What can I offer you that maybe you are
interested in?


As you go on surfing through my Web, you will see which are my capabilities and, above all, my interests. Below you will see some of the things that I can offer you and maybe you are interested in ...




  • Continuista al clavicèmbal

  • Concertare, grup de música barroca

  • Director d'orquestra

  • Divulgació musical



  • [And, if you want to contact me,
    at the end of the page you will find my
    postal adress, my e-mail, and my telephone number.]









  • If you sometimes organize concerts and need someone to perform the

    Basso continuo at the harpsichord

    in a baroque score, here is your candidate, I am experienced in this subject, be it concerning chamber music, or choir, or orchestra, or soloists, choir and orchestra. Besides, I own an instrument and have the proper means of transportation. Please contact me to talk about your project, we will for sure reach an agreement.

    I include herewith a few examples of myself playing a
    continuo acompaniment at the harpsichord (concert with
    a cantata by Alessandro Scarlatti, performed in the year
    1993 with the group Concertare and the mezzosoprano
    Alejandra Spagnuolo), and also a short fragment of
    continuo at the organ (from Handel's Messiah, performed in 2003 with Mestral choir and the orchestra of "Centre de Lectura" in Reus).


  • click to get a program example with accompaniment at the harpsichord


    Correa nel seno amato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A. Scarlatti

    Behold, a virgin shall conceive (from Messiah) . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.F. Handel










  • If you have to organize a concert and need an Early Music group, you must get to know

    Concertare, baroque chamber music


    The instrumental grup Concertare is a quartet of two flutes, basoon and harpsichord which devotes itself to the interpretation of chamber music of the renaissance and baroque periods, and play with instruments which are copies of the originals of the period, this is, from 15th to 18th centuries. At its concerts, Concertare introduce the audience to the corresponding times and composers through explanations about the works and the instruments used.

    The links below will bring you the audio recordings of a few
    excerpts of the concert that Concertare played on
    June 10th, 2006 at the church of Almenar (Lleida).


  • click for a programming dossier, curriculums, etc.


    Canzona a 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bartolomé Selma y Salaverde

    Trio-sonata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gian Paolo Cima

    Sonata nona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dario Castello

    Sonata in E minor, 1.mov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Georg Friedrich Handel

    Sonata in E minor, 4.mov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Georg Friedrich Handel










  • If you are a director of a music school or Conservatorium, an orchestra manager, or you want to create one and need an

    Orchestra conductor


    be it a permanent job or you are looking for a guest conductor for a specific concert ..., here you have the right person for this job. I studied and got the certification at ESMUC in Barcelona, and have a variety of experience.

    I attach a recording of the second movement of the fifth symphony by Beethoven, which I conducted on June 6th, 2006, during my yearly conducting examination, played by the ESMUC Pilot Orchestra.


  • Beethoven V, second movement










  • If you are a cultural or educational manager, and are looking for someone to do popularizing lectures or classes in

    Music History


    or other theoretical subjects, I woud be interested and qualified in, I am a Graduate in Music History and Sciences and at present I am through the Doctorate in Musicology.

    This link on the right side takes you to a few of my writtings on Music History research.


  • some of my writtings on Music History research










    Francesc Rius                                                          e-mail: frm@tinet.cat
    c/ Oreneta 58
    43007 Tarragona                                                         phone: 699 978 270