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Commissioned By DavidMichael Schuster & Peter Fletcher For contralto or tenor
MUSIC BY CLARICE ASSAD (b. 1978)Written in São João da Boa Vista, São Paulo, BRAZIL, between June & July 2011
PORTUGUESE LYRICS BY DANIEL BASILIO
ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY: STEVE SCHROEDER
“In the presence of Brazilian composer Clarice Assad, young Brendan Cowan, making his professional debut and playing his guitar in a mandolin or balalaika mode, as the music demanded, assisted Solís in “Enquanto a noite durar,” Assad’s mystical setting of Daniel Basilio’s poetry, written after the composer’s grandfather’s death.” [Q]Onstage
