music from Goa and Portugal
música de Goa e Portugal
BRIEF HISTORY
PortuGoesas
Two singers, a soprano and a mezzo, decided to bring to life the music of Goa, a part of their cultural and ethnic heritage. This former Portuguese colony in India has a rich repertoire of traditional, classical and church music, yet to be disclosed. It is this blending of Western and Eastern cultures, with Portuguese and Indian themes, that gives it variety and uniqueness.
The research conducted by Veronica Milagres da Silva and Carolina Figueiredo on this subject brought about a repertoire covering their own interpretations of traditional Goan songs, transmitted mainly through oral tradition, such as the mando, the dulpod and the dekni, among other konkani songs from the goa heritage.
This study includes compositions of religious nature and tries to make known to the public classical pieces composed by Goan musicians, such as an unpublished mass in Konkani.PORTUGOESAS are the soprano Veronica Milagres da Silva and the mezzo-soprano Carolina Figueiredo, accompanied on piano by Carlos Garcia.
PORTUGOESAS try to explore the traditional and classical Goan music, giving it an unique touch while respecting its root essence. They sing mandos, deknis and some dulpods, from the general traditional repertoire with musical works like such as Tuca, Kaiboreló, San Francisco Xaviera (the Goan Patron Saint), Far Farar and the inevitable Adeus. They also premiere an unpublished “Mass in Konkani”, composed by the goan born, Jeronimo da Silva.
PORTUGOESAS try to be keen in offering a new “voice” to a collection of songs less familiar to usual Goan songbooks, in a very unique format. Together with the Goan music retrieval and disclosure,
PORTUGOESAS include in their reperpertoire Portuguese liturgical music and folksongs, among other items.