21 Selected Works

 

for perusal scores and inquiries:

email - chino@chinotoledo.com; josefino.toledo@upd.edu.ph

phone: 63-917-5348854

 

1. San Andres B (opera in 2-act)


CHAMBER WORKS / SOLOS

  1. 2.Mga Sulyap sa Simbahan ng Quiapo Mula sa Kalye Echague (Glimpses of Quiapo Church From Echague Street)  (chamber ensemble)

            

Zachary Woolfe, THE NEW YORK TIMES.

“Josefino Chino Toledo’s “Glimpses of Quiapo Church From Echague Street”,a musical exploration of a spot in Manila, had some of the riotous good spirits,,,and a delightful part for mandolin — but also sections of solemnity. It ended with the players singing a Philippine ritual chant with charmingly unprofessional voices, a moment that could have felt gimmicky but was just lovely.”(9/23/12)

      








  1. 3.Hoy! (for trombone and percussion)

       

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4. Dasal (for alto flute, cello and marimba) [music excerpt]

5 Sigaw (chamber ensemble)

6. Hinga (for flutes and nose flute)

7. Auit (for 12 voices, guitar and 2 percussion)

  1. 8.Salita-an (for guitar, viola, cello and marimba)

  2. 9.Kwaderno Para sa Kwerdas  (solo guitar)   [music excerpt]

10. Cayco Folio, Solos for Piano                              

                        a. Altered Images                                     

                        b. Reflected Images                                   

                        c. Layered Images                                  

                        d. Traced Images

11. Trenodya ke Lean at sa mga Pinaslang, Pinapaslang at Papaslangin Pa Dahil    sa Walang Hanggang Walang Kadahilanan, Ika-4 na Piyesa                                 (for flute and piano)


ORCHESTRA

12. Kantus: Tagabawa (for orchestra) [music excerpt]

13. Ekontra: Kongruo: Iunktum (for piano and orchestra)

14. Dignum et Iustum Est (chorus and orchestra)

15. Kulambo: Isang Kayumangging Puntod (chorus and orchestra)

16. Sandaang Tagpi-Tagpi (chorus, gongs and orchestra)1998                            17. Trenodya ke Lean at sa mga Pinaslang, Pinapaslang at Papaslangin Pa Dahil Sa Walang Hanggang Walang Kadahilanan,  Ika-6 na Piyesa (for orchestra)


CHORAL

18. Alitaptap (for chorus and Filipino indigenous instruments)                            19. Mga Awit ng Paglingap (for 16 voices and bamboo percussion)






20. Ako ang Daigdig  (v.1, for chorus);

(v.2, chorus and small percussion instruments)


  1. 21.Misa Lingua Sama-Sama  (for chorus and small percussion instruments) 

                    a. Santo Sanctus

                    b. Gloriya                                  

                    c. Kredo 

                    d. KorDei  

                    e. Kristo Kyrie



                 


 

MPS Record               atoll Record

Harry Rolnick, The Classical Music Network, NY. 9/24/12


“Filipino composer Chino Toledo started with a picture that–for those who know Manila–was almost a literal soundscape. The bustling hustling sounds at the start more than vaguely resembled the start of Bartók’s Miraculous Mandarin, and for good reason. The Hungarian was trying to depict the crazy slums of Edwardian Limehouse in London. Manila’s Echague Street loudly proclaims the same madness, not of horses and coaches, but of Filipino Jeepneys and diesel-gushing buses and stalling taxis. And Mr. Toldeo gave a terrific orchestral picture of urban Filipino madness. The end was the entrance to the church, where the music tapered down–literally–to near silence. I say literally because the thousand-odd tapers lit in the “Black Nazarene” church drip their wax drop by drop, exactly as as the piece ended.”


from other composers:



“The New Juilliard Ensemble performed…Josefino Chino Toledo’s jarring and beautiful Glimpses of Quiapo church..”

(JG Thirlwell, a Brooklyn based composer)



"...very talented.... a true musician”

(Claude Ballif - composer-musicologist, France)



“His music is very pure and powerful."
(Toshio Hosokawa - composer, Japan)


"His works are superior in every sense"
(John Rinehart, American composer . . . Plain Dealer)



"..... a great trombone  and percussion piece.... it was a very well crafted work with potential for great impact in a live performance.. In other words, a piece that works very well live... Loved the gamelan-type influence..."
(Andrian Pertout, composer, Australia)



"Chino Toledo is an innate musician of unmistakable talent"  (Jose Maceda, ethnomusicologist, composer and National Artist)



“Chino Toledo represents a rare breed of musical artists and cultural leaders, who possess not only talent and creative instincts but also vision and leadership”

(Ramon Santos, composer, cultural leader and National Artist)