Works

I. Sunflowers
II. Ancient Water
III. Lilies
IV. Begonias
V. Seagull

Instrumentation (detailed)

Soloists	Tenor, Soprano
Voices	~ Soprano, ~ Alto, ~ Tenor, ~ Bass
Winds and Brass	Flute, 2 Clarinet in Bb, Bassoon
Strings (plucked / bowed)	4 First Violins, 3 Second Violins, 2 Viola, 2 Cello, 2 Double Bass

There are works where I look for the creation of a Lubramix, which is my musical expression for the fusion of the Portuguese and the Brazilian into a third entity, entering the Lubra condition. For this reason, the present work includes poetry from both countries, intertwining their poetic voices in a music that I intend to be a whole:
- Statutes of Man by the Brazilian poet Tiago Melo serves as the central axis of the work, and sings about human fraternity.
- Herberto Hélder is present with the text Ancient Waters, a translation of a Navajo poem where the dense and concise expression describes the Atlantic, the sea of immigrants between Brazil and Portugal: “…the old water, crossed my spirit”.
- Two poems by Sophia de Melo Breyner are here musicalized – the poem Lilies, which dreams of “lucid delusions”, and Seagull celebrating those who “sing in bad weather”.
Lubramix IV is a manifesto about the hope that we all need so much, which always starts with dreams transforming the Man.

Eli Camargo Júnior, Quinta de Anjo, Portugal, Winter of 2012/13