These four pieces could be considered a set of variations though the composer has spoken of them rather as photographs of the same object taken at different angles. The work as a whole is based on 'Ti...
For solo piano in two movements. Nubes II concludes the cycle which began with Nubes, both works sharing the same musical material. This second work contrasts with the first by a more subjective music...
For solo piano. This consists of two pieces, played in an order the performer chooses. The number five, closely related to the nature of the zortziko, a Basque dance in 5/8, has been applied to severa...
For solo piano. This piece uses some melodic, rhythmic and harmonic materials from the late piano music of Albeniz as a starting point. Erkoreka exaggerates or simplifies certain aspects of the tradit...
Nubes (clouds in Spanish) consists of two movements played without interruption. The first, Cumulus, is a play of sonorities based on a fixed intervallic structure. In the distance, one can hear intim...
For solo guitar. The inspiration for this piece is the 'cante jondo' (deep singing) which is the essence of Flamenco. Erkoreka incorporates some melodic and rhythmic archetypes related to this sound-w...
I saw three ships is a lively setting of the traditional English text. A simple melody, swapped between the outer voices and answered by altos and tenors, gradually builds to a forte last verse comple...
For piano trio. Aldakiak means 'variants' in Basque and in this piece, which consists of nine short sections, the composer explores different ways of reacting around one musical event. The result is a...
This is a version for string quartet of Erkoreka's saxophone quartet, Duduk II. It is the last of the four Duduk pieces which are based on the traditional modes/scales of Armenia.
