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Search Songs

Luís Tinoco

soprano and symphony orchestra

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Description

Search Songs sets a collection of poems written between 1906 and 1908 by Fernando Pessoa’s alter ego ‘Alexander Search’.

I. towards the end
II. justice
III. sunset song
IV. the lip
V. early fragments

The work was commissioned by the Estoril Festival and first performed by Yeree Suh (soprano) and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Cesário Costa, at Centro Cultural de Belém in Lisbon on 2nd July 2007.

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Duration
14 minutes
Libretto/text
Fernando Pessoa's alter ego 'Alexander Search'
Premiere

Yeree Suh (soprano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra cond. Cesario Costa, Centro Cultural de Belem, Lisbon, 2nd July 2007

Scoring
2 Flute, 1 Flute (=piccolo), 2 Oboe, 1 Oboe (=Cor anglais), 2 B-flat Clarinet, 1 B-flat Clarinet (=Bass Clarinet in B-flat), 2 Bassoon, 1 Bassoon (=Contrabassoon), 4 Horn in F, 2 Trumpet in B-flat, 1 Trumpet in B-flat (=piccolo trumpet in B-flat), 3 Trombone, 1 Tuba, 3 Percussion, 1 Timpani, 1 Piano (=celeste), 1 Orchestral Strings
Composition date
2007

Recordings

Round Time Orquestra Gulbenkian with sopranos Ana Quintans, Yeree Suh & Raquel Camarinha, conducted by David Alan Miller. April 2013 Naxos 8.572981

Performances

12 June 2012

to 14 June 2012: recording sessions for Naxos CD to be released in 2013.

Yeree Suh, Ana Quintans and Raquel Camarinha (soprano soloists), Gulbenkian Orchestra cond. David Alan Miller
8 May 2010

Casa da Musica, Porto

Piia Komsi (soprano), Porto National Orchestra
2 July 2007

Estoril Festival, Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon

Yeree Suh (soprano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra cond. Cesário Costa