無 Wú - Large Ensemble   

Nieuw Ensemble    
Baritone: Jorge Luís Castro 
Conductor: Ryan Bancroft 
 
KORZO (Den Haag) - 17th February 2018



"We join spokes together in a wheel, 
but it is the center hole that makes the wagon move.  
 
We shape clay into a pot,  
but it is the emptiness inside that holds whatever we want.    
We hammer wood for a house, but it is the inner space   that makes it livable.  
 
We work with being, 
but non-being is what we use."
   
Tao Te Ching, Lao Tse ( 11. “The Value of Non-Existence”) 
Stephen Mitchell (english translator)

無 Wú (2018)

Symphony Orchestra
   
Teatro Helena Sá e Costa

Symphonic Orchestra of ESMAE  
Conductor: Thomas Hauschild

Álbum Desconhecido (27-07-2016 16:36:30)

Elevador (2016)

For bassoon and electronics [tape]   
Bassoon: Francisco Soutinho Ventura 

[studio recording 2017 - Conservatorium Van Amsterdam]

Janelas (2016)

Prope Mortem (2015) - [Excerpt]

For Soprano Saxophone and Organ   
Igreja Nossa Senhora da Conceição - Porto

José Pedro Gonçalinho: Soprano Saxophone   
Tiago Ferreira: Organ

Atlantisia (2017)- [Excerpt]

Time Zero (2014)- Saxophone Quartet   
[Three movements]

Elle quartet
Soprano Saxophone | Rita Pereira  
Alto Saxophone: Tine van den Geest  
Tenor Saxophone: Sara Martins  
Baritone Saxophone: Susana Araújo   

[studio recording 2016]

Time Zero III (2014)

Time Zero II (2014)

Time Zero I (2014)

For mezzo-soprano with ensemble

The Times Academy 2018
AMUZ (Antwerp, Belgium)

HERMES ensemble
Conductor: Ben Haemhouts

"Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill.   
Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.

Chase after money and security and your heart will never unclench.   
Care about other people’s approval and you will be their prisoner.  
 
Do your work, then step back.  
The only path to serenity."

Tao Te Ching, Lao Tse - (9. “The Way of Reticence”)   
Stephen Mitchell (english translator)

退 Tuì (2017)

For 4 singers (SATB) and large ensemble.
[Studio Recording]

Mariana Portovedo | Piccolo 
Diana Sampaio | Clarinet in Eb 
Fábio Soares | English Horn 
André Rocha | Contrabassoon 
Pedro Pereira | Saxophone 1 
Rui Cunha | Saxophone 2 
Catarina Assunção | Violin
Margarida Monteiro | Viola 
Jorge Corcho | Violoncello 
Daniel Aires | Contrabass 
Tomás Rosa | Vibraphone
Ana Leite | Soprano
Sílvia Sequeira | Alto 
André Lacerda | Tenor 
Tomé Azevedo | Bass

"Empty yourself of everything. 
Let the mind rest at peace. 
The ten thousand things rise and fall while the self watches their return.  
They grow and flourish and then return to the source.

Returning to the source is stillness, this is the way of nature.  
The way of nature is unchanging. 
Knowing constancy, the mind is open. 
With an open mind, you will be openhearted. 
 
Being openhearted, you will act royally. 
Being royal, you will attain the divine. 
Being divine, you will be at one with the Tao. 
Being at one with the Tao is eternal. 
And though the body dies, the tao will never pass away. "
     

Lao Tse - Tao Te Ching (16. "Returning to the Root")  
Gia-fu Feng (english translator)

根 Gēn (2016)

Winner of the third prize of the competition "SIMM - New Music for harpsichord 2018”, in Milan, Italy.

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‘Three Deadly Causes’ consists of three miniatures for harpsichord, each one inspired by a different cause of death: 

Stroke (00:00)
Pneumonia (03:15)
Heart Attack (05:50)

Therefore, they are representing the failure of one of the human organs, respectively: brain, lungs and heart. As it is known, these fatalities have associated symptoms:

Stroke: Face dropping; speech difficulty. 
Pneumonia: Cough; Shortness of breath; Fatigue. 
Heart Attack: Arrhythmias or Irregular heart beats.

Each one of the pieces will present a particular approach to these symptoms, while individually suggesting an independent musical narrative

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Composer's Festival Amsterdam (2019)
Wesley Shen - Harpsichord
11/05/2019 - Sweelinckzaal (live recording)

www.nunolobo.com

Three Deadly Causes

I'm a Portuguese composer based in Amsterdam. I'm interested in surrealistic narratives, in inter-disciplinary collaborations and in virtual operas. Non-western cultures, cinema, physics or health disorders are commonly referenced in my works.

Nuno Lobo

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