Eurico Carrapatoso

Eurico Carrapatoso ComIH (born February 15, 1962, in Mirandela) is a Portuguese composer. Awards and honors: 2006 - UNESCO International Rostrum of Composers, Paris, with his O meu poemário infantil for tenor and orchestra 2004 - Decorated by the President of Portuguese Republic with Commendation of the Order of the Infante Dom Henrique 2001 - National Identity Prize 1999 - Francisco de Lacerda Composition Prize 1999 - UNESCO International Rostrum of Composers, Paris, with his Sorrow on the death of Jorge Peixinho for large orchestra 1998 - UNESCO International Rostrum of Composers, Paris, with his Cinco melodias em forma de Montemel for soprano, horn and piano 1998 - Lopes-Graça Prize from the City of Tomar Main works: STAGE WORKS Peer, you're lying!, 2001 incidental music for the Ibsen's play Peer Gynt Opus: 38 Duration (minutes) 110 1(picc).1(ca).1(bcl).1 - hn - perc(2) - pno - 2 vln.vla.vlc.db (with C extension) Commission: The New Teatro Aberto First Performance: 24.2.02, Teatro Aberto, Lisbon: Teatro Aberto's Ensemble, Joao Paulo Santos Wolf Diogo and Mosquito Valentim, 2002 scenic cantata for two singers, speaker, children's choir and orchestra Opus: 41 Duration (minutes) 50 Instrumentation: 2(2=picc).2.2.2. - 2hn - timp - strings (some basses with C extension) Singers: Fox Rose (soprano), Wolf Diogo (bass), speaker, children's choir Text: Antonio Pires Cabral Language: Portuguese Commission: Porto National Orchestra First Performance: 20.12.02, S.John National Theater, Oporto: Angélica Neto / Jorge Vaz de Carvalho / Paulo Pires / C.P.O. Children's Choir / Porto National Orchestra / Joao Paulo Santos The Forest, 2004 children's opera in two acts and sixteen scenes for five singers and orchestra Opus: 47 Duration (minutes) 65 Instrumentation: 1(picc).1(ca).1(bcl).1(cbsn).sax(ssax) - 2hn - perc(1) - guit - harp - pno - strings (some basses with C extension) Singers: Isabel (soprano), Dwarf (bass), Bandit (baritone), Wise man (baritone), Music Teacher (tenor), Tree (speaker), children's choir, male choir (ad libitum) Text: Ana Maria Magalhaes and Isabel Alçada after Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen Language: Portuguese Commission: Teatro Nacional de São Carlos (Portuguese National Opera House) First Performance: 28.2.04, Sao Luiz Theater, Lisbon: Angelica Neto / Jose Corvelo / Armando Possante / Rui Baeta / National Conservatoire Children's Choir / Portuguese Symphony Orchestra / Joao Paulo Santos The death of Ludwig II of Bavaria, 2010 music drama in one act and one scene for soprano, mezzo, chorus and orchestra Opus: 58 Duration (minutes) 13 Instrumentation: 2hn - timp - strings (some basses with C extension) Singers: Death (soprano), Providence (mezzo), mixed choir Libreto: João Botelho after Bernardo Soares's text (one of Fernando Pessoa heteronyms) Funeral march for Ludwig II of Bavaria (in The Book of Disquiet - 1920's ~ 30's) Language: Portuguese Commission: AR DE FILMES First Performance: 13.12.2010, open space, Sintra Forest (the Glorious Eden, quoting Byron) Sabina Freire, 2009-2010 opera in three acts and thirty scenes for eight singers and orchestra Opus: 60 Duration (minutes) 120 Instrumentation: 1(picc).1(ca).2(bcl).2(cbsn) - 4hn. 1 - perc(1) - timp - harp - strings (some basses with C extension) Singers: Sabina (soprano), D. Maria (baritone), Julio (baritone), Epifanio (tenor), Doctor Fino (bass), Padre Correia (tenor), Minister (baritone), Procurador Ferreira (baritone) Libreto: Eurico Carrapatoso after Manuel Teixeira Gomes's play Sabina Freire (1905) Language: Portuguese Commission: Portimão Municipal Council First Performance: 11.12.2010, TEMPO Auditorium, Portimão ORCHESTRAL WORKS Sorrow on the death of Jorge Peixinho, 1998 large orchestra Opus: 15 Duration (minutes) 18 Instrumentation: 2(2=picc).2(2=ca).2(2=bcl).2(2=cbsn)- 2.2.2.1 - perc(5) - timp - harp - strings (basses with C extension) Commission: Macao's Music Festival First Performance: 1.11.98, Sao Domingo's Church, Macao: Porto National Orchestra, Marc Foster Modes of unlimited expression, 1998 Opus: 18 Duration (minutes) 16 Instrumentation: strings First Performance: 10.10.98, Library of Mafra's National Palace: Lisbon Sinfonietta, Vasco Azevedo First Recording: La ma de Guido LMG 2047: Lisbon Sinfonietta, Vasco Azevedo Modes of unlimited expression II, 1999 large orchestra Opus: 20 Duration (minutes) 18 Instrumentation: 2(2=picc).2(2=ca).2(1=picccl 2=bcl).2(2=cbsn)- 2.2.2.1 - perc(1) - timp - harp - pno - strings (some basses with C extension) Commission: Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra First Performance: 9.6.98, Queluz's National Palace: Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra, Miguel Graça Moura Aver-o-mar (Seeing-the-see), 1999 orchestra Opus: 21 Duration (minutes) 18 Instrumentation: 2(2=picc).2(2=ca).2(1=picccl 2=bcl).2. - 2.2.2.1. - perc(1) - timp - strings (some basses with C extension) Commission: Povoa's Music Festival First Performance: 30.7.99, Povoa's Casino: Phillarmonia of Beiras, Osvaldo Ferreira First Recording: Numerica, NUM 1108: Povoa Symphony Orchestra, Osvaldo Ferreira Praxitelic Music for two Gods from Olympus, 2004 orchestra Duration (minutes) 9 Instrumentation: 1.1.1.1. - 2.0.0.0. - perc(1) - harp - strings Commission: Portuguese Symphony Orchestra and Portuguese National Opera House First Performance: 12.11.04: Lisbon New University Auditorium, Portuguese Symphony Orchestra, Donato Renzetti Tempus fugit, 2007-2008 large orchestra Opus: 53 Duration (minutes) 20 Instrumentation: 3(3=picc).3(3=ca).3(2=picccl 3=bcl).2.cbsn- 4.3.3.1 - perc(3) - timp - harp - pno - strings (basses with C extension) Commission: Rio de Janeiro's Cultur Department First Performance: 23.8.2008, Cecilia Meireles Room, Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian Symphony Orchestra, Flavio Florence CHORAL - ORCHESTRAL WORKS Requiem (Passos Manuel in memoriam), 2004 Singers: baritone, mixed choir, orchestra Instrumentation: 4 French horns - harp - strings (basses with C extension) Opus: 48 Commission: Passos Canavarro Foundation Duration (minutes) 50 Text: Latin Catholic Requiem Mass Language: Latin First Performance: 18.1.06, Graca Church, Santarém: Jorge Vaz de Carvalho (baritone), Lisboa Cantat Choir, Porto National Orchestra, Joao Paulo Santos CHORAL WORKS Drei lieder ohne worte, 1997 SATB a-cappella Duration (minutes) 7 First Performance: 3.11.98, Southwarck Cathedral, London: Lisbon Chamber Choir, Teresita Gutierrez Marques First Recording: Numerica, NUM 1083: Lisbon Chamber Choir, Teresita Gutierrez Marques Missa sine nomine, 2006 SATB a-cappella Opus: 50 Duration (minutes) 16 Text: Latin Catholic Mass Language: Latin First Performance: 28.9.06, St. Cyprian Church, London: Helios Voices, Sergio Fontao Our Lady's Diptic, 2007 SATB / Organ Opus: 52 Duration (minutes) 12 Text: Stabat Mater and Salve Regina Language: Latin Commission: Lisbon Classical University First Performance: 16.6.07, Sao Roque Church, Lisbon: Lisbon University Chamber Choir, David Cranmer, Jose Robert Stabat Mater, 2008 Singers: baritone, chamber choir (ssaattbb) Instrumentation: 1(picc).1(ca).1(bcl) - 1.1(A picc, flugelh) - perc(1) - harp - pno - 2 vl.vla.vc.db (with C extension) Opus: 54 Duration (minutes) 25 Text: Stabat Mater and Deus Benino (Luis de Camões) Language: Latin and Portuguese Commission: Belém Cultural Center (CCB) First Performance: 18.3.08, Belém Cultural Center, Lisbon: Armando Possante, Olisipo Choir, OrchestrUtopica, Cesario Costa CHAMBER WORKS Suite d'Aquem e d'Alem mar, 2000 String quartet and marimba Duration (minutes) 10 First Performance: 1.11.01, Purcell Room, London: Chilingirian String Quartet and Pedro Carneiro In illo tempore, 2009 String quartet Opus: 56 Duration (minutes) 25 Commission: Matosinhos's Municipal Council First Performance: 12.11.09, Constantino Nery Theater: Matosinhos String Quartet O espelho da alma (The soul's mirror), 2009 Piano quartet (pno - vl.vla.vc.) Opus: 57 Duration (minutes) 18 Commission: Torres Vedras's Municipal Council First Performance: 27.11.09, Torres Vedras Auditorium: Ensemble Darcos Publishers: Boosey & Hawkes, BIM Editions, Carus-Verlag, Main performers: Conductors Stefan Asbury, Vasco Azevedo, Joana Carneiro, Pedro Carneiro, Simon Carrington, Nuno Corte-Real, Cesario Costa, Osvaldo Ferreira, Flavio Florence, Mark Foster, Patrick Gallois, Miguel Graca-Moura, Pablo Heras-Casado, Antonio Lourenco, Vytautas Lukocius, Wojciech Michniewski, Misha Rachlevsky, Donato Renzetti, Joao Paulo Santos, Joao Tiago Santos, Ernst Schelle, Brian Schembri, Nils Schweckendiek, Marc Tardue, Tapio Tuomela, Maciej Zoltowski Orchestras Porto National Orchestra, Portuguese Symphony Orchestra, Lisbon Sinfonietta, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra, Orchestre des Pays de Savoie, Deutsche Oper Berlin Chamber Orchestra, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Brazilian Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra Kremlin, Finnish Uusinta Kamariorkesteri, Jyväskylä Sinfonia, S.Petersburg Kapella Symphony Orchestra Ensembles Remix Ensemble, OrchestrUtopica, Grupo de Musica Contemporanea de Lisboa, Opus Ensemble, Ensemble Darcos, Galliard Ensemble, Chilingirian String Quartet, New Zealand String Quartet, Carion Woodwind Quintet, Ensemble Mediterrain, Matosinhos String Quartet, Sonor Ensemble Choirs Philharmonic Chamber Choir of Estonia (Daniel Reuss), Gulbenkian Choir (Joana Carneiro), Ars Nova Vocal Ensenble (Katalin Kiss), Coro Casa da Musica (Simon Carrington), Coral de Letras da Universidade do Porto (Borges Coelho)

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