Works

1. O Meu País
2. Porto
3. Beira Baixa

Instrumentation (detailed)

Voices	Mezzo-Soprano
Winds and Brass	Soprano Saxophone, Clarinet in Bb
Strings (plucked / bowed)	2 Violin, Viola, Cello
Other instruments	Accordeon

Performer(s)

The work Itinerário das Amoras Bravas was commissioned by Síntese - Contemporary Music Group, on the occasion of the celebrations of Eugénio de Andrade's centenary. It was premiered by the same group on October 14, 2023, at the Centro de Cultura Contemporânea de Castelo Branco.
It is a work that is based on the geographical itinerary of the poet who, having been born in Beira Baixa, spent a large part of his life in Porto, a city with which he formed a complex and intense poetic relationship. This sentimental geography coincides with the composer, who, conversely, was born in Porto and lives in Beira Baixa. In this sense, the ambivalence of the relationship with the territories of both poet and composer intersects in the reading of the poems, with special focus on the complex connection that all Portuguese people have to their country, always imbued with sweetness, tenderness, love for earthy, but often simultaneously marked by a somewhat bitter and acidic flavor. The music of Itinerário das Amoras Bravas tries to explore this aspect of some of Eugénio de Andrade's poetry: the pain and uncertainty that underlie the search for purity in our relationship with the territory.

João Pedro Delgado

Work	Type	Date	Organization/Event	Venue	Town	Country	Performers	Notes	Inv Row
Itinerário das Amoras Bravas	Performance	2024/Mar/09		Royal Conservatory of Madrid	Madrid	Spain	Síntese – Grupo de Música Contemporânea Yan Mikirtumov (conductor)	Notes
Itinerário das Amoras Bravas	Premiere	2023/Oct/14	17th Síntese Festival	Centro de Cultura Contemporânea	Castelo Branco	Portugal	Síntese – Grupo de Música Contemporânea Yan Mikirtumov (conductor)	Notes
Itinerário das Amoras Bravas	Performance	2023/Oct/15		Fundanense Casino	Fundão	Portugal	Síntese – Grupo de Música Contemporânea Yan Mikirtumov (conductor)	Notes
Itinerário das Amoras Bravas	Performance	2023/Oct/22		Famalicão da Serra House of Arts	Famalicão	Portugal	Síntese – Grupo de Música Contemporânea Yan Mikirtumov (conductor)	Notes
Itinerário das Amoras Bravas	Performance	2024/Feb/02		Abrantes Secondary School Auditorium	Santarém	Portugal	Síntese – Grupo de Música Contemporânea Diogo Costa (conductor)	Notes
Itinerário das Amoras Bravas	Performance	2024/Mar/23		Soares dos Reis Museum	Porto	Portugal	Síntese – Grupo de Música Contemporânea Yan Mikirtumov (conductor)	Notes
Itinerário das Amoras Bravas	Performance	2024/Apr/05		Angra do Heroísmo Conservatory of Music	Azores	Portugal	Síntese – Grupo de Música Contemporânea Yan Mikirtumov (conductor)	Notes
Itinerário das Amoras Bravas	Performance	2024/Apr/06		Faialense Theatre	Azores	Portugal	Síntese – Grupo de Música Contemporânea Yan Mikirtumov (conductor)	Notes
Itinerário das Amoras Bravas	Performance	2024/Apr/12	Viseu International Spring Festival	Grão Vasco National Museum	Viseu	Portugal	Síntese – Grupo de Música Contemporânea Yan Mikirtumov (conductor)	Notes