(2009)
Inst:
Children’s Choir, 2 Flutes, Bb Clarinet, Piano, Violoncello
Duration:
12.00' minutes
Commission:
Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble
Premiere:
Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble, Goethe Institute, Boston on January 31, 2010
Four Portuguese Folktales and a Lullaby consists of a series of folktales which I have adapted. It was my goal to incorporate traditional stories with a language that allowed me to explore different atmospheres while still remaining faithful to certain traces of Portuguese traditional music.
I. The Ant and the Snow
II. The Strong and the Strongest
III. The Nightingale
IV. The Old Man, the Boy, and the Donkey
V. Lullaby (Sleep, Sleep my Dear Baby)