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José Eduardo Rocha, composer. Author of a repertoire for toy instruments, as well as pieces of musical theatre (opera). He is the founder and artistic director of Ensemble JER (which he has joined in over 80 performances) and Estgad Varèse group (Caldas da Rainha). |
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Fugitives Opera in 2 acts Teatro da Trindade - Lisboa > March 17 to April 4, 2004 |
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New Compositions by José Eduardo Rocha |
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Avant-Garde works from last century, performed by Estgad Varèse - Marcel Duchamp, John Cage, Giörgy Ligeti, Cathy Berberian, Stockhausen, Pierre Henry, R. Murray Schafer & Christopher Bochmann. |
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Sr. Dr. Fausto by José Eduardo Rocha. Estgad Varèse (Caldas da Rainha) |
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Ensemble JER - The Plastics of Lisbon - A group of artist-musicians, created specifically in order to perform a repertoire that includes toy instruments, special percussions, and others. |
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Programme 2001/2002 Soirée Stravinsky (Valse, Dance, 8 Miniatures, Tango), Gestures I (C. Bochmann), Quarteto Op.4 (JER). |
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Programme 2000 - Pieces from the repertoire for toy instruments, including Maurice Ravel's Bolero, José Eduardo Rocha's Suite Transmontana, and Guillaume Dufay's Armed Man Mass (Missa L'Homme Armé). |
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Armed Man Masses - Guillaume Dufay's and Josquin's Missa L'Homme Armé - In Joan of Arc's century, in the midst of the 100 Year War, with the soldier rabble running wild through the fields, the «hit» through whole Europe was the popular song "L`homme armé". This song was used as 'cantus firmus' in many masses. |
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Nautical Symphony by José Eduardo Rocha is an open air symphonic poem, composed for Expo98, and designed to be performed by 50 musiciens upon a floating device. |
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Volkswagner by José Eduardo Rocha - A sui generis adaptation of Wagner's opera The Master Singers of Nuremberg, for a group of actors, singers, instrumentalists, and a special ensemble of toy instruments. |
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Futebol by José Eduardo Rocha - A melodrama in the form of a suite: nine scenes played incessantly by an infernal, multi-instrumental roman claque, followed by a coryphaeus who "gives an account" (reading fragments of the "Eneid") of an imaginary game, animistic and vibrant in its essence. |
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Saga of the Ant by José Eduardo Rocha's - Scenic-musical triptych on a La Fontaine's apologue, a short story by António Botto and a portuguese tradidional short story. 'Teatro na Década' Prize (1992). |
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Ensemble JER's performances since 1990. |
| Repertoire for instrumental pieces: including originals of José Eduardo Rocha, adaptation of classic pieces by Dufay, Josquin, Bach, Wagner, R. Strauss, Ravel, Stravinsky, Webern, Vianna da Mota, Luís de Freitas Branco, etc., as well as pieces dedicated by other composers to the Ensemble JER. | |
