One of my favourite motets by Tomás Luis de Victoria is the four-voice O quam gloriosum, a motet indicated for the feast of All Saints. It was one of his most published works with the first print in the 1572 …
I have published recently an article (in Portuguese) in the Brazilian journal Museologia & Interdisciplinaridade focusing on the organs of Terceira Island, in the Azores archipelago.
It’s been four years since the official presentation of the CD “The tridentine reformation and the music in the silence of the cloister: The monastery of São Bento de Cástris, a project of the Ensemble Eborensis I directed, forming a …
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I have recently published a brief text (in Portuguese) on the Portugueze online magazine InComunidade titled “Algumas notas sobre o motete Memento homo de Diogo Dias Melgaz”, in the issue 78 of last March.
In late July and early August of 2012 I helped organizing the Festival Iberian Music 16th & 17th Centuries in Angra do Heroísmo (Terceira Island, Azores), a five-concert marathon during a week in the churches of the city that have …
The motet Ascendens Christus in altum by Spanish composer Tomás Luis de Victoria was first published in his 1572 book of motets, one of his finest publications where one can find other motets such as the famous O magnum mysterium …
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Photos from my presentation during the III Meeting of History, Archaeology and Heritage organized by the Students Association at the University of Évora, last 29 April. I talked about the Musicology studies about Évora and the potentialities for future interdisciplinary …
Photos from my participation in the Encontro “Arte & Património” 2019, that took place in S. Jorge Island. For the first day I was moderator of the two conference pannels, and introduced organist José Carlos Araújo in the final organ …
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Last 18 May I gave a tour on the Historical Soundscapes theme through some of the city’s historical centre streets with focus on the religious institutions during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
Tomorrow (18 May) I will be given a brief guided tour through Évora historical centre in the commemorations of the European Night for Researchers, the Évora activities titled “Talks about Art, Architecture and Heritage”, organized by Évora National Museum and …