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 …
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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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 …
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).