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This is the longest piece I had to engrave (so far). Just the first violin part is 55 pages.
It's a massive work for large orchestra, choir, 7 soloists and with an estimated duration of 125 mins in a 589 page long full score. My good friend and conductor Leandro Alves when saw the picture…
When accompanying slow melodies with minimum accompaniment with long notes, I found that if you are always behind you will force the orchestra to listen and follow the soloist with their own ear.
This is a special program for me. I have been putting it together for a while and one day it all came together almost like magic.These three pieces are tied together in several ways: Bomtempo being the “Portuguese Beethoven”, the first part of the program…
Sometimes, tasks that seem insignificant in the eyes of others can be a foundation to very useful skills. You can find real gold when you are drawn to do something to which others would say: “Why bother with that?”
In fact, us artists feel a lot of push back on our pursuit for excellence, sometimes from the voice that keeps telling us “you suck” or “I am tired… let’s give up”. Other times from outside individuals that will feel secure…