LIDUINO PITOMBEIRA
SONHOS for flute and piano
2007
Liduino Pitombeira Somnium for flute and piano Opus 129
Duration: ca. 4:00
Sonhos (dreams
in Portuguese) depicts the dreams’ atmospheres with the use of pentatonic, whole tone scales and hexatonic poles. An improvised section at the end represents the lack of control of the dreamer over his/her creation. Sonhos is dedicated to Heriberto Porto and Duda Di Cavalcanti. …….. Liduino Pitombeira (Brazil, 1962) received his PhD in composition from the Louisiana State University (USA), where he studied with Dinos Constantinides. In Brazil, he studied composition with Vanda Ribeiro Costa, Tarcísio José de Lima, and José Alberto Kaplan. Performances of his works have been given by The Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet, Louisiana Sinfonietta, Red Stick Saxophone Quartet, New York University New Music Trio, Orquestra Sinfônica do Recife (Brazil), Syntagma, Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra (Poland), and Orchestra de Câmara Eleazar de Carvalho (Brazil). He has received many composition awards in Brazil and the USA, including the first prize in the 1998 Camargo Guarnieri Composition Competition and the first prize in the "Sinfonia dos 500 Anos" Composition Contest. He also received the 2003 MTNA-Shepherd Distinguished Composer of the Year Award for his piece "Brazilian Landscapes No.1". Recently, two more pieces of his series Brazilian Landscapes (No.2 and No.6) were awarded first prizes in the USA. Pitombeira is a member of ASCAP, Society of Composer Inc., National Association of Composers-USA, and Sociedade Brasileira de Música Contemporânea. His pieces are published by Cantus Quercus, Conners, Alry, RioArte, and Irmãos Vitale. LIDUINO PITOMBEIRA E-mail:
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para Heriberto Porto e Duda Di Cavalcanti
Sonhos LIDUINO PITOMBEIRA Op.129, 2007
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© 2007 Liduino Pitombeira http://www.pitombeira.com
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Improvise inside the piano with fingers or guitar-pick. Use Free rhythm and free pitches. Density and activity are to be reduced and disappear completely.
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Improvise in the low register and soft dynamics Include multiphonics and shakuhachi-like sonorities Reduce density and activity until disappear completely.
