Música de Câmara com Voz / Chamber Music With Voice
CREDO DA MISSA FRANCISCUS, for Soprano, Cello, Accordion, 2026
Duration: approx. 6’
Premiere: April 12, 2026, Centro de Cultura Contemporânea de Castelo Branco. Carolina Prates (soprano), Carisa Marcelino (accordion), Ricardo Mota (cello)
Audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZgYfX1_33Q
PDF SCORE AND PARTS: €10.00
PAPER SCORE AND PARTS: €20.00
Orders to joaopdelgado@gmail.com
RETRATOS DO ERVEDAL, for Mezzo-Soprano, Accordion, Saxophone, and String Trio, with participation from the population of Ervedal, Avis, 2024
Duration: approx. 30'
Premiere: April 23, 2024, Casa do Povo do Ervedal, Avis. Síntese-GMC, conducted by João Delgado.
PDF SCORE AND PARTS: €40.00
PAPER SCORE AND PARTS: €60.00
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ITINERÁRIO DAS AMORAS BRAVAS, for Mezzo-Soprano, Accordion, Clarinet (or Saxophone), and String Quartet, based on texts by Eugénio de Andrade, 2023
Duration: approx. 23 minutes
Movements: I. O meu país; II. Porto; III. Beira Baixa.
ISMN: 979-0-9007586-7-5
Premiere: October 14, 2023, Centro de Cultura Contemporânea de Castelo Branco. Síntese-GMC, conducted by Ian Wierzba.
Performances:
October 15, 2023, Casino Fundanense, Fundão
October 22, 2023, Casa das Artes de Famalicão, Famalicão da Serra (same performers)
February 2, 2024, Auditorium of Escola Secundária nº2, Abrantes, Síntese-GMC, conducted by Diogo Costa
March 9, 2024, Manuel de Falla Auditorium, Royal Conservatory of Madrid, Síntese-GMC, conducted by Ian Mikirtumov
March 23, 2024, Soares dos Reis Museum Auditorium, Porto
April 6, 2024, Teatro Faialense, Horta
April 12, 2024, Grão Vasco National Museum, International Spring Festival of Viseu (same performers)
May 12, 2024, Casa del Alba, Havana, Cuba, Síntese-GMC, conducted by Diogo Costa
May 25, 2024, Municipal Library of Serpa
June 15, 2024, José Saramago Foundation, Lisbon (same performers).
April 12, 2026, Centro de Cultura Contemporânea de Castelo Branco, João Roiz Ensemble, Carisa Marcelino, Carolina Prates.
PDF SCORE AND PARTS: €45.00
PAPER SCORE AND PARTS: €65.00
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FRAGMENTO DO PORTO, for Cello and Voice (sop), 2023
based on texts by Manuel Teixeira Gomes and Teixeira de Pascoaes, 2023
Duration: approx. 12'
ISMN: 979-0-9007586-6-8
Premiere: April 13, 2024, Igreja Matriz de Meruge, Oliveira do Hospital. Rogério Peixinho (cello), Helena Neves (mezzo-soprano).
Description: FRAGMENT FROM OPORTO originates from my piece Itinerário das Amoras Bravas, with its music structured as an adapted extraction from that larger work. Nonetheless, it stands as an independent and legitimate piece on its own. The text serving as the foundation for FRAGMENT FROM OPORTO is drawn from the works of Manuel Teixeira Gomes and Teixeira de Pascoaes, writers of profound poetic and philosophical depth, with a close personal connection to the city of Porto.
PDF SCORE AND PARTS: €10.00
PAPER SCORE AND PARTS: €20.00
Orders to joaopdelgado@gmail.com
CANTIGA PARTINDO-SE, for Soprano and String Quartet, based on texts by João Roiz de Castelo Branco and António Salvado, 2015
Publisher: AVA - Musical Editions
ISMN: 979-0-55052-444-6
Premiere: December 12, 2015, Centro de Cultura Contemporânea de Castelo Branco, João Roiz Ensemble and Marina Pacheco (soprano).
Subsequent Performance: April 12, 2017, Cine-Teatro Avenida de Castelo Branco (same performers).
Recordings: CD Cantiga Partindo-se, João Roiz Ensemble and Marina Pacheco, published by Município de Castelo Branco, 2016.
Audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_Yo7mQQms4
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FRAGMENTO DE VERA CRUZ, for Soprano, Clarinet, and String Quintet, 2016
Duration: approx. 5’
Publisher: AVA - Musical Editions
ISMN: 979-0-55053-822-1
Recordings: CD Cantiga Partindo-se, João Roiz Ensemble and Marina Pacheco, published by Município de Castelo Branco, 2016.
Description: FRAGMENTO DE VERA CRUZ is a chamber extraction of a very small excerpt from a larger work: Vera Cruz, composed for full orchestra, female choir, and soprano soloist.
Audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_FrnUUFRYY
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FRAGMENTO DE VERA CRUZ, version for Soprano, Accordion, and String Trio, 2016
Duration: approx. 5’
Description: FRAGMENTO DE VERA CRUZ is a chamber extraction of a very small excerpt from a larger work: Vera Cruz, composed for full orchestra, female choir, and soprano soloist.
PDF SCORE AND PARTS: €15.00
PAPER SCORE AND PARTS: €20.00
Orders to joaopdelgado@gmail.com
SIX MEDITERRANEAN LIEDER, for Voice and Piano (versions for medium and high voice), 2012
Duration: approx. 15’
Publisher: AVA - Musical Editions
ISMN: 979-0-55053-830-6
Premiere: October 19, 2012, Teatro Municipal da Guarda. Helena Neves (soprano), Nuno Santos Dias (piano)
Description: Songs based on texts by medieval Arab-Andalusian poets from the Iberian Peninsula.
Audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zmgXYNUBPs / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHcvYWgkgGg / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn2mvsodzQ8 / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCM3o1x2kgM
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FLORILÉGIO SABINO, for Mezzo-Soprano, Violin, Cello, and Accordion, based on texts by Horace and Virgil, 2023
In Publication. Soon available for orders.
Música de Câmara Sem Voz / Chamber Music Without Voice
PAVANE, for String Quartet, 2026
Duration: approx. 5'
Premiere: April 12, 2026, Centro de Cultura Contemporânea de Castelo Branco, João Roiz Ensemble.
Audio: https://youtu.be/2pNUoIpN9sY
PDF SCORE AND PARTS: €7.00
PAPER SCORE AND PARTS: €14.00
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RITORNELLO, for String Quartet, 2026
Duration: approx. 7'
Premiere: April 12, 2026, Centro de Cultura Contemporânea de Castelo Branco, João Roiz Ensemble.
PDF SCORE AND PARTS: €8.00
PAPER SCORE AND PARTS: €17.00
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CÂNTICO A SÃO VICTOR, for Two Cellos, 2025
Duration: approx. 5'
PDF SCORE AND PARTS: €10.00
PAPER SCORE AND PARTS: €20.00
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ELEGY TO BERGOGLIO, for String Quartet, 2025
ELEGIA A BERGOGLIO, para Quarteto de Cordas, 2025
Duration: approx. 3'
ISMN: 979-0-9007579-8-2
Premiere: April 12, 2026, Centro de Cultura Contemporânea de Castelo Branco, João Roiz Ensemble.
PDF SCORE AND PARTS: €7.00
PAPER SCORE AND PARTS: €15.00
Orders to joaopdelgado@gmail.com
ERVEDAL SUITE, for Violin, Cello and Accordion, 2024
SUITE ERVEDAL, para Violino, Violoncelo e Acordeão, 2024
Duration: approx. 15'
Movements: I. Poética; II. Popular; III. Aurora
ISMN: 979-0-9007579-3-7
Premiere: April 12, 2026, Centro de Cultura Contemporânea de Castelo Branco. João Mendes (violin), Carisa Marcelino (accordion), Ricardo Mota (cello)
Description: SUITE ERVEDAL is an extraction of the main musical materials from a larger work, originally written for a large ensemble and premiered with the participation of the community of the population of Ervedal, Avis.
Audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc9JB7pAWQQ
PDF SCORE AND PARTS: €30.00
PAPER SCORE AND PARTS: €45.00
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ACCORDION QUINTET, for String Quartet and Accordion, 2021
QUINTETO COM ACORDEÃO, para Quarteto de Cordas e Acordeão, 2021
Duration: approx. 21'
Publisher: AVA - Musical Editions
ISMN: 979-0-55053-831-3
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ELEGY SONATA, for Alto Sax and Piano, 2012
SONATA-ELEGIA, para Saxofone Alto e Piano, 2012
Duration: approx. 15'
Publisher: AVA - Musical Editions
ISMN: 979-0-55053-823-8
Premiere: October 19, 2012, Teatro Municipal da Guarda. Carlos Canhoto (sax), Nuno Santos Dias (piano)
Description: This work was premiered on the day of Manuel António Pina's death, dedicated to the memory of the poet.
Audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IC3h0jWM0Pk
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TRÊS PEÇAS NEGLIGENTES, for Viola and Cello Duo, 2012
Duration: approx. 12’
Premiere: October 19, 2012, Teatro Municipal da Guarda. João Pedro Delgado (viola) and Rogério Peixinho (cello).
PDF SCORE AND PARTS: €25.00
PAPER SCORE AND PARTS: €35.00
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GUARDA, for two instruments or voices in free combination, 2009
Duration: approx. 6'
ISMN: 979-0-9007579-1-3
Premiere: October 19, 2012, Teatro Municipal da Guarda. Carlos Canhoto (sax), Helena Neves (sop).
Other Performances: Museu da Castanha, Aldeia do Bispo, January 6, 2023; Igreja Matriz de Silvares, February 10, 2023; Igreja Convento da Graça, Castelo Branco, March 11, 2023; Igreja Matriz de Meruge, April 13, 2024; Igreja Matriz de Montalvão, April 15, 2023; Igreja Matriz de Vila Nova de Foz Côa, April 21, 2023; Igreja Matriz de Ramela, May 20, 2023; Igreja Matriz de Sarzedas, July 21, 2023 (same performers).
Audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP62logZl7o
PDF SCORE AND PARTS: €10.00
PAPER SCORE AND PARTS: €20.00
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IVAN ILICHT, Phantasy for String Quartet, 2009
IVAN ILICHT, Fantasia para Quarteto de Cordas, 2009
Duration: approx. 7'
ISMN: 979-0-9007579-2-0
Premiere: June 26, 2024, Bibliothèque de la Ville, Mittwoch, Switzerland (Ensemble Les Chambristes).
Other Performances: June 29, 2024, Temple, Tremelan, Switzerland; June 30, 2024, Chapelle de la Maladière, Neuchâtel, Switzerland; June 30, 2024, Temple, Bevaix, Switzerland (same performers)
Audio: http://e.pc.cd/wLxy6alK
PDF SCORE AND PARTS: €25.00
PAPER SCORE AND PARTS: €40.00
Orders to joaopdelgado@gmail.com
Música para Instrumentos Solistas / Music for Solo Instruments
SUITE TEJO, for Cello, 2026
In print. Available soon.
SUITE DOURO, for Cello, 2026
In print. Available soon.
LUZ MATINAL EM SÃO LÁZARO, for Mandolin, 2026
Duration: approx. 4'
ISMN: 979-0-9007586-8-2
Publisher: João Roiz Ensemble
Description: Elegy to Marques de Oliveira (1853–1927).
PDF SCORE AND PARTS: €8.00
PAPER SCORE AND PARTS: €15.00
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SUITE A MARQUES DE OLIVEIRA, for Mandolin, 2024
Duration: approx. 12'
ISMN: 979-0-555054-290-7
Publisher: AVA - Musical Editions.
Movements: I. Interior (costureiras trabalhando) 1884; II. Retrato de Manuel Teixeira Gomes 1881; III. À espera dos barcos 1892; IV. Trecho sobre o Rio Vizela 1886 / I. Interior (Seamstresses at Work), 1884; II. Portrait of Manuel Teixeira Gomes, 1881; III. Waiting for the Boats, 1892; IV. Excerpt on the River Vizela, 1886.
Premiere: November 10, 2024, São Brás Church, Benavente, Sérgio Chitas (mandolin).
Description: This piece is inspired by four paintings by the Portuguese painter Marques de Oliveira (1853–1927).
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CAPRICCIO, for Solo Viola, 2011
Duration: approx. 6’
Publisher: AVA - Musical Editions
ISMN: 979-0-55053-821-4
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SUITE PROUST, for Solo Viola or Violin, 2011
Duration: approx. 11’
ISMN: 979-0-9007579-0-6
Movements: I. À l’ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs; II. Combray.
Premiere: October 19, 2012, Teatro Municipal da Guarda. Rogério Peixinho (solo cello version), Gustavo Delgado (solo violin version)
Audio: I. http://youtube.com/watch?v=T9Uteb8nW1M
PDF SCORE AND PARTS: €10.00
PAPER SCORE AND PARTS: €15.00
Orders to joaopdelgado@gmail.com
Música Coral / Choral Music
CATORZE CANTARES ANCESTRAIS PORTUGUESES, harmonizados para Coro a 2 Vozes Brancas, 2024
FOURTEEN ANCESTRAL PORTUGUESE SONGS, harmonized for two-part children's choir, 2024
Duration: approx. 30’
Publisher: AVA - Musical Editions
ISMN: 979-0-55054-146-7
Movements:
I. Apanhar o Trevo (Avis - Alentejo)
II. Ó Senhora do Amparo (Aldeia de Joanes - Beira Baixa)
III. Não se me dá que vindimem / Ai, ó divina Santa Cruz (Monsanto - Beira Baixa)
IV. Estando a Bela Infanta / Chamarrita (São Miguel and São Jorge - Azores)
V. Dorme, dorme, meu menino (Cercosa - Beira Alta)
VI. Vai-te embora, ó Papão (Arganil - Beira Alta)
VII. À entrada d’Elvas (Avis / Ervedal - Alentejo)
VIII. Moda da Azeitona (Alpedrinha - Beira Baixa)
IX. Ovelhas, carneiros / Cantiga de Reis (Sércio - Trás-os-Montes)
X. A Oliveira se Queixa (Soalheira - Beira Baixa)
XI. Coro de Natal (Covilhã - Beira Interior)
Description:
This work is based on folk song collections by Rodney Gallop, António Joyce, Lopes-Graça, Miguel Carvalhinho, and Lt. Francisco Dias.
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FERNANDO PESSOA’S INSCRIPTIONS - AN ENGLISH CHORAL CYCLE para Coro Misto / SATB Choir, 2024
Duration: approx. 12'
ISMN: 979-0-9007579-4-4
Premiere: Mar 1, 2026, Museu Francisco Tavares Proença Júnior, Castelo Branco (Coro ESART. Just Inscriptions I, III, VI).
Description: Choral cycle based on the epigram poems “Inscriptions” by Fernando Pessoa, written directly by the poet in English.
Audio: I. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAElZaFWPTc / III. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeZVilB15Bo&list=PLYfbw1CyOL8ODTy-1jQVha636M_LCBAZu&index=6 / VI. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A6c5-bJP04&list=PLYfbw1CyOL8ODTy-1jQVha636M_LCBAZu&index=7
STUDY SCORE (1 study score) : €15.00 (PDF) / €25.00 (Paper)
CHOIR SCORES (1 study score + 10 choir performance scores): €80.00 (PDF) / €100.00 (Paper)
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Música para Orquestra / Music for Orchestra
VERA CRUZ, For Symphony Orchestra, Soprano, and SSA Choir, based on texts by João Morgado and Pêro Vaz de Caminha, 2016
Duration: approx. 40’
Movements:
I. Calecute, Mar das Índias - Bina, Terra de Belmonte
II. Lamento por Bina - Terra de Vera Cruz
III. O Tormentoso - Velha Oração Mística Beirã
IV. Carta de Pêro Vaz de Caminha
V. O Escolhido - Dois Anjos
Premiere: Teatro Municipal da Guarda, May 21, 2016. Performed by the Orchestra and Choir of the Beira Interior Music Festival; Dora Rodrigues (soprano), Gustavo Delgado (conductor).
Audio (excerpts): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TY7ayVghuY / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOcDJXk-lnw / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FF9YN-ATTg / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0U2INQJUWE / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACQt1DZNy9I
PDF SCORE: €40.00
PAPER SCORE: €60.00
RENTAL OF COMPLETE SET OF PARTS FOR SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND CHORAL SCORE: €350.00 1st Performance / €250,00 2nd Performance by the same production; / €150,00 Each of the following performances by the same production.
Orders to joaopdelgado@gmail.com
Música Didáctica / Educational Works
AVES DE PORTUGAL / BIRDS FROM PORTUGAL (for viola), works for beginner young violist, in duo with the teacher
I. Pisco de Peito Ruivo / European Robin
Duration: approx. 2'
PDF SCORE AND PARTS: €5.00 (just for number I.)
PAPER SCORE AND PARTS: €10.00
Orders to joaopdelgado@gmail.com
Next numbers available soon.
CATORZE CANTARES ANCESTRAIS PORTUGUESES, harmonizados para Coro a 2 Vozes Brancas, 2024
FOURTEEN ANCESTRAL PORTUGUESE SONGS, harmonized for two-part children's choir, 2024
Duration: approx. 30’
Publisher: AVA - Musical Editions
ISMN: 979-0-55054-146-7
Movements:
I. Apanhar o Trevo (Avis - Alentejo)
II. Ó Senhora do Amparo (Aldeia de Joanes - Beira Baixa)
III. Não se me dá que vindimem / Ai, ó divina Santa Cruz (Monsanto - Beira Baixa)
IV. Estando a Bela Infanta / Chamarrita (São Miguel and São Jorge - Azores)
V. Dorme, dorme, meu menino (Cercosa - Beira Alta)
VI. Vai-te embora, ó Papão (Arganil - Beira Alta)
VII. À entrada d’Elvas (Avis / Ervedal - Alentejo)
VIII. Moda da Azeitona (Alpedrinha - Beira Baixa)
IX. Ovelhas, carneiros / Cantiga de Reis (Sércio - Trás-os-Montes)
X. A Oliveira se Queixa (Soalheira - Beira Baixa)
XI. Coro de Natal (Covilhã - Beira Interior)
Description:
This work is based on folk song collections by Rodney Gallop, António Joyce, Lopes-Graça, Miguel Carvalhinho, and Lt. Francisco Dias.
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PEQUENO NATAL, para dois Acordeões, 2023
LITTLE CHRISTMAS, for two Accordions, 2023
Duration: approx. 3'
Publisher: AVA - Musical Editions
ISMN: 979-0-55053-825-2
Premiere: December 2022, Regional Conservatory of Castelo Branco, class of Prof. Carisa Marcelino.
Description: A didactic piece for a duo of accordions with chromatic basses, designed for students at the 2nd/3rd grade levels.
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DUAS PRAIAS, para Viola de Arco e Piano, 2016
TWO BEACHES, for Viola and Piano, 2016
Duration: approx. 4'
Publisher: AVA - Musical Editions
ISMN: 979-0-55053-824-5
Movements: Beach Ball in Miramar Beach; II. Easter Morning at Ingrina Beach.
Description: A didactic piece for students in the basic Viola course.
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CINCO CANÇÕES DO MUNDO, harmonizadas para Coro de Crianças, 2007
Em Edição. Disponível para encomendas em breve / Soon available for orders