Pedro Carneiro has just finished recording my piece "The Moment of Being" for future release on dvd. The piece which is dedicated to him, premiered at the Festival Musica Viva 2007, at the Casa da Música at Porto. This recording was supervised by Paulo Jorge Ferreira (audio) and Raquel Castro (video). It took place last April 7-8th at the Ermida do Monte do Carmo, part of the magnificent Hotel Rural do Monte do Carmo.
08-04-10
08-04-10
Included in my series for solo performer, eTrack and speaking voice (which started with Akinesis") is a new piece I just finished writing titled "The Moment of Being", for marimba, glockenspiel, eTrack and the player's speaking voice. The piece is included in the program of the Música Viva 2007 Festival and is dedicated to Portuguese percussionist Pedro Carneiro. It will be premiered by this renowned artist on September 20th, 21.30h, at the Casa da Musica in Oporto. I am preparing two other works which are included in this cycle for solo performer and speaking voice.
08-02-12
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07-09-05
Teatro da Rainha's new production of The Colonel Bird by Bulgarian writer Hristo Boytchev premiered on March 8th at the Belém Cultural Center in Lisbon (Portugal). I wrote the music, produced and recorded it together with a group of enthusiastic musicians. Please check out the Teatro da Rainha's website for the current schedule of performances.
"Estação Inexistente" is a new production of the Teatro da Rainha for which I wrote the music. This new production is actually based on two plays: "The Man With The Flower In His Mouth" by Luigi Pirandello, and "A Continuous Movement, a Strange Equilibrium" by Rocco D'Onghia. It will premier at the Malaposta Theatre on April 20th. The new production features Rita Nunes on baryton and soprano saxophones.
07-09-05
Deutschland Kultur radio from Germany will present Cine Lisboa on April 21st.
07-03-10
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06-08-03
My piece "Alvites" will be presented by Triple R Radio of Melbourne, Australia, on August 16th 2006. This piece is based on recordings made in Mirandela, Trás-os-Montes (Portugal) in 1977.
06-06-10
05-07-17
Paulo Soares during the recording of the guitar parts
Rita Nunes rehearsing...
"Cine-Lisboa: concerto for Portuguese guitar and Lisbon soundscapes" was revealed last July 18th 2005. Paulo Soares plays the Portuguese guitar part.
"Cine Lisboa" is included in a DVD titled Lisboa.Reloaded. The label is Realambient from Germany. Lisboa.Reloaded was in part supported by the Fonoteca de Lisboa. The DVD was released during the 12th International Congress on Sound and Vibration that took place here in Lisbon at that time. A concert version will happen in Germany, sometime during 2007.
Dan Warburton of Wire magazine wrote about this piece:
"There's a kind of Wenders-like saudade to Carlos Alberto Augusto's "Cine Lisboa", which mixes Paulo Soares' guitar with church bells, insects, birdsong, locals playing dominoes and coffee spoons tinkling in dimly lit cafes. It's a montage of Lisbon soundmarks worthy of R Murray Schafer, whose "Coimbra Vibra!", a sonification of Portugal's venerable university city, Augusto helped organise in 2003."
Just premiered "The Plowman from Bohemia" the intriguing text by 15th century writer Johannes Van Saaz for which I wrote and played the music. For this particular play the setup used includes the guitarviol and basscello, controlling a Kyma/Capybara system in real time. The play will be performed again in Spring 2009. The setting was designed by Portuguese painter João Vieira. Fernado Mora Ramos is responsible for the staging. Himself and António Durães are the actors playing Plowman and Death respectively.
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09/07/05
The Moment of Being, written for and dedicated to Portuguese percussionist Pedro Carneiro, will be released on iTunes this Fall. Production by Pedro Carneiro and Carlos Alberto Augusto. Recording engineer Paulo Jorge Ferreira. Video by Raquel Castro. Cover design by Luís Filipe Cunha. The recording took place at the Church of Monte do Carmo, part of the Hotel Rural do Monte do Carmo resort.
09/07/05
Rehearsals for “Letter M” —the new play produced by Teatro da Rainha start on Augusto 18th. The new production —based on the "The Plowman from Bohemia" by 15th century writer Johannes Van Saaz— opens on October 7th, at the old hospital of Caldas da Rainha.
Staged by Fernando Mora Ramos, settings designed by Portuguese painter João Vieira (illustration on the left by João Vieira ©), featuring actors António Durães and Paulo Calatré. Music by Carlos Alberto Augusto.
09/07/05
Reharsals for this new production just started.
09/07/14
Carlos Alberto Augusto is a member of the newly created ARQUIPÉLAGO — ASSOCIAÇÃO DE COMPOSITORES DE PORTUGAL. To read the news (in Portuguese) about the creation of this new association click on the image at your left.
09/10/22
“Mr. de La Fontaine em Lisboa”, is the new puppet theatre play by Lua Cheia. The new work opened on November 6th, at the Museu da Marioneta in Lisbon. For more information please visit the company’s site.
09/10/23
Reharsals just started for “The Prince of Homburg” the play by Heinrich von Kleist, staged by Luísa Costa Gomes, for which Carlos Alberto Augusto is writing the music and designing the acoustic setting. The play will open on February 25th, 2010. More news about this new performance will be added later as the work unfolds.
10/01/15
“Letter M” —the play produced by Teatro da Rainha— will be in Oporto, at the Mosteiro São Bento da Vitória from 5 through 13th February.
Staged by Fernando Mora Ramos, settings designed by Portuguese painter João Vieira (illustration on the left by João Vieira ©), featuring actors António Durães and Paulo Calatré. Music by Carlos Alberto Augusto.
More news abou tthis event here.
10/01/24
The Prince of Homburg will open at the CCB (Eduardo Prado Coelho’s Room) in Lisbon on February 25.
Please check here for more updated information.
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