for flute and ensemble (bass cl., perc., pn., vln., vcl.)
dedicated to Luciana and Francisco

1st prize Contest Camargo Guarnieri - 41st Campos do Jordão Winter Festival (2010)

impedance (2010)

for 17 instruments and live-electronics. Dedicated to Luciana and Francisco.

1st Prize - 4th ECPNM European Competition for Live Electronic Music Projects 2011. <http://bit.ly/ecpnm2011results>.
Based on Vivaldi concerto RV97 and on Osman Lins' "Avalovara" (book).

Ensemble: Sinfonieorchester der Musikhochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg
Conductor: René Gulikers
Live-Electronics: José Henrique Padovani

a viagem e o rio (2011) [preliminary mix]

bass-flute: Cássia Carrascoza / live-electronics: José Henrique Padovani

Live-recording of première. 
Opening concert of the 16th Brazilian Symposium on Computer Music (SBCM).
Concert Hall of the Music Department of the School of Communication and Arts / São Paulo University (USP)
September 3rd, 2017

φάτις, in Greek, refers to "speech" and to "language". The term is also associated to "word" and "rumor" and refers also to the "word that comes from heaven" in the oracle. Both in the compositional writing for the acoustical instrument and in the mechanisms of the electronics, the piece draws on vocal materials, on images and connotations evoked by the term φάτις, and on references to my previous works, impedance (2010) and fragmentos sobre o sol (2012), as models, materials, processes and space of gestural and sonic investigation to explore the transductive process of sound production and transformation that happens along the phonetic/respiratory system of the instrumentalist, the flute, the live-electronics processes and the sound projection in the acoustic space. 
The piece is dedicated to flutist Cássia Carrascoza.

φάτις (2017) for bass-flute (Cássia Carrascoza) and live-electronics [binaural mix, use headphones]

for string quartet.
recorded by the Arditti Quartet.
42nd Campos do Jordão International Winter Festival / July, 2011


linee (2011)

https://vimeo.com/54962218 (video)

flute: Matteo Cesari (L'Itinéraire)
soprano: Livia Rado (L'Arsenale)
cello: James Barralet (ECCE Ensemble)
music direction: Filippo Perocco (L'Arsenale)

written for the VCCA/ECCE Etchings Festival 2012

to Luciana and Francisco

Premiere: Chapelle Saint Catherine du Port, Auvillar, Midi-Pyrenees, France
12th July, 2012

original text in ancient greek [Her. = Heraclitus of Ephesus; Sap. = Sappho; Xen. = Xenophanes of Colophon; Anax. = Anaximenes of Miletus; Anac. = Anacreon]:

Her. ὁ ἥλιος ον μόνον (...) νέος εφ  μέρηι εςτίν, αλλ  αει νέοσ υνεχωσ͂
Sap. ...βροδόπαχυν Αὔων...
       ...ἔσχατα γας͂ φέροισα...
       ...ἔγω δὲ φίλημμ ̓ ἀβροσύναν...
       ...τουτ͂ ο καί μοι τὸ λάμπρον ἔροσ τὠελίω καὶ τὸ κάλον λέλογχε...
Xen. ἐχ νεφῶν πεπυρωμένων εἶναι τὸν ἥλιον
Anax. πύρινον ὑπάρχειν τὸν ἥελιον
ἀπεφήνατο
Sap. ...μ ̓ ἀ χρυσοπέδιλλοσ Ἀύωσ...
Anac. Ἡ μελαινα γῆ πινει, δε δενδρεα πινει αυτην, θαλασσα πινει αναυρουσ, δε ὁ ἡελιος θαλασσαν, δε σεληνη τον ἡλιον...
Her. περι μεγεθους ηλιου (...) εύρος ποδος ανθρωπείου
Anax. πλατὺν ὡς πέταλον τὸν ἤλιον
Her. ει μη ἤλιος ῆν, ένεκα τῶν άλλων άςτρων ενφρόνε αν ῆν

===
EN:

Her. the sun (...) is not only new each day, but forever continually new
Sap. ...Dawn of the rosy arms...
       ...carrying to the farthest regions of the earth...
       ...I love the [sweet] splendor...
       ...love gave me the resplendent light and beauty of the sun...
Xen. the sun consists of burning clouds
Anax. the sun is fiery
Sap. ...[me], oh gold-sandaled Dawn...
Anac. The black earth drinks, and [the] trees drink her, [the] sea drinks the torrent, and the sun [the] sea, and [the] moon the sun...
Her. the sun is the width of a man's foot
Anax. the sun is broad like a leaf
Her. if there were no sun, the other stars would not suffice to prevent its being night

===
PT:

Her. o sol (...) não é apenas novo a cada dia, mas sempre continuamente novo
Sap. ...Aurora dos róseos braços...
       ...aos limites da terra levando...
       ...eu amo o [doce] esplendor...
       ...o amor me concedeu a resplandecente luz e beleza do sol...
Xen. o sol é feito de nuvens incandescentes
Anax. o sol é ígneo
Sap. ...[a mim], oh Aurora de sandálias de ouro...
Anac. A terra negra bebe, e [as] árvores bebem a terra, [o] mar bebe a torrente, e o sol [o] mar, e [a] lua o sol...
Her. o sol é do tamanho do pé de um homem
Anax. o sol é largo como uma folha
Her. se não houvesse sol, as outras estrelas não bastariam para evitar a noite

fragmentos sobre o sol (2012)

for 18 strings (10 vln, 4 vle, 3 vlc, 1 cb)

conductor: Oiliam Lanna
orch.: Musicoop string orchestra


cantodiviso (2008)

for two choirs (16 voices) and electronics.

I. memento (text: excerpts from Job 7:7-9)
II. a funeral, in my Brain (text: "I felt a funeral, in my Brain", Emily Dickinson)
III. noite (text: portuguese translation of "Abend", Rainer Maria-Rilke)

conductor: Oiliam Lanna / choir: "ouço"

distâncias azuis (2009)

for 3 flutes, clarinet, piano (4 hands), 2 guitars, cello, double bass
dedicated to Edgar Alandia

conductor: Sérgio Canedo

"Portami il girasole ch'io lo trapianti
nel mio terreno bruciato dal salino,
e mostri tutto il giorno agli azzurri specchianti
del cielo l'ansietà del suo volto giallino.

Tendono alla chiarità le cose oscure,
si esauriscono i corpi in un fluire
di tinte: queste in musiche. Svanire
è dunque la ventura delle venture.

Portami tu la pianta che conduce
dove sorgono bionde trasparenze
e vapora la vita quale essenza;
portami il girasole impazzito di luce.
(Eugenio Montale, Ossi di seppia, 1925)"

josé henrique padovani

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