Works

Instrumentation (detailed)

Winds and Brass	Recorder
Keyboards	Piano
Strings (plucked / bowed)	Portuguese Guitar

Performer(s)

Elementos de Ritualizaçãois a work inspired by the sound of the bells of Seville Cathedral (Spain). For several years now, the sound of our surroundings has been part of my compositional process. Some of these sounds are perceptible by our hearing, others only through the use of technology. I approach the latter sounds as a phenomenon of silence. Not as an absence of sound, but as a way of including and extending its fragility. It was summer and around 40 degrees in Seville. There weren't many people around at that time. I chose a quiet courtyard inside the cathedral and spent a few hours recording the sound of the bells. Afterwards, I listened to the sounds in the studio and noticed that there was a cloud of sound spectrum caused by the acoustic characteristics of the bells, which rang randomly. I didn't hear this at the time of recording, but it became clear in the studio listening experience. This phenomenon between immediate listening on site and more attentive listening in the studio, as well as the memory associated with the communication function of the bells, drove the discourse of the work.

Hugo Vasco Reis

Work	Type	Date	Organization/Event	Venue	Town	Country	Performers	Notes	Inv Row
Elementos de ritualização	Performance	2024/Oct/30		Teatro Narciso Ferreira	Riba d'Ave	Portugal	Borealis Ensemble António Carrilho (recorder) Helena Marinho (pianoforte) Hugo Vasco Reis (portuguese guitar)	Notes
Elementos de ritualização	Performance	2024/Oct/27		Casa de Mateus	Vila Real	Portugal	Borealis Ensemble António Carrilho (recorder) Helena Marinho (pianoforte) Hugo Vasco Reis (portuguese guitar)	Notes
Elementos de ritualização	Performance	2024/Oct/21		Auditório CCCI, Universidade de Aveiro	Aveiro	Portugal	Borealis Ensemble António Carrilho (recorder) Helena Marinho (pianoforte) Hugo Vasco Reis (portuguese guitar)	Notes
Elementos de ritualização	Performance	2024/Oct/20		Convento dos Remédios	Évora	Portugal	Borealis Ensemble António Carrilho (recorder) Helena Marinho (pianoforte) Hugo Vasco Reis (portuguese guitar)	Notes
Elementos de ritualização	Performance	2024/Oct/19		Auditório do Edifício do Poder Local	Feijó	Portugal	Borealis Ensemble António Carrilho (recorder) Helena Marinho (pianoforte) Hugo Vasco Reis (portuguese guitar)	Notes
Elementos de ritualização	Premiere	2024/Oct/12		Fundação Dionísio Pinheiro e Alice Cardoso Pinheiro	Águeda	Portugal	Borealis Ensemble António Carrilho (recorder) Helena Marinho (pianoforte) Hugo Vasco Reis (portuguese guitar)	Notes