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Four Portuguese Songs

for unison voices & piano duet

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ABOUT

Four Portuguese Songs were composed in response to an invitation to create repertoire that would involve the local community for a festival in Portugal. My response was to use Portuguese folk song material which I could set for childrens’ choir with piano duet accompaniment. The premiere on 26 June 2004 was paired with Saint-Saens’ Carnival of the Animals with Roy Howat and myself performing in my self-made respective lion and cat costumes! An English version followed when I was invited to be Composer-in-Residence at the Australian Festival of Chamber Music in 2010.

INSTRUMENTATION
unison voices & piano duet

DURATION
10:30
(O Grilo 1:30, Na Primavera 3:00, Tres Pintainhos 2:00, La Pastorinha 4:00)

DATE OF COMPOSITION
2004 
Original Portuguese & Spanish edition
2010 English edition, translation by Hiscocks

PERFORMANCES
26 June 2004 (World Premire)
Coro Infantil de Santa Joana/Roy Howat/Wendy Hiscocks
Teatro Estaleiro, Aveiro, Portugal

2005 Coro Infantil de Santa Joana/ Susano Matos/ Lamela & Patricia Ventura
Fabrica Centro Ciencia Viva, Aveiro, Portugal.

2010 Belgian Gardens State School Choir/Malcolm Cook/Piers Lane/Wendy Hiscocks
Townsville Civic Theatre, Australia