Uma Cantata Portuguesa

Instrumentation: Mixed Choir, Children's Choir, Soloists and Orchestra

1(=Picc).1.1(=EbCl=BCl).1 / 1.1(=PiccTpt).0.0 / 4Perc(Glock, Tri, Tamb, SD, 2WBl, Maracas, ClCym, SusCym) / Hp / Pf / Strings

Characters (in concert version, sung from the choir):

Criança 1 (Spoken)

Criança 2 (Spoken)

Trio (Soprano, Alto, Tenor)

Caso de Sucesso (Soprano)

Arautos (2 Sopranos, 2 Mezzo-Sopranos, 2 Altos, 2 Baritones)

Aldeã 1 (Soprano)

Aldeã 2 (Mezzo-Soprano)

Aldeã 3 (Alto)

Aldeão (Baritone)

Viajante (Baritone)

Duration: 60 Minutes  |  11 Scenes

Première: 6th May 2005

Culturgest, Grande Auditório, Lisbon, Portugal

Rita Crespo, Luísa Barriga, Inês Madeira, João Moreira, Diogo Oliveira, Salvador Mascarenhas, Madalena Boléo, Mafalda Borges Coelho, Paula Nunes (soloists)

João Henriques (stage director)

Orchestra and Choirs of the Academia de Música de Santa Cecília, Henrique Piloto (cond.)

Text: Pedro Faria Gomes and Ana Faria (Portuguese)

Commissioned by the Academia de Música de Santa Cecília