Between a man and a butterfly

Commissioned and Premiered by the ACJC Alumni Choir, Colours (here in)it is a variety of emotions. On the one hand, there is a connection with what I am as a person, where I came from and what are my principles as human being, as for example, a very profound connection with Lisbon, in Portugal. Lisbon was a city where I lived for 7 years, it was this city that thought me how to became a better human being and a better composer. On the other hand, there is a personal relation with, not only to whom the piece is dedicated (José Luís Ferreira, a composer and professor at the Lisbon Music College who died early in 2018), but also to the ACJC Alumni choir who became a friend.
The piece, has three texts, one by an anonymous poet, Álvaro de Campos - Portuguese poet and E.E. Cummings. With them, and its poems, I tried to do a journey between my emotions and connections, using E.E. Cummings’s poem to confess to the choir, to Lisbon, to my origins and to José Luís Ferreira “i carry you heart with me (i carry it in my heart)”

Colours(here In)

"...behind the light" was commissioned by the Cascais & Oeiras chamber orchestra.

Premiered in Lisbon 2016
Recorded by @ANTENA 2
Picture: "The Red wood" by me

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...behind the light - I Mov

Redefinition... for two percussionists in three sets, tape and brass ensemble, was commissioned by the Sforzanduo (Miguel Filipe and Tomás Moital) and premiered by them and the ESML Brass Crew in 2016.

Redefinition...

Percussionist Cristiano Rios performed, on the 27 January 2020 at Casa da Música - Porto, across borders, a piece for vibraphone and electronics commissioned by Vítor Castro in 2015 and premiered in Amsterdam in 2016.

across borders is a piece that seeks to stay, since the first moment that the electronics commence until it vanishes, calm, plain, reflexive, thoughtful, quiet. It does not go anywhere, it just exist.

across borders

Broken Mirrors (2020)

Other side... was Commissioned by the award winner accordionist João Barradas, and awarded with the First Prize in the  FOLEFEST/INATEL Accordion Competition Prize III Edition.

Other Side...

Daniel Davis is a Portuguese composer based in London. For more information please visit www.danieldaviscomposer.com

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