Works

Instrumentation (detailed)

Winds and Brass	Flute, Bass Clarinet
Strings (plucked / bowed)	Guitar, Cello

Performer(s)

On a casual stroll along a cliff, about an hour from Lisbon, I came across a rocky area where a kind of labyrinth was forming. I went inside. Once inside, all I could see were the high rocks that surrounded me and the sky. On the ground, too, there were only rocks. The rocky surfaces were moulded. Their contours were very expressive and were the impetus for embracing the creation of Caligrafia do Vento. The connection between the texture, colour and contour of what I saw led me to the musical elements that unite the idea with the discourse of the work. After reflecting on these visual elements, I created focuses of tension and distension, linked to memory, perception, time and intuition, in a balance between opposing structural forces and emotion. During the discourse, various images are created, which depend on the distance from which I observed the rocky elements, placing the sound in constant variation and different perspectives of organisation and dialogue.

Hugo Vasco Reis

Work	Type	Date	Organization/Event	Venue	Town	Country	Performers	Notes	Inv Row
Caligrafia do vento	Premiere	2023/Oct/28		Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg	Strasbourg	France	Adam Starkie (clarinet) Emiliano Gavito (flute) Lola Malique (cello) Christian Lozano Sedano (guitar)	Notes
Caligrafia do vento	Performance	2023/Nov/04	17th Síntese Festival	Centro de Cultura Contemporânea	Castelo Branco	Portugal	Emiliano Gavito (flute) Adam Starkie (clarinet) Lola Malique (cello) Christian Lozano Sedano (guitar)	Notes