TRAVELS IN MY HOMELAND

by Joana Gama

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As a result of a research work developed in her PhD, pianist Joana Gama is now releasing the album “Travels in my Homeland” by Grand Piano Records, with the cycles “Viagens na Minha Terra” by Fernando Lopes-Graça and “Lume de chão” by Amílcar Vasques-Dias. Fernando Lopes-Graça (1906–1994) and Amílcar Vasques-Dias (b. 1945) are linked in their musical reflections on Portuguese identity, but at widely differing points in that country’s history. Lopes-Graça transformed traditional songs into poetic and hard-edged statements, helping to create a ‘national collective spirit’ that would not be bowed by dictatorship. Vasques-Dias’s approach to folk culture is based on more personal feelings and emotions, recalling the countryside of his childhood and its landscapes today.

AMÍLCAR VASQUES-DIAS (b. 1945) LUME DE CHÃO (’FIREPLACE’)
FERNANDO LOPES-GRAÇA (1906–1994) VIAGENS NA MINHA TERRA (’TRAVELS IN MY HOMELAND’)

JOANA GAMA, piano
Catalogue Number: GP792
Recording Dates: 23–26 July 2018
Recording Venue: Auditório Sra. Boa Nova, Estoril, Portugal
Producers and Editors: Pedro Coelho and Joana Gama
Engineer and Piano Technician: Pedro Coelho • Piano: Steinway & Sons, Model B Booklet Notes: Teresa Cascudo • English Translation: Susannah Howe
Portuguese Translation: Graça Ramos • Publisher: Score provided by the composer (1–13), Manuscript provided by Museu da Música Portuguesa (14–32)
Composers Photos: Collection FLG, MMP/Vitorino Coragem • Artist Photo: Vitorino Coragem Cover Art: Foros do Queimado, Alentejo – Portugal by Vitorino Coragem

Supported by: Sra. Boa Nova, Câmara Municipal de Évora, Fundação D. Luís I, Antena 2, CESEM/FCSH: funded by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia - Project UID/EAT/00693/2013

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1.	Acender o lume / Light the fire - Amílcar Vasques-Dias 01:46
2.	Eira do Outeiro / Threshing floor of Outeiro - Amílcar Vasques-Dias 01:32	buy track
3.	Azinheira de silêncio / Holm oak of silence - 02 Eira do Outeiro / Threshing floor of Outeiro - Amílcar Vasques-Dias 04:37	buy track
4.	Espadelar / Scutching - Amílcar Vasques-Dias 01:26	buy track
5.	Assedar / Heckling - 04 Espadelar / Scutching - Amílcar Vasques-Dias 02:19	buy track
6.	Fiar / Spinning - Amílcar Vasques-Dias 01:31	buy track
7.	Linho / Linen - Amílcar Vasques-Dias 02:48	buy track
8.	Tear-Tecer / Loom-Weaving - Amílcar Vasques-Dias 01:47	buy track
9.	Ao lume / By the fire - Amílcar Vasques-Dias 03:12	buy track
10.	Acácia de ninhos / Acacia of nests - Amílcar Vasques-Dias 01:31	buy track
11.	Alçapão / Trapdoor - Amílcar Vasques-Dias 02:13	buy track
12.	Cerejas-Pão / Cherries-Bread - Amílcar Vasques-Dias 02:06	buy track
13.	Sobreiro / Cork oak - Amílcar Vasques-Dias 02:49	buy track
14.	Procissão de Penitência em S. Gens de Calvos / Penitence Procession in S. Gens de Calvos - Fernando Lopes-Graça 02:47	buy track
15.	Na Romaria do Senhor da Serra de Semide / In the Pilgrimage of Senhor da Serra in Semide - Fernando Lopes-Graça 01:22	buy track
16.	Noutros tempos, a Figueira da Foz dançava o Lundum / In the olden days, Figueira da Foz danced the Lundum - Fernando Lopes-Graça 02:00	buy track
17.	Um Natal no Ribatejo / A Christmas in Ribatejo - Fernando Lopes-Graça 02:10	buy track
18.	Em Alcobaça, dançando um velho Fandango / In Alcobaça, dancing an old fandango - Fernando Lopes-Graça 01:45	buy track
19.	Em Ourique do Alentejo, durante o S. João / In Ourique from Alentejo, during the St. John Festivities - Fernando Lopes-Graça 02:48	buy track
20.	Acampando no Marão / Camping in the Marão - Fernando Lopes-Graça 01:10	buy track
21.	Em São Miguel d'Acha, durante as Trovoadas, mulheres e homens cantam o Bendito / In S. Miguel d'Acha, during the storms, women and men sing the Bendito - Fernando Lopes-Graça 01:59	buy track
22.	Em terras do Douro / In the Douro valley - Fernando Lopes-Graça 01:08	buy track
23.	Nas faldas da Serra da Estrela / At the foot of Serra da Estrela - Fernando Lopes-Graça 01:44	buy track
24.	Em Silves, já não há moiras encantadas / In Silves, there are no more enchanted moorish maidens - Fernando Lopes-Graça 01:06	buy track
25.	Cantando os Reis em Rezende / Singing the Reis in Rezende - Fernando Lopes-Graça 02:07	buy track
26.	Em Pegarinhos, uma velhinha canta uma antiga canção de roca / In Pegarinhos, an old woman sings an ancient spinning song - Fernando Lopes-Graça 01:16	buy track
27.	Na Citânia de Briteiros / In Citânia de Briteiros - Fernando Lopes-Graça 02:35	buy track
28.	Em Monsanto da Beira, apanhando a margaça / In Monsanto da Beira, gathering the margaça - Fernando Lopes-Graça 01:22	buy track
29.	Na Ria de Aveiro / On the estuary of Aveiro - Fernando Lopes-Graça 01:59	buy track
30.	Em Setúbal, comendo a bela laranja / In Setúbal, eating the lovely orange - Fernando Lopes-Graça 02:03	buy track
31.	Em Vinhais, escutando um belo romance / In Vinhais, listening to a beautiful romance - Fernando Lopes-Graça 01:49	buy track
32.	Os adufes troam na romaria da Senhora da Póvoa de Val-de-Lobo / The adufes thunder at the pilgrimage of Senhora da Póvoa of Val-de-Lobo - Fernando Lopes-Graça 01:33	buy track

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As a result of a research work developed in her PhD, pianist Joana Gama is now releasing the album “Travels in my Homeland” by Grand Piano Records, with the cycles “Viagens na Minha Terra” by Fernando Lopes-Graça and “Lume de chão” by Amílcar Vasques-Dias. Fernando Lopes-Graça (1906–1994) and Amílcar Vasques-Dias (b. 1945) are linked in their musical reflections on Portuguese identity, but at widely differing points in that country’s history. Lopes-Graça transformed traditional songs into poetic and hard-edged statements, helping to create a ‘national collective spirit’ that would not be bowed by dictatorship. Vasques-Dias’s approach to folk culture is based on more personal feelings and emotions, recalling the countryside of his childhood and its landscapes today.

Sheet music available here: mpmp.pt/produto/piano20/ & here: mpmp.pt/produto/piano21/

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released April 26, 2020

AMÍLCAR VASQUES-DIAS (b. 1945) LUME DE CHÃO (’FIREPLACE’)
FERNANDO LOPES-GRAÇA (1906–1994) VIAGENS NA MINHA TERRA (’TRAVELS IN MY HOMELAND’)

JOANA GAMA, piano
Catalogue Number: GP792
Recording Dates: 23–26 July 2018
Recording Venue: Auditório Sra. Boa Nova, Estoril, Portugal
Producers and Editors: Pedro Coelho and Joana Gama
Engineer and Piano Technician: Pedro Coelho • Piano: Steinway & Sons, Model B Booklet Notes: Teresa Cascudo • English Translation: Susannah Howe
Portuguese Translation: Graça Ramos • Publisher: Score provided by the composer (1–13), Manuscript provided by Museu da Música Portuguesa (14–32)
Composers Photos: Collection FLG, MMP/Vitorino Coragem • Artist Photo: Vitorino Coragem Cover Art: Foros do Queimado, Alentejo – Portugal by Vitorino Coragem

Supported by: Sra. Boa Nova, Câmara Municipal de Évora, Fundação D. Luís I, Antena 2, CESEM/FCSH: funded by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia - Project UID/EAT/00693/2013

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Joana Gama is a Portuguese pianist who, in the last few years, has been devoting much of her time to the music of Erik Satie. She has a PHD in Portuguese contemporary music for piano and works frequently with performing arts. Her discography is present in the labels Shhpuma, Room40, mpmp, Pianola, Grand Piano and Boca/Douda Correria. ... more

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