Next weekend (11-12 May) I will be at S. Jorge Island, in the Azores archipelago, for the fourth edition of the Meeting “Art & Heritage”, organised by the ACROARTE conservation and restoration atelier, in collaboration with the ecclesiastical Ouvidoria of …
I was invited to participate in the III JORNADAS – História Arqueologia e Património Cultural, organised by the Núcleo de Estudantes de História e Arqueologia da Universidade de Évora, this year dedicated to the historical reflections about Évora in a …
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Photo from my paper presentation at the IV Simpósio Internacional Jóvenes Investigadores del Barroco Iberoamericano, in Cáceres last April 10th, where I gave some perspectives of transition in the works of Évora Cathedral composers Diogo Dias Melgaz (1638-1700) and Pedro …
The human voice is probably one of our most valuable treasures, to which so much wonderful music has been composed since the beginnings of our civilisation. April 16th was chosen since 1999 to celebrate worldwide the phenomenon of voice. Its …
Tomorrow, April 10th, I’ll be presenting a paper at the first day of the IV Simposio Internacional Jóvenes Investigadores del Barroco Iberoamericano “Las orillas del Barroco”, in the beautiful city of Cáceres (Spain).
To me, one of the finest examples of the relation and message that painting and music can communicate can be found in El Greco’s The Burrial of the Count of Orgaz and Alonso Lobo’s motet Versa est in luctum. Both …
A paper will be presented at the conferences session of the 4th FLAUTUÉ – Festival de Flauta Transversal, tomorrow April 1st, 16h00 at Colégio Mateus d’Aranda (University of Évora), by my colleague Rita Faleiro to whom I thank.
Together with Francisco Guerrero’s, Tomás Luis de Victoria’s double-choir setting of the Ave Maria (the only one actually by him) is probably one the “Ave Maria” settings from Iberian composers which I like more (although D. Pedro de Cristo’s setting is also …
Tomorrow, March 21st, is seventh edition of the European Day for Early Music. I will be participating, although indirectly, with Grupo Vocal Olisipo for whom I have prepared several editions of eighteenth-century vocal polyphony by composers of Évora Cathedral.
Several of my editions of eighteenth-century sacred vocal polyphony were performed in concert last March 16th in Porto Moniz, Madeira Island, by Grupo Vocal Olisipo. The concert was part of the festival “Música a Norte – Ciclo de Música Barroca” …