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WNMD #1 • TRADITIONAL PORTUGUESE INSTRUMENTS

  • CENTRO CULTURAL DE BELÉM Praça do Império 3 Lisboa (map)

WNMD 2025 · CONCERT 1
Timeless Music
/ Música sem tempo
30-05-2025 · 19h00
Centro Cultural de Belém – Foyer do Grande Auditório
Lisbon
Bilheteira · Ticket Office

Rui Silva · adufe
Bruno Gabirro · adufe & electronics
Miguel Amaral · Portuguese guitar
Joana Negrão, Ana Paula Rodrigues · cantadeiras


BRUNO GABIRRO (Portugal, 1973)
RUI SILVA (Portugal, 1984)
Harmoniemusik (2021-2022), 11’

BRUNO GABIRRO (Portugal, 1973)
RUI SILVA (Portugal, 1984)
Delay (2021-2022), 9’

TRADITIONAL (Portugal)
Cantigas de Adufe
Lá cima ao castelo
Divina Santa Cruz
Ausência
Eras tão bonita

CARLOS PAREDES (Portugal, 1925–2004)
Fantasia n.º 2, 2’

CARLOS PAREDES (Portugal, 1925–2004)
Canção, 3’

JIANING HE  (China, 1996) YCA
Fluttering with the wind (2024), 7’
ISCM Shanghai Section

 MIGUEL AMARAL (Portugal, 1982)
Variações sobre um tema de Carlos Paredes (2023), 7’

YCA · ISCM Young Composers Award candidate

PROGRAMME NOTES

JIANING HE (China, 1996) YCA
Fluttering with the wind (2024), for Portuguese guitar and electronics
ISCM Shanghai Section
— White clouds rose from the distant mountains, swaying and drifting into the air. I am willing to go away with the wind like white clouds and end freely. The clouds are slowly dissipating under the sunlight but have been shattered by the wind. They are weak and don't know where they are flying. The sky is so high, and the colours have faded. If only we could follow the dragon and take off, it would also nourish all things and help the vicissitudes of life. The work is written for Portuguese guitar and electronic music, with four-channel prerecorded voices and a lot of use of reverse bedding as the background layer, creating a romantic and swaying atmosphere.