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Composer of instrumental and mixed music who appreciates the idea of discourse as "the active reason and all-animating energy" - Bruno Gabirro is In Focus on the MIC.PT in November.
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Document title
Composer
Musical Category
Instrumentation (general)
Date
Duration
Inv Row
Three American Portraits
Sérgio Azevedo
Chamber music (2-8 instruments)
Instrumentation (general)
2002
14' 00"
Flute, Clarinet in A, Basset Horn, Piano, Violin, Viola and Cello
Flute, Clarinet in A, Basset Horn, Piano, Violin, Viola and Cello
Document title
Three American Portraits
Subtitle
1st Set
Date of Composition
·
2002
Situation within Catalogue
Withdrawn
Version
Original
Notes
In the beginning of the first movement this piece quotes de beginning of the Stravinsky's "Concertino" Difficulty: Difficult
Movements / Parts
01 - Introduction: Wild Horse’s Riding Music, quasi Rodeo 02 - Ruralia Americana 03 - Finale: Fast Forward & Riffs
Instrumentation
Musical Category
Chamber music (2-8 instruments)
Instrumentation (general)
Flute, Clarinet in A, Basset Horn, Piano, Violin, Viola and Cello
Instrumentation (detailed)
Winds and Brass
Flute, Clarinet in A (Basset Horn)
Keyboards
Piano
Strings (plucked / bowed)
Violin, Viola, Cello
Notes on Instrumentation
The original version of this piece included harp, but later on it was replaced by one piano (this is the only authorized performing version)
Premiere
Date
2002/Nov/23
Performer(s)
Lisbon Contemporary Music Group
Organization/Event
Contemporary Portuguese Music Symposium
Venue
Castelo Branco Superior School of Applied Arts
Town
Castelo Branco
Country
Portugal
Notes
Premièred of the original harp version
Commission
Date
2002
Commissioning Body
Lisbon Contemporary Music Group / Portuguese Institute for the Performing Arts
Web Page
http://www.gmcl.pt
Town
Lisbon
Country
Portugal
Circulation
Work
Type
Date
Organization/Event
Venue
Town
Country
Performers
Notes
Inv Row
Three American Portraits
Performance
2008/Jul/12
Belém Art Centre / Música Portuguesa Hoje
Belém Art Centre - Tent
Lisbon
Portugal
OrchestrUtopica Cesário Costa (conductor)
Notes
Three American Portraits
Premiere
2002/Nov/23
Contemporary Portuguese Music Symposium
Castelo Branco Superior School of Applied Arts
Castelo Branco
Portugal
Lisbon Contemporary Music Group
Notes
Premièred of the original harp version
Premièred of the original harp version
Documents
Documents
Type
(+ sub-type)
Cover/edition title
Document title
Authors
Referring to
Publisher
Date
Scores
Three American Portraits
Three American Portraits
three american portraits
Sérgio Azevedo
Scherzo
2003
Texts
Público
A Revolução da Música Contemporânea Portuguesa
Cristina Fernandes
three american portraits
Sérgio Azevedo
2002
Texts
Renovar-se ou Morrer
Teresa Cascudo
three american portraits
Sérgio Azevedo