My sincere thanks to Júlio Guerreiro for his support and work on the first edition of this piece.
Movements / Parts
I. Waltz and Guitar
II. Vague Cantilena
III. Little Spell
Instrumentation
Musical Category Chamber music (2-8 instruments)
Instrumentation (general) guitar trio
Premiere
Date 2006/Apr/30
Performer(s)
Pedro Rufino, Jorge Pires e Rui Nabais (guitars)
Organization/Event Antena 2 Concert
Venue Belém Arts Centre
Town Lisbon
Country Portugal
Program Notes
Three Moments of Longing Waltz and Guitar mixes the expressive lightness of Brazilian popular guitarists/composers like Canhoto and Dilermando Reis, with the harmonies typical of Paulinho Nogueira, Toquinho and Baden Powell: first influences in my music. Vague Cantilena, like someone singing far away – it is a little flashback derivating from the three first notes in Milton Nascimento’s song Cio da Terra. Being a free form, it evanesces like any memento, never concluding itself.
Eli Camargo Júnior, Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal, February, 2006