This album, “I'll be back soon”, is an invitation to discover and get to know some of the traditional Portuguese repertoire.

 

As in any country and tradition, in Portugal too, dance and festivities are an integral part of the life of communities, in many cases having a unifying role of great importance in their well-being and in the physical and mental health of their members. In addition, feasting and dancing are one of the few truly ancestral traditions that survive today without major historical obstacles, which favors the repertoire in terms of preservation, updating and dissemination. Moreover, if we think about it, music and dance or music and movement are artistic expressions that always go hand in hand, which not only complement each other but are, in essence, the same thing: rhythm, articulation, phrase, character, pulse, structure, breathing, impulse/rest, etc.

 

For us, the great challenge in using the traditional repertoire for dance was related to the little flexibility of the structures and the pulsation, since the music is either associated with a choreography or it must function as a good aid in the execution of the commands of a boss. Thus, excluding the possibility of altering structures or making rhythmic oscillations, we focused on creating the arrangements on character, texture, different voices and timbres and, of course, on the interpretation and creativity of the excellent musicians who recorded with us.

 

We hope you enjoy listening to us and dancing with us, or at least feel the “biological” impulse to tap your foot!

 

Antony Fernandes – Baritone, Säckpipa, Galician harmonica

Carmina Repas Gonçalves – Soprano, Viola da gamba 

Carolina Repas Gonçalves – Soprano

Cristina Repas Gonçalves – Soprano

Maria Repas Gonçalves – Soprano

Xurxo Varela – Viola da gamba

Hugo Sanches – Baroque Guitar and Hand Viola

Pedro Sousa Silva – Flute in G, copy of SAM 140 (collection of the Vienna Kunsthistorisches Museum), by Adrian Brown

Alexandre Meirinhos – Percussion

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