Raízes
Fernando Lopes-Graça (1906-1994)
Variations on a theme from Portuguese folk music
Sérgio Azevedo (1968)
Country Pieces, 2nd script
I. Prelude with toccata
II. Retaliation
III. Jogo de Quintas
IV. Garraiada
V. Song
VI. Crickets and Cicadas
VII. Flutes and Drums
João Carlos Pinto (1998)
Four Traditional Portuguese Songs
I. Os amores da azeitona / The Loves of the Olive Harvest
II. Oh, Blessed Breeze
III. My Love Gave Me a Handkerchief
IV. Be Gone, Boogeyman
Amílcar Vasques-Dias (1945)
Lume de chão Kuilvuur – interwoven memories (selection)
Eira do Outeiro - Threshing floor on the hill
Flax
By the Fire
Shutter
Tear-Tecer - Loom Weaving
António Pinho Vargas (1951)
The Black Fado
Que Amor Não Me Engana - That Amor Does Not Deceive Me (José Afonso)
Cantiga prá Maria - Song for Maria
"Raízes" is a piano recital focused on Portuguese identity and the traditional sources and traditions that have shaped it over the centuries. The diversity of Portuguese folk music, resulting from the intermingling of peoples and cultures that have passed through or settled here over the course of more than 900 years of history, is remarkable for such a small country, despite its numerous geographical and cultural contrasts. While we have encountered examples of the use of folk music by classical composers before the 20th century, with Fernando Lopes-Graça, folklore became a model for later composers. This recital explores various expressions of this ancestral Portuguese identity, beginning with Fernando Lopes-Graça's earliest work. Following this are several generations of composers who had contact with him and studied with him, such as Sérgio Azevedo, or who were simply inspired by him or saw him as an ethical and artistic model, such as Amílcar Vasques Dias or António Pinho Vargas. João Carlos Pinto, the youngest composer in this recital, shows us that Portuguese musical traditions were not exhausted by previous composers as material for more sophisticated musical forms and that they continue to open doors to a future deeply rooted in Portuguese identity.
Diana Vieira (Azores, 1984) is one of the most active pianists in the Portuguese music scene, with a solid and versatile career. She participates in projects that combine piano tradition with artistic innovation. She has performed piano recitals and chamber music, and as a soloist with orchestras in Portugal, Spain, France, the Netherlands, England, the US, and South America.
She has won the Young Musicians Award – RDP Antena 2 in the piano category, as well as the Búzio Revelação (Expresso das 9) and the Prémio Cultura (Correio dos Açores). She has performed as a soloist with the Orquestra de Câmara de Cascais e Oeiras, Orquestra Clássica do Centro, Sinfonietta de Ponta Delgada, Orquestra da Universidade Politécnica da Catalunha, Mission Chamber Orchestra, Ensemble de Sopros de Leiria, and Sinfonietta de Castelo Branco, under the direction of conductors Yuri Pankiv, Jean-Marc Burfin, Nikolay Lalov, José Eduardo Gomes, Amâncio Cabral, Mario Brandl García, Emily Ray, Alberto Roque, and Bruno Cândido. She has participated in festivals such as the Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice (Boston), PianoFest (Chicago), Embassy Series – Uniting People Through Musical Diplomacy (Washington/DC), Meadowmount School of Music (New York), the Badajoz Ibérico Festival, Dias da Música at the CCB, Temporada Artística dos Açores, Porto PianoFest (online edition), the Viseu International Festival of Music, the Póvoa de Varzim International Festival, Música em Si Menor, the Lagoa/Algarve Piano Festival, the Santarém Piano Week, the Q.Art Festival, the Prolífica Festival, and the Matosinhos Piano Festival.
Diana incorporates music by Portuguese composers into her recitals each season. She has recorded and premiered several CDs of Portuguese music.
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