Works

Instrumentation (detailed)

Voices	2 Baritone
Winds and Brass	2 Flute, 1 Oboe, 1 French Horn, 2 Bassoon, 1 Clarinet in Eb, 3 Clarinet in Bb, 1 Bass Clarinet, 1 Soprano Saxophone, 2 Alto Saxophone, 2 Tenor Saxophone, 1 Baritone Saxophone, 4 Horn, 3 Trombone, 1 Bass Trombone, Tuba
Percussion	3 Percussion, Timpani
Strings (plucked / bowed)	1 Double Bass
Unspecified	3 Trumpet em sib

Performer(s)

Created on March 14, 1319, by Pope John XXII (Bull “Ad ea ex quibus”) at the request of king D. Dinis, the Military Order of Christ succeeds in Portugal the Knights Templar, extinguished seven years earlier by Pope Clement V, by action of Philip the Fair, king of France, with the purpose of appropriating the goods of that military order. The Order of Christ, in the Latin designation “Ordo Militiae Jesu Christi”, appropriated all the incomes, jurisdictions, possessions, regalities and privileges of the Templars in Portugal. Established in the castle of Castro Marim, a location related to the mission of fighting the infidels, its first master was Gil Martins do Outeiro – who was Master of Avis – and for this purpose he was dispensed from the previous obedience. The transfer of the headquarters of the Order of Christ to the Convent of Tomar took place in 1357. In the service of the king and subject to the interests of the crown, the Order of Christ became involved in the Holy War in Africa and the Orient, and the Infante Dom Henrique (1454) entrusted it with the spiritual direction of the newly discovered and colonized territories. Extinct, like the other religious orders, in 1834, today it is a national honorific order. The city of Tomar was made a Grand Officer of this Order on June 8, 1964. Tomar and the Templars (and, by extension, all other successors) are inseparable. This is the background of this musical work, which is crossed by an imaginary folklore from the time of the foundation of the “Ordo Militiae Jesu Christi”.

Lino Guerreiro

Work	Type	Date	Organization/Event	Venue	Town	Country	Performers	Notes	Inv Row
Pro Ordo Militiae Jesu Christi	Premiere	2022/Apr/14		Cineteatro São João	Entroncamento	Portugal	Orquestra Nacional de Sopros dos Templários José Pedro Figueiredo (conductor)	Notes