gutiérrez (1981), nació en Santander (España), donde estudia piano en el Conservatorio Municipal Ataúlfo Argenta  con M. Isabel Charlón. En los últimos años de sus estudios comienza a estar muy interesada en la armonía y el contrapunto. Por esta razón, finalmente decide trasladarse a Barcelona para estudiar teoría y composición en la Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya (ESMuC), donde estudia con los maestros Luis Naón y Mauricio Sotelo, y asiste a seminarios y master-classes impartidos por Lasse Thoresen, Daniel Teruggi, Joan Albert Amargós, José Nieto, Hilda Paredes, Kaija Saariaho y  Jose María Sánchez-Verdú, entre otros.

En 2013 se traslada a Inglaterra donde completa su PGCE (Postgraduate Certificate of Education) en la Universidad de Huddersfield, trabajando en el City of Liverpool College. También estudió un Máster de investigación en composición en la Universidad de Liverpool, teniendo como mentor al Dr. Ben Hackbarth. Dentro de este curso trabaja con otros alumnos de cursos de postgraduado en la composición de la música para una película de cine mudo, este proyecto es llevado a cabo con la colaboración de FACT Liverpool.

Su música es intuitiva y artesanal, y con carácter fuerte y magnético. Crea música contemporánea para que sea atractiva no solamente para los músicos, sino también para gente de cualquier ámbito profesional, ya que piensa que el arte es para todos, y que cualquier persona puede tener un sentimiento artístico en su interior. Muchas de sus obras tienen un sentido interdisciplinar, en su mayoría combinadas con la pintura, ya que está muy interesada en este arte plástico, al mismo tiempo que en la arquitectura, la fotografía y el cine.