CHORAL MUSIC BY LIDUINO PITOMBEIRA CQ2808 Liturgia da Seca (Liturgy of the Dry Season), for SATB choir a cappella, 10 pp., $1.75 A setting of the poem by Francisco Carvalho, which deals with the frequent drought conditions of northeastern Brazil. In Portuguese only. Difficulty level 3. Duration ca.4'15". View sample pages. Listen to a midi rendtion. Download this authentic pronunciation help file (in the composer's own voice!). CQ2707 A Psalm of Life, for SATB choir and wind quintet (Fl, Ob, Cl, Hn, Bsn) 8 pp., $1.75. A setting of part of a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882). The music employs impressionistic sonorities and ostinato patterns played by the woodwind, with highly melodic vocal lines mainly based on the octatonic scale. Vocal score with piano reduction for rehearsal. Duration ca. 3'35". View sample pages. Listen to an mp3 excerpt of a recording by the Louisiana State University Women's Choir for whom the piece was written. CQ2707A: Full Score, $2.50. CQ2707B: Set of instrumental parts, $2.00. CQ2501 Divina Trilogia, for soprano solo, SATB choir (with divisi), and chamber ensemble (Vn, Vla, Cel, Piano, Perc.) , 26 pp., oversized octavo (full score), $2.95. A setting of three sacred texts (Advent, Good Friday, Easter). Latin and English (or Portuguese). Difficulty level=4. Duration ca. 4:45 min. View Sample. Listen to .mp3 recording: Mirabile Mysterium | O Vos Omnes | Haec Die CQ2422 Bará, SATB a cappella (with divisi), 10 pp., oversized octavo, $1.65. View Sample Afro-Brazilian text drawn from the traditions of the Batuque society of Southern Brazil. Complex rhythms and a frenetic tempo make this a challenging piece worthy of the best choirs. Commissioned by the Louisiana State University A Cappella Choir for showcasing in their appearance at the 2005 ACDA Convention (Los Angeles). Duration, approx. 2'00". Listen to mp3 recording (by the LSU A Cappella Choir, directed by Kenneth Fulton). CQ2412 Songs of Reflection, SSAATTBB a cappella (with divisi), 14 pp., oversized octavo, $1.95 View Sample English and Latin text using Meso-American and Biblical sources. Duration ca. 4'18". The Aztec poem questions whether it is possible to find happiness in earthly things. It is also a spring song that talks about flowers and metaphorically compares them with sounds. The music is at the same time reflective and full of powerful rhythms, reflecting Psalm 149. Listen to an .mp3 recording by Kenneth Fulton and the Louisiana State University A Cappella Choir (4033 KB download). CQ2311 Miniatura do Boi (Festival of the Bull), SATB, 10 pp., $1.65 View Sample For 4-part mixed voices, a cappella, this song combines three authentic excerpts from the famous bumba-meu-boi pageants of Brazil to make a miniature of a typical festival (parade not included!). Portuguese text, with English underlay by Wilbur Skeels. Difficulty level 3-4. Duration ca. 2:15. CQ2312 Canto da Chuva (Rain song), SATB, 9 pp., $1.65 View Sample For 4-part mixed voices, a cappella, this song mixes the rhythms of Brazil with jazz harmonies, as the lyrics (by the composer's wife) sing of a lonely woman in the back country waiting for her love to return, even as the parched land waits for the rain to come. Portuguese text, with English underlay by Wilbur Skeels. Difficulty level 4. Duration ca. 3:50. Listen to a 3'14" .mp3 file excerpt recorded by Robert Green and the Arpeggieauxs. CQ2313 Agua de Mani, SSAATTBB, 7 pp., $1.65 View Sample This piece for 8-voice a cappella choir employs the monophonic Tremembé folk tune Água de Mani with its folk text. The Tremembé tribe is located in the village of Almofala, Ceará, in the northeastern part of Brazil. The original tune integrates the repertoire of dances, called Torém, used to commemorate the fiesta of caju (cashew-apple). Two versions of the tune have been used, as collected by Aloysio de Alencar Pinto and Marcos Guilherme. A quotation of another Tremembé song, Ererequatiá, is also incorporated. The title may mean "Manioc water." Pitombeira uses vigorous indigenous rhythms and adds hand claps to good effect. Difficulty level 2-3. Duration, ca.3:15. Listen to .mp3 file recorded by the Brazilian choir, Choral of BDMG. RETURN TO STUDIO ENTRANCE (MAIN PAGE) LEAVE STUDIO AND GO TO STORE SEND E-MAIL WHAT'S NEW?
