Works

1 – AMANHECER (OU UMA HISTÓRIA DE AMOR)
2 - LUGAR DE ENCANTOS MIL
3 – TRADIÇÕES INTEMPORAIS
4 – A LENDA DA ESTRELA
5 – OS SONS QUE EMANAM DA MONTANHA
6 – O FOGO QUE TE CONSOME A ALMA
7 - ESTRELA DO AMANHÃ

Instrumentation (detailed)

Voices	~ Voices
Winds and Brass	Flute, Oboe, Clarinet in Bb, 2 Alto Saxophone, Bassoon, 2 Horn, 2 Trumpet, 2 Trombone
Percussion	4 Percussion (Timpani, Marimba, Vibraphone, Triangle, Tambourine, Vibraslap, Bass Drum )
Keyboards	Keyboards
Strings (plucked / bowed)	~ Violin, ~ Violin, ~ Viola, ~ Cello, ~ Double Bass

Performer(s)

There is a Star that is different from all other stars.
The stars that only shine at night, after the sun goes down.
This one, which we call Serra da Estrela, has been in love with the sun since the first day he kissed her. And it's been there for thousands of years. It is a case to say that it is a longtime passion. An eternal passion.
From this infinite love sprouted a life full of light and color.
A life full of flowers, trees, sources of streams, rivers. An excited life with harmonious sounds of barking, birdsong, waterfalls, thunder and wind. A star that offers us the beauty of moonlight, from where we can contemplate the brightness of other stars; that offers us the freshness of the summer and the warmth of the wool. A star that feeds flocks of goats and sheep, sustenance for shepherds. A star that every year dresses in white, like a bride to seduce her eternal lover.
It is this passionate Star that also makes us fall in love.
We, the beirões, have the privilege of calling it ours: our Serra da Estrela. That unites us, that gives us identity and, thus, makes us feel mountainous; that challenges us to enjoy it, obliges us to defend it, as it runs the risk of losing the light of its gaze and the beauty of its face; which makes us responsible for preserving it so that it continues to be: The Star of tomorrow!...
For all this, she deserves this musical work: ODE À SERRA DA ESTRELA.

Helder Filipe Gonçalves

Work	Type	Date	Organization/Event	Venue	Town	Country	Performers	Notes	Inv Row
Ode à Serra da Estrela	Premiere	2023/Jul/02	Covilhã Live ART Festival	Anfiteatro Mártir-in-Colo	Covilhã	Portugal	With the students of Covilhã (Symphonic Orchestra | Mixed Choir | Orfeão Choir)	Notes