Works

Instrumentation (detailed)

Winds and Brass	Clarinet
Strings (plucked / bowed)	Cello

Performer(s)

'Ode Marítima' is a synaesthetic and introspective journey that evokes the famous work of the same name by Álvaro de Campos, Fernando Pessoa's heteronym. The journey begins in the placidity of the seafront, where the stillness is occasionally interrupted by the murmur of the waves and the echo of the seagulls' cries, in harmony with the metallic sounds of the ships. This orchestration of nature weaves a complex sensory tapestry, gradually detaching us from the tangible world and seducing us into the depths of fantasy. As if in a reverie, we are taken and carried away on waves of thought, where reality intertwines with imagination. This dance of elements, sometimes gentle, sometimes stormy, constitutes the vital pulse of this composition, promising to immerse the spectator in an epic that navigates the sensory and the contemplative, mirroring the emotional tides that bind us to the world around us.

César Rafael

Work	Type	Date	Organization/Event	Venue	Town	Country	Performers	Notes	Inv Row
Ode Marítima	Premiere	2023/Dec/19	O Canto das Sementes I	Casa Municipal da Cultura de Seia	Seia	Portugal	Katharina Gross (cello) Fie Schouten (clarinet)	Notes