Commemorative Book dedicated to Miso Music Portugal
To mark the 40th anniversary of the Miso Ensemble and Miso Music Portugal (1985-2025), the book Sentem Sem Som Cem Sons Sempre was released last December...
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Instrumentation (general) ensemble and electronics
Premiere
Date 2017/Oct/21
Performer(s)
Sond'Ar-te Electric Ensemble
Sílvia Cancela . flute
Nuno Pinto . clarinet
Elsa Silva . piano
Suzanna Lidegran . violin
Filipe Quaresma . cello
Petter Sundkvist . musical direction
Organization/Event Sond'Ar-te Electric Ensemble . 10 Years
Venue O'culto da Ajuda
Town Lisbon
Country Portugal
Program Notes
Equilíbrio (Equilibrium) is a work for quintet and electronics, in which I searched for a direct, focused and simple musical discourse. This involved a restriction of elaborative impulses so that a more concentrated, less dispersed music could be created. To achieve this, compositional technique relied on simpler, more transparent procedures. Melody and harmony are paramount, while form is approached quite simply. Wiping out the superfluous, I tried to reach equilibrium.