Orchestral and larger instrumental works

• Three Hodies (1972)
• Four Rhythmic Studies (1973)
• Tableaux Concertants (1976)
• Nimbus (1977)
• Stars (1980) for 25 flutes
• Gestures I,III,IV (1982) for various groupings
• Aleafonia Concertante I,II,III (1984-86) for chamber orch.
• Em Homenagem (1984)
• Mobiles for Alexandra (1985) for Wind and Double Basses
• Melodies and Mobiles (1990) for clars, vlns and perc.
• Epitaph (1991)
• Song for Elizabeth (1992) for 13 strings.
• Motet (1994) for 15 insts
• Metamorphoses (1995) for 11 insts.
• Metaphors (1996)
• Monograph Expanded (1997) for piano and orchestra
• Lament (2001) for 15 instruments
• Lauda (2002) for solo clarinet and orchestra of 21 clarinets
• Linus (2002) for orchestra
• Lupercalia (2002) for orchestra
• Sinfonia (2004-2005)
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Orchestra and voices

• Accede ad ignem hunc (1970) for reciter and instruments
• Eventail (1974) for choir, brass and cellos.
• The Round Horizon (1982) for Mezzo, girls’choir, orch.
• Plaint (1987) for reciter, choir, chamber orch.
• Epistle (1991) for 16 voices and instruments.
• Songs for Simeon (1992) for Sop, Bar, choirs, orch.
• Miserere Mei (1994) for 5 reciters, chamber orch.

Choir

• Prayer of Mary Queen of Scots (1976) for 6 male voices
• Chamber Étude no.2 (1977) for 6 male voices
• Motets for Holy Week (1980-83)
• O Vos Omnes (1980) for 7-part choir
• Crux Fidelis (1983) for 4-part choir
• Salvator Mundi (1983) for 3-part choir
• Ecce Lignum (1983) for 1-part choir
• Gestures II (1982) for mixed choir
• Ego Sum Resurrectio et Vita (1985) for 10 voices
• Motets for Christmas (1987-9)
• O Magnum Mysterium (1987) for 12-part choir
• Lux Fulgebit (1988) for 15-part choir
• Verbum Caro Factum Est (1989) for 13-part choir
• Hodie Christus Natus Est (1989) for 15-part choir
• Echoes (1991) for 12 female voices
• Maria Matos Medley (1997) for 7 solo voices
• Magnificat (1998) for 12 solo voices
• My monstrous mountaind walke (1999) for 6 solo voices
• Morning (2000) for 7 solo voices
• Leipziger Motetten (2002) for 5 male voices

Chamber music

• Three Dances (1968) for 3 guit.
• De Profundis (1970) for vln, vc, pf.
• Three Bagatelles (1971) for wind 5tet
• String Quartet no.1 (1972)
• Petite Sérénade (1973) for fl, vla, hp.
• Dies Irae (1973) for 2 tpt, 2 trb, timp.
• Complainte de la Lune en Province (1974) for Tenor, guit.
• Chamber Étude no.1 (1975) for ob, cor, bn, hpchd.
• Snakes of Silver Throat (1976) for wind 8tet.
• String Quartet no.2 (1976)
• Introit (1977) for string 4tet.
• Dialogue I (1978) for fl, perc.
• Vespers (1978) for clar, pf.
• Wind Quintet no.1 (1978)
• Hymn (1979) for 8 clars.
• Wind Quintet no.2 (1979)
• Arabesque (1979) for clar, mezzo-sop, vln, perc.
• Wind Trio (1980) for ob, clar, bn.
• Toccata (1980) for 2 pfs.
• Dialogue II (1981) for vc, pf.
• Brass Quintet (1983)
• The Thinnest Hair (1984) for Tenor, hp.
• String Quartet no.3 (1986)
• Boreas (1988) for 4 clars.
• Out of the Deep (1988) for vla, vc, cb.
• Gusts (1989) for fl, clar.
• Epigrams (1991) for Sop, Bar, hpchd, org, string 4tet.
• Six or Seven Sketches - Wind Quintet no.3 (1992)
• Sonnet (1993) for Tenor, pf, hp, perc, 4 vc, 7 male vces.
• Movements (1994) for Saxophone Quartet
• Madrigal (1994) for 3 cb.
• Meander (1995) for 5 violas.
• Musette (1995) for Sopr,fl,cl,pf,vn,vc
• Mutations (1996) for 4 clars
• Music for two pianos (1998)
• Memorial to Jorge Luís Borges (1999) for Bar, a-fl, b-cl, guit, vc, 2 perc, 4 vla.
• ..manhosamente.. (2000) for Sopr, pf.
• Metastrophe (2000) for fl,cl,bn,vc.
• Miniatures in memoriam Tom Eastwood (2001) for 2vn,vla.
• Monumentum in memoriam Robert Sherlaw Johnson (2001) for stg 4tet
• String Quartet no.4 (2001)
• Lacrimae (2001) for ob dam., fl,cl,vibr,pf,vn,vla,vc
• Lied der Liebe (2002) for Sopr, vn, vc, pf.
• Meeres Stille (2003) for Sopr, pf
• 7 Lessons (2003) for fl, ob, ten.sax, vn, pf

Solo music

• Piano Sonata no.1 (1971)
• Partita no.1 (1972) for vln.
• Piano Sonata no.2 Sanctus (1976)
• 3 pieces (1976) for fl.
• Requiescat (1977) for wood perc.
• Partita no.2 (1978) for vln.
• Sonata (1979) for vc.
• Preludes (1979) for pf.
• Sonata-Fantasia (1980) for guit.
• Essay I (1980) for trb.
• Elegy (1981) for fl.
• Essay II (1981) for organ.
• Essay III (1981) for vln.
• Essay IV (1981) for hp.
• Essay V (1982) for vla.
• Essay VI (1982) for voice.
• Essay VII (1990) for guit.
• Essay VIII (1991) for pf.
• Snow on Distant Hills (1992) for clar.
• Essay IX (1993) for tpt.
• Essay X (1993) for recorder.
• Monograph (1994) for pf.
• Monograms I - V (1995-2000) for clarinet
• Monogram I for A.S.D. (1995)
• Monogram II for E.C. (1999)
• Monogram III for S.A. (1999)
• Monogram IV for C.C. (2000)
• Monogram V for C.F. (2000)
• Essay XI (2000) for harpsichord.
• 18 Miniatures (2001) for pf.
• Essay XII (2001) for double bass.
• Essay XIII (2001) for alto saxophone
• Lied (2002) for vln.
• Leise, leise (2002) for vla.
• Letter to Ricardo Tacuchian (2003) for pf
• Lampoons (2003) for tenor saxophone

Orchestrations

• Fauré: Messe Basse (1991) for female voices and string orch.
• Webern: 4 pieces Op.4 (1992) for eleven instruments
• Debussy: 3 Preludes (1994) for Chamber orch.
• Schoenberg: Sechs Kleine Stücke Op.19 (1995) for Chamber orch.
• Ivo Cruz: Homenagem a Manuel de Falla (1996) for Chamber orch.
• Tressler: Thoughts (1996) for Chamber orch.
• Miguel Ângelo Pereira: Eurico - Recitativo e Cavatina (1997) for Tenor and Chamber Orch.
• Webern: 3 Kleine Stücke Op.11 (1997) for Chamber Orch.
• Stockhausen: Three orchestrations of Klavierstück III (1998) for fl, cl, bn, hn, vn, vla, vc.
• Debussy: 7 Preludes (1999) for 12 wind insts.
• Reger: Aria Op.103A no.3 (1999) for String Orch.
• Tressler: Ballade (2000) for Chamber Orch.
• Tressler: Burla (2001) for Chamber Orch.

Neoclassical studies

• Classical Sonata (1974) for harpsichord
• Suite (1975) for vc, cb; From which: Air (1976) for String Orchestra
• Sonata da chiesa (1976) for cl, pf
• Ludus polytonalis (1977) for cl, vc
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• a. Prayers to the wind (1980) for 2 vlas
• b. Minha Tírcia é tâo bella (1980) variations for 3 vlas
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• a. Invention on a mordent (1973) for 7 flutes
• b. Introduction and aria (1973) for 6 cl
• c. Caprice (1980) for 5 ob

Didactic music

• Christmas Cantata (1973) for girls voices, insts
• Os Pastores (1978): Cantata for childrens voices, orch.
• Os Magos (1979): Cantata for childrens voices, orch.
• Four pieces (1979) for 4 trb.
• Gavotte (1980) for 2 rec, cl.
• A Anunciação (1980): Cantata for childrens voices, orch.
• 6 Easy pieces (1980) for pf
• 6 Polytonal pieces (1980 ) for pf
• 6 Modal pieces (1980) for pf
• 5 Pieces in the first position (1980) for vc, pf
• Mosaic of the Air (2000) for student orchestra
• Lyric (2002) for flutes, recorders and strings
• Lyric 2 (2003) for flutes, clarinetes, violins, ‘cellos
• 6 Pantonal pieces (2003) for pf

Arrangements for choir

Brazilian popular music

• Peixe Vivo (1978)
• Despedida do Pastoril (1979)
• Cavalo Marinho (1979)
• Boas Festas (1979)
• Prece ao Vento (1979)
• Pastorinhas (1984)
• A Garota de Ipanema (x2) - 1. SATB (1984)
• 2. T,Bar, Bar,B.(1995)
• Só Danço Samba - T,Bar,Bar,B. (1995)

Christmas music

• *God rest you merry gentlemen (1973)
• *Coventry carol (1973)
• *The first nowell (1973)
• *Noite Feliz (Silent Night)(1979)
• *Loa de Natal (1979)
• *Ao bom Jesus saudemos (x2)(1979)
• *Away in a Manger (x2)
• *Rocking
• *Quem Pastores laudavere
• Ding, dong, merrily on high
• *Angels from the realms of glory
• *O little one sweet
• *Past three o’clock
• *Adam lay ybounden (P.Warlock)
• *Wither’s Rocking Hymn (Vaughan Williams)
• *Il est né le divin enfant
• *O Tannenbaum
• *O little town of Bethlehem
• *Frim, fram, frum.
• *Natal de Elvas I (1995)
• *Menino Jesus à lapa (1996)
• *Natal de Elvas II (1997)

* published as Canções de Natal/Christmas Carols by Musicoteca (1999)

Others

• If the nightingales
• Once in a while
• There goes the ball game
• Dallas blues
• Os meninos do Rádio

Other arrangements

• Garota de Ipanema for String 4tet (1986)
• Venham mais cinco 1. for 8 vc. (1995)
• Venham mais cinco 2. for 6 vc. (2000)
• Crazy little thing called love for 4 clar. (1997)
• Somebody to love for 4 clar. (1997)

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