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work about poems of Eugénio de Andrade

PART I
I.Prelude
II. As sete bicas
III. Interlude I
IV. Uma rosa depois da neve
V. Interlude II
VI. As vagas altas
VII. Interlude III
VIII. Essa música
IX. Postlude I

PART II
X. Prelude IIa
XI. Prelude IIb
XII. Prelude IIc
XIII. Deixei de ouvir o mar
XIV. Postlude II

Instrumentation (detailed)

Voices	~ Voice (Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, contrAlto, Tenor, Bass)
Winds and Brass	3 Flute, Oboe, French Horn, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Trumpet, 2 Trombone
Percussion	Percussion
Strings (plucked / bowed)	9 First Violins, 4 Second Violins, 4 Viola, 4 Cello, 1 Double Bass
Unspecified	2 Bassoon 2 Horn

Performer(s)

The work Golfadas de Silêncio, for orchestra and chamber choir, is based on texts by Eugénio de Andrade (1923-2005). Five short poems are used; the title is a quote from another poem.

The work is divided into two parts: the first contains four of the five the poems and the second the fifth. The voices are used in various ways: sometimes they sing “normally”; sometimes they speak, thus increasing intelligibility; sometimes they produce isolated sounds, thus approaching the instrumental writing of the work.

The fourth poem, all sung, is a brief tribute to the composer Jorge Peixinho, an unavoidable figure in contemporary Portuguese music.

The last poem (“Deixei de ouvir o mar””) ends with the incomplete initial phrase, “deixei de ouvir......”, thus leading to a moment of solitude and final silence.

Christopher Bochmann

Work	Type	Date	Organization/Event	Venue	Town	Country	Performers	Notes	Inv Row
Golfadas de Silêncio	Premiere	2023/Oct/31	Orquestra Sinfónica Juvenil 50th birthday	Teatro São Luiz	Lisbon	Portugal	Orquestra Sinfónica Juvenil Christopher Bochmann (conductor)	Notes