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Musical Category Chamber music (2-8 instruments)

Instrumentation (general) string quartet

Instrumentation (detailed)

Strings (plucked / bowed)

2 Violin, Viola, Cello

This piece is inspired on the first vision of the prophet Ezechiel (Ezechiel 1:4), in the Old Testament: “And I looked, and behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself; and a brightness was about it”.

Date 2005

Commissioning Body Alcobaça Music Festival

Web Page http://www.cistermusica.com/

Town Alcobaça

Country Portugal

Work

Type

Date

Organization/Event

Venue

Town

Country

Performers

Notes

Espiral de Luz

Performance

2007/Oct/26

Aveiro International Festival

Aveiro University Concert Hall

Aveiro

Portugal

Arditti Quartet

Notes

Espiral de Luz

Performance

2007/Oct/27

Belém Art Centre

Belém Art Centre - Small concert hall

Lisbon

Portugal

Arditti Quartet

Notes

Documents
	Type (+ sub-type)	Cover/edition title Document title	Authors	Referring to	Publisher	Date
	Audio	Spiral of Light Portuguese Music for Strings and Marimba Espiral de Luz		espiral de luz João Pedro Oliveira	Etcetera	2010
	Audio	Espiral de Luz,		espiral de luz João Pedro Oliveira
	Scores	João Pedro Oliveira / Espiral de Luz Espiral de Luz		espiral de luz João Pedro Oliveira	Centro de Informação da Música Portuguesa	2008 2005

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