Works

to Carlos Azevedo

Instrumentation (detailed)

Winds and Brass	Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Saxophone, Bassoon, Trumpet, Horn, Trombone, Euphonium, Tuba
Percussion	2 Percussion

Performer(s)

poderias afogar-te, mas não queres is an exercise in the musical exploration of two very different notions of freedom: firstly, that which, appearing individually free, conforms to the choices available in its context, serving the collective purpose of articulating it; secondly, that which, revealing a will through action, ends up reconfiguring the very context that offers it its only route to meaning. In a permanent fine-tuning of individual contributions that weave a collective, music - like society - thus lives first and foremost from the resonance and recognition that we are prepared to offer each other. It is dedicated to Carlos Azevedo, a good friend who makes the exercise of freedom a way of life.

Rui Penha

Work	Type	Date	Organization/Event	Venue	Town	Country	Performers	Notes	Inv Row
poderias afogar-te, mas não queres	Premiere	2025/Feb/23	III Festival Leiria Cidade Criativa da Música	Teatro José Lúcio da Silva	Leiria	Portugal	Ensemble de Sopros da Associação de Filarmónicas do Concelho de Leiria Alberto Roque (conductor)	Notes