This piece is played by the JER Ensemble as a part of the show Cozido à Portuguesa.
Instrumentation
Musical Category Chamber music (2-8 instruments)
Instrumentation (general) Clarinet, Piano and Percussion
Premiere
Date 2006/Jul/26
Performer(s)
JER ENSEMBLE - The Lisbon Plastic Toys:
Paulo Guia (clarinet), Vasco Lourenço (piano), Nuno Morão and Susana Ribeiro (percussion)
José Eduardo Rocha (conductor)
Organization/Event Escrita na Paisagem Festival
Venue Arts Centre
Town Sines
Country Portugal
Notes
This piece is played by the JER Ensemble as a part of the show Cozido à Portuguesa - Portuguese Masterpieces.
Program Notes
Gestures II: conversation about a contour is the continuation of the idea of Gestures I but with specified instruments, in this case clarinet, piano and two percussionists. Gestures I was written for COMA in my first year at the Royal Academy of Music and it has no pitches written or any specified instruments.
Gestures II: conversations about a contour was commissioned by the Ensemble JER, which is a group that plays classical music on toy instruments. I was one of the elements of this ensemble during the year previous to studying in London. Now I realise the importance for my musical writing of having belonged to this group: the experiences we made in terms of timbre while playing classical pieces allowed me to develop my music towards a more detailed use of the colours of the instruments.
Hugo Ribeiro September ‘07
JER ENSEMBLE - The Lisbon Plastic Toys:
Paulo Guia (clarinet), Vasco Lourenço (piano), Nuno Morão and Susana Ribeiro (percussion)
José Eduardo Rocha (conductor)
Notes
This piece is played by the JER Ensemble as a part of the show Cozido à Portuguesa - Portuguese Masterpieces.
This piece is played by the JER Ensemble as a part of the show Cozido à Portuguesa - Portuguese Masterpieces.
Gestos II
Performance
2006/Sep/28
D. Maria II National Theatre
Lisbon
Portugal
JER ENSEMBLE - The Lisbon Plastic Toys:
Paulo Guia (clarinet), Vasco Lourenço (piano), Nuno Morão and Susana Ribeiro (percussion)
José Eduardo Rocha (conductor)
Notes
This piece is played by the JER Ensemble as a part of the show Cozido à Portuguesa - Portuguese Masterpieces.
Presented on the 28th, 29th, 30th September, and the 1st, 6th, 7th and 8th October 2006.
This piece is played by the JER Ensemble as a part of the show Cozido à Portuguesa - Portuguese Masterpieces.
Presented on the 28th, 29th, 30th September, and the 1st, 6th, 7th and 8th October 2006.