Product Description
The QUINTETTO for winds was composed in 2004 and is in three
movements.. A flute cadenza starts the first movement, in which
the soul of the Choros and Seresta music
are translated into the initial passage as a new kind of popular
music. It is relevant to point out that Choro is a kind of
serenade which was very popular in Brazil in the 30s and 40s,
when Pixinguinha, Benedito Lacerda, Garoto, Kximbim, Ernesto
Nazareth, among others, were the main composers. Today this aesthetic
is revived again. However, the harmonies that can be found at this
first movement are very far from the original Choros presenting a personal approach which addresses a future vision of
this kind of music, following the direction made first by the
remarkable composer Heitor Villa-Lobos.
The second movement is a minimalist piece where the rhythm of the
traditional Brazilian Samba is used through a personal procedure,
especially in the horn and bassoon parts. Optionally, the musicians
can make a staging at the last bar, standing up from their chairs and
walking around the audience, and after this, returning onto the stage
to finalize the movement.
The third movement is a fugato in which the beginning is made
by a subject and counter-subject; although not developed like a
fugue, it goes directly to some new harmonic directions and motions.
In this movement, a cyclical form was used, developing the main
theme of the Choro and Seresta listened at the first
movement, together with the fugato subject, finalizing with a vibrant
coda. This compositional procedure will be also used later at the
third movement of the Vianas third symphony, Terra Brasilis.
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