Amália in America

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In 1952, Amália Rodrigues won over American audiences with her performance at the La Vie en Rose nightclub in New York. She went on to enjoy further success at prestigious venues such as the Hollywood Bowl, Lincoln Centre and Carnegie Hall.
Amália’s repertoire in the US combined traditional fados, fado-songs by Frederico Valério, traditional Portuguese songs and hits from Broadway and Hollywood. In 1965, she recorded two albums: Amália Canta Portugal, featuring traditional songs orchestrated by Joaquim Luís Gomes, and Amália na Broadway, released in 1984, featuring songs from the Great American Songbook.
In 1966, she was a soloist in symphonic concerts with the New York Philharmonic and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, performing traditional Portuguese songs and fados, to great acclaim.
Amália possessed a chameleon-like ability to capture the accents and interpretative nuances of each language and tradition. This programme pays tribute to the bonds of affection she forged with America, affirming her universal Portuguese identity, echoing Miguel Torga: “the universal is the local without walls”.

Rui Vieira Nery

Programme

Carlos Azevedo (1964- )
Abertura / Peça Sinfónica

Part I
Traditional Portuguese Music

Senhora do Livramento, Raquel Tavares
Orchestration: Daniel Bernardes

O Trevo, Raquel Tavares
Orchestration: Filipe Raposo

Rosa Branca ao Peito, Raquel Tavares
Orchestration: Carlos Azevedo

Oliveirinha da Serra, Raquel Tavares
Orchestration: Pedro Duarte

Rosa Tirana, Ricardo Ribeiro
Orchestration: Daniel Bernardes

Quando Eu Era Pequenina, Ricardo Ribeiro
Orchestration: Daniel Bernardes

Erva Cidreira do Monte, Ricardo Ribeiro
Orchestration: Filipe Raposo

Ai Mouraria, Ricardo Ribeiro
Orchestration: Pedro Duarte

Mané Chiné, Raquel Tavares
Orchestration: Pedro Duarte

Lírio Roxo, Raquel Tavares
Orchestration: Pedro Duarte

Tirana, Raquel Tavares
Orchestration: Pedro Duarte

Solidão, Ricardo Ribeiro
Orchestration: Filipe Raposo

Lá Vai Serpa, Lá Vai Moura, Ricardo Ribeiro
Orchestration: Filipe Raposo

Amália, Ricardo Ribeiro
Orchestration: Filipe Raposo (em homenagem a Amália Rodrigues)

Part II
The American Songbook and Broadway Classics
Songs recorded by Amália Rodrigues during her international career.

DuBose Heyward (1885-1940), George Gershwin (1898-1937) e Ira Gershwin (1896-1983)
Summertime, Cristina Branco
Adaptation: Filipe Raposo

Lionel Bart (1930-1999)
Who Will Buy, Cristina Branco
Adaptation: Daniel Bernardes

Jerome Kern (1885-1945) e Oscar Hammerstein II (1895-1960)
All the Things You Are, Cristina Branco
Adaptation: Pedro Duarte

Richard Rodgers (1902-1979) e Lorenz Hart
Blue Moon, Cristina Branco
Adaptation: Pedro Moreira

George Gershwin e Ira Gershwin
Long Ago and Far Away, Cristina Branco
Adaptation: Carlos Azevedo

Ned Washington (1901-1976) e Hoagy Carmichael (1899-1981)
The Nearness of You, Cristina Branco
Adaptation: Carlos Azevedo

James Van Heusen (1913-1990) e Johnny Mercer (1909-1976)
I Can’t Begin to Tell You, Cristina Branco
Adaptation: Pedro Moreira

Jan Wierzba, musical director
Cristina Branco, Raquel Tavares and Ricardo Ribeiro, soloists
Carlos Azevedo, Daniel Bernardes, Filipe Raposo, Pedro Duarte and Pedro Moreira, orchestrators 

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