Robert Xavier Rodríguez : Work List

• Orchestra
  •  Adagio for Small Orchestra (1967) - 5 minute(s)

    Orchestration   1112/2000/str

  •  Bachanale: Concertino for Orchestra (1999) - 20 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2+pic.2+ca.2+bcl.2+cbn/4331/timp.3perc/2kbd/hp/str

  •  Estampie, Ballet for Small Orchestra (1981) - 18 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2(pic).2(ca).2(asx).2/2220/4perc/hp.pf/str

  •  Favola Boccaccesca (1979) - 20 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3(pic)3(ca)4(bcl)3(cbn)/4331/timp.3perc/cel.hp/str

  •  A Gathering of Angels: Bolero for Orchestra (1989) - 8 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3(3pic)3(ca)3(Ebcl)2/432+btbn.1/timp.3perc/hp.pf/str/handbell choir (12 players) ad lib

  •  Hot Buttered Rumba (1996) - 5 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2+pic.22+asx.2/432+btbn.1/timp.3perc/hp.pf/str

  •  Las Mañanitas de los Niños (1999) - 5 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2+pic.222/432+btbn.1/timp.3perc/hp.pf/str

  •  Piñata (1991) - 5 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2+pic.2.2.asx.2/4331/timp.3perc/hp.pf/str

  •  The Salutation Rag (1978) - 5 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3(pic)222/4331/timp.3perc/str
    (pf 4-hands)

  •  The Seven Deadly Sins, Ballet for Orchestra (1984) - 17 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3+pic.2(ca)2+Ebcl+acl+bcl.2[=4]sx.2/4431/4perc/2pf/str

  •  Sinfonia à la Mariachi (1997) - 24 minute(s)

    Orchestration   orch I: 2+pic.222/4230/timp.2perc/hpd/str; orch II (Mariachi): 0000/0200/perc/hp.acn.gtr/str; orch III (optional): 2 tpt or Mariacahi band in finale

  •  The Star-Spangled Banner 1 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2+pic.2+ca.2[+2].2[+cbn]/43[+1].31/timp.3perc/str

  •  Tango di Tango (based on a theme from the theater piece “Tango”) (1985) - 8 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2+pic.2+ca.2+bcl.2+cbn/4331/timp.3perc/pf.hp/str

• Soloist(s) and Orchestra
  •  Canto (1973) - 10 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   soprano [=tenor]

    Orchestration   2222/2000/timp/pf/str
    (1010/0000/perc/pf/vn.vc)

  •  A Colorful Symphony (1987) - 20 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Narrator

    Orchestration   3(pic)222/4231/timp.3perc/hp.pf/str

  •  Concerto III for Piano and Orchestra (1974) - 20 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Piano

    Orchestration   2222/2210/timp/str

  •  The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics (orchestra version) (2005) - 20 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Narrator

    Orchestration   2(pic).2.2.2/4.2.2+tbn.1/timp.2perc/pf.hp/str; opt slides

  •  Favola Concertante, Ballet and Double Concerto for Violin, Cello, and String Orchestra (1975) - 20 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Violin, Cello

    Orchestration   str

  •  Flight: The Story of Wilbur and Orville Wright (2002) - 23 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Female narrator

    Orchestration   2+pic.1+ca.2.2(cbn)/4.3Ctpt.3.1/timp.3perc/pf.hp/str; recorded sounds of airplane engines

  •  Invocation of Orpheus (1989) - 12 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Trumpet

    Orchestration   hp/str
    (pf)

  •  Lyric Variations (1970) - 6 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Oboe

    Orchestration   0000/2000/str

  •  Máscaras (1993) - 18 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Cello

    Orchestration   2(pic)2(ca)2(Ebcl,bcl)2/2210/timp.2perc/hp.pf/str

  •  Musical Dice Game (2005) - 15 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   2 String Quartets

    Orchestration   2str

  •  Oktoechos, Concerto Grosso for Two Groups of Soloists and Orchestra (1983) - 18 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3(pic)3(ca)3(bcl)3(cbn)/4331/timp.3perc/hp.pf/str

  •  Praline and Fudge (1989) - 6 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Contralto or Bass

    Orchestration   0101/0000/hpd/str

  •  Semi-Suite for Violin and Orchestra (1981) - 10 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Violin

    Orchestration   2222/2220/2perc/hp.pf/str

  •  Sinfonia Concertante for Soprano Saxophone, Harpsichord, and Chamber Orchestra (1974) - 15 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano Saxophone, Harpsichord

    Orchestration   10+ca.01/2000/str

  •  The Tempest (2000) - 34 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   puppeteers or actors (2-4 male voices, 1 female voice)

    Orchestration   3(3pic).2+ca.2+bcl.2+cbn/4(conch shells).32+btbn.1/timp.3perc/pf(hpd).hp/str + bird songs on tape

  •  Trunks, A Circus Story for Narrator and Orchestra (1983) - 18 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Narrator

    Orchestration   1+pic.221+cbn/4231/timp.3perc/hp.pf/str

  •  Ursa, Four Seasons for Doublebass and Orchestra (1990) - 19 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Double bass

    Orchestration   2(opt pic)+pic.222/2200/timp.2perc/hp.pf/str

  •  We, the People: The Story of the American Constitution (1987) - 15 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Narrator

    Chorus   Chorus [opt]

    Orchestration   2(pic)222/4.2.2+btbn.1/timp.3perc/pf/str
    (pf)

• Works for Band/Wind/Brass Ensemble
  •  Decem Perfectum - Concertino for Woodwind Quintet, Brass Quintet and Wind Ensemble (2003) - 18 minute(s)

    Orchestration   4(pic).3(ca).4(bcl).4sx.3(cbn)/4431/timp.3perc/db (orchestration includes concertante instruments)

  •  Latin Celebration (Gaudeamus Igitur) (1999) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2+pic.22+bcl.4sax.2/4331+euph/timp.4perc/pf/db

  •  The Seven Deadly Sins, Ballet for Wind Ensemble and Percussion (1984) - 17 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3+pic.2(ca)2+Ebcl+acl+bcl.4sax.2/4431/4perc/2pf

  •  Smash the Windows (2001) - 2 minute(s)

    Orchestration   young concert band

• Large Ensemble (7 or more players)
  •  El Día de los Muertos (2006) - 10 minute(s)

    Orchestration   8perc

  •  Fanfare for Trumpets and Caracolas (1995) - 5 minute(s)

    Orchestration   4 conch shells[=4hn].4tpt

  •  Fanfare from “Oktoechos” (1984) - 1 minute(s)

    Orchestration   13tpt.13tbn

  •  Five Etudes (1983) - 15 minute(s)

    Orchestration   cl, bn, tpt, tbn, perc, pf, vn, vc

  •  A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Incidental Music (2001) - 45 minute(s)

    Orchestration   cl(bcl), hn, tpt, perc, pf, acn, hp, 2vn, va, vc, db

  •  Tequila Sunrise (2000) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   0000/4331/timp.4perc/hp

• Soloist(s) and Large Ensemble (7 or more players)
  •  Concert Suite from Suor Isabella (1983) - 16 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano, Piano

    Orchestration   fl(pic).cl(bcl)/tpt.btbn/perc/hp.pf/vc

  •  The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics (ensemble version) (2005) - 18 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Narrator

    Orchestration   fl, cl, vn, vc, hp, perc, pf; opt slides and/or dancers

  •  Frida Concert Suite (1993) - 23 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   mezzo soprano

    Orchestration   cl(asx)/tpt(flugel)/perc/acn.pf/vn
    (cl(asx)/tpt(flugel).tbn/perc/acn.pf.gtr/vn.va.vc.db (or multiples))

  •  The Song of Songs (1992) - 32 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano, Narrator

    Orchestration   0010/0000/perc/hp.pf/str4t

• Works for 2-6 Players
  •  Alle(...)luia (1987) - 7 minute(s)

    Orchestration   org, perc

  •  Chronies (1981) - 6 minute(s)

    Orchestration   bcl, perc

  •  Ductia (1980) - 5 minute(s)

    Orchestration   hp / 2hp / fl, hp / other combinations

  •  Estampie (1981) - 18 minute(s)

    Orchestration   cl(bcl), vc, perc, pf
    (piano)

  •  Favola Concertante (1977) - 20 minute(s)

    Orchestration   vn, vc, pf

  •  Favola II (1980) - 12 minute(s)

    Orchestration   cl, vc, pf

  •  Frammenti Musicali (1978) - 5 minute(s)

    Orchestration   fl, pf

  •  Gambits- Six Chess Pieces for Horn and Piano (2001) - 5 minute(s)

    Orchestration   hn, pf

  •  Improvisation Matrix (1978)

    Orchestration   for any instrument or combination of instruments

  •  Lamento di Tristano (1997) - 12 minute(s)

    Orchestration   fl, gtr
    (vn, gtr)

  •  Lull-a-Bear (1993) - 2 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Cello

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Máscaras (1993) - 18 minute(s)

    Orchestration   vc, pf

  •  Medieval Suite (1983) - 10 minute(s)

    Orchestration   hn, vn, pf

  •  Meditation (1981) - 6 minute(s)

    Orchestration   fl, cl, vc, perc

  •  Meta 4 (1994) - 17 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2vn, va, vc

  •  Música, por un tiempo (2008) - 12 minute(s)

    Orchestration   cl, vn, vc, pf

  •  My Lady Carey’s Dompe (1985) - 12 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pic tpt, descant hn, hpd/pf

  •  Les Niais Amoureux (1989) - 15 minute(s)

    Orchestration   cl, vn, vc, pf

  •  Omaggio al Divino (2009) - 6 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2gtr

  •  Quodlibet on Medieval Tunes (1978) - 5 minute(s)

    Orchestration   inst

  •  Semi-Suite (1981) - 7 minute(s)

    Orchestration   vn, pf [opt cl, perc]

  •  Sonatina d’Estate (1982) - 10 minute(s)

    Orchestration   fl, pf

  •  Sor(tri)lège: Trio III (2007) - 20 minute(s)

    Orchestration   vn, vc, pf

  •  Tango di Tango (1985) - 8 minute(s)

    Orchestration   vn, acn, pf

  •  Tentado por la samba (2006) - 10 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf, vc

  •  Toccata (1977) - 10 minute(s)

    Orchestration   5perc

  •  Toccata (1976) - 10 minute(s)

    Orchestration   4 gtr

  •  Trio I (1971) - 15 minute(s)

    Orchestration   vn, vc, pf

  •  Trio II (1970) - 5 minute(s)

    Orchestration   vn, vc, pf

  •  Ursa (1990) - 19 minute(s)

    Orchestration   db, pf
    (vc, pf)

  •  Variations (1975) - 10 minute(s)

    Orchestration   vn, pf

• Solo Works (excluding keyboard)
  •  Favola I (1977) - 7 minute(s)

    Orchestration   cello

  •  Son Risa (2006) - 5 minute(s)

    Orchestration   hp

  •  Three Lullabies (1990)

    Orchestration   gtr

    Arranger / Editor   Enric Madriguera

  •  Toccata (1983) - 10 minute(s)

    Orchestration   guitar

    Arranger / Editor   Robert Guthrie

• Solo Keyboard(s)
  •  Aspen Sketches (1992) - 12 minute(s)

    Orchestration   piano

  •  Bachanale (1999) - 12 minute(s)

    Orchestration   piano duo

  •  Caprichos (2012) - 25 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Fantasia Lussuriosa (1989) - 10 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Reflections on Sensual Indulgence (1982) - 10 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Semi-Suite (1980) - 7 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Seven Deadly Sequences (1990) - 15 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Sonata in One Movement (1973) - 10 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Tango di Tango (1985) - 8 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  The Versatility Rag (2006) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf

• Chorus a cappella / Chorus plus 1 instrument
  •  Lyrics for Autumn (1971) - 5 minute(s)

    Chorus   chorus

    Orchestration   vc

• Chorus and Orchestra/Ensemble
  •  Adoración Ambulante — A Mexican Folk Celebration (1994) - 1 Hour(s) 0 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Tenor, Bass

    Chorus   SATB chorus; Children's chorus

    Orchestration   2(pic)222/4431/timp.4perc.hp/str/ mariachi band; percussion ensemble; church bells; conch shells; and singing audience

  •  Agnus Dei (completion of Mozart's Mass in C minor) (2006) - 8 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Bass, 2 Sopranos, Tenor

    Chorus   SSAATTBB

    Orchestration   1020/2230/timp/org/str[2perc][20Handbells]

  •  Canción de los Niños (2007) - 5 minute(s)

    Chorus   SA children's chorus

    Orchestration   2tpt, timp, mba, perc, str

  •  Con Flor y Canto from “Adoración Ambulante” (1994) - 15 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Tenor, Bass

    Chorus   SSAA children’s chorus, SATB chorus

    Orchestration   2+pic.222/4431/timp.4perc/hp/str

  •  Dolorosa et Lacrimabilis Es, Virgo Maria (1980) - 5 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano

    Chorus   chorus

    Orchestration   fl, perc

  •  Forbidden Fire, Cantata for the Next Millennium (1998) - 22 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Bass Baritone

    Chorus   Double SATB chorus

    Orchestration   2+pic.222/432+btbn.1/timp.3perc/hp.pf/str

  •  Scrooge: Concert Scenes from “A Christmas Carol” (1994) - 18 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Bass Baritone

    Chorus   Chorus

    Orchestration   2(pic).2(ca).2(Ebcl/bcl).2(cbn)/2220/timp.3perc/hp.pf(hpd)/str

  •  Transfigurationis Mysteria (1980) - 12 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano, Countertenor, Tenor, Narrator

    Chorus   Chorus, Children's Chorus

    Orchestration   21+ca.02/2330/perc/hp.org/str
    (pf)

  •  Varmi’ts! (1985) - 12 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Narrator

    Chorus   Chorus

    Orchestration   2(pic).2(ca).2(bcl).2(cbn)/4331/timp.3perc/pf/str
    (pf)

• Solo Voice(s) and up to 6 players
  •  Apache Wedding Blessing (2006) - 3 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Voice

    Orchestration   gtr

  •  Cinco Poemas de García Lorca (1975) - 7 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Mezzo soprano, Tenor

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Food of Love (2004) - 13 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Narrator

    Orchestration   vn, pf

  •  For Piano I and II (1978) - 10 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Narrator

    Orchestration   vn, pf

  •  Four Poems from ‘Neue Gedichte’ (1971) - 10 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano [=Tenor]

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Mirror Sonnets (for voice and piano) (1989) - 5 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   voice

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Mirror Sonnets (for voices and guitar) (1989) - 5 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   3 Sopranos

    Orchestration   gtr
    (Soprano; cl, gtr, vn[cl])

  •  An Opera House (2012) - 6 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Voice

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Praline and Fudge (1989) - 6 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Contralto, pf
    (Bass, pf)

  •  Presences (1973) - 5 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano [=Tenor]

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Six Maxims de La Rochefoucauld (1991) - 5 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   voice

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Six Songs of E.E. Cummings 12 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano

    Orchestration   mba
    (Soprano; pf)

  •  Three Songs and a Monologue (1990)

    Soloist(s)   Voice

    Orchestration   piano

• Opera and Music Theatre
  •  La Curandera (2006) - 1 Hour(s) 0 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Baritone, Bass, Contralto (Voice), Mezzo soprano, Soprano, Tenor

    Orchestration   cl(asx), tpt, btbn, 2perc, pf, acn, vn, vc

  •  Le Diable Amoureux (1978) - 55 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano, Mezzo soprano, Tenor, Bass Baritone

    Chorus   chorus

    Orchestration   2(2pic)2(ca)2(bcl)2/2210/2perc/hp.cel/str

  •  Frida (1991) - 2 Hour(s) 0 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Mezzo soprano, Baritone, Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, 3 Calaveras (death figures), character voices

    Chorus   chorus [opt]

    Orchestration   cl(asx)/tpt(flugel)/perc/acn.pf/vn
    (cl(asx)/tpt(flugel).tbn/perc/acn.gtr.pf/vn.va.vc.db)

  •  The Last Night of Don Juan (2000) - 1 Hour(s) 0 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Vocal Soloists, Actors, Dancers, Puppeteers

    Chorus   SA Chorus

    Orchestration   2+pic.2+ca.2+bcl.2+cbn/432+btbn.1/timp.3perc/hp.pf/str (solo vn)

  •  Monkey See, Monkey Do (1986) - 35 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   2 Sopranos, Mezzo Soprano, Tenor, Baritone, Bass

    Orchestration   cl/tpt/perc/gtr.acn.pf/vn.vc

  •  The Old Majestic (1988) - 1 Hour(s) 30 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   2 Sopranos, 2 Mezzo Sopranos, Tenor, Baritone, Bass Baritone, Bass

    Chorus   off-stage chorus

    Orchestration   1(pic)1+ca.1(sx)0/01.btbn.0/2perc/acn.pf.hp/str

  •  The Ransom of Red Chief (1986) - 55 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   boy soprano, Tenor, Baritone, Bass Baritone

    Chorus   off-stage chorus

    Orchestration   fl(pic).cl/tpt.btbn/perc/bjo.acn.pf/vn.vc

  •  Suor Isabella (1982) - 1 Hour(s) 10 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   2 Sopranos, 2 Mezzo Sopranos

    Chorus   women's SSA chorus or 3 soloists

    Orchestration   fl(pic).cl(bcl)/tpt.btbn/perc/hp.pf/vn.vc

  •  Tango (1985) - 25 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Tenor

    Orchestration   1010/0000/perc/acn.pf/vn.vc