Concerto Apinayé | Guitar and Orchestra | Rafael Marino Arcaro, Vitor Noah and Audentia Ensemble

CONCERTO APINAYÉ for guitar and orchestra was composed by Rafael Marino Arcaro between August 2018 and August 2019 in London, U.K.; Cascais, Portugal; and, São Paulo, Brazil.

SHORT NOTE:

The Apinayé (‘Apinajé’ in current Portuguese spelling) are a people that constitute a tribe of the indigenous of North Tocantins, on a region known as Bico do Papagaio, in Brazil. This Concerto is inspired by their culture, their music and their ways of living, as well as by their myths as described by anthropologist Curt Nimuendajú. In this work for Guitar and Orchestra, the soloist is required to sing; he/she is asked to sing the Apinajé words, Ipãma, Icrá, Indê, Inã – which translates to Father, Son, Daughter, Mother. Following that is a word used by the Apinajé to ask for silence before an evocation or a prayer “Anhíkrê ná”. The melody given to these words is inspired by a melody of a tradition Apinajé song. These lyrics relate to the current situation of the tribe and the slow death of their culture. Alone against the Orchestra the guitarist cries out for his previous and following generations with no answer. Father! Son! Daughter! Mother! – alone.

SHORT BIO OF COMPOSER:

Marino Arcaro is a Brazilian composer based in London, UK, with a Masters Degree in Composition from the Royal Academy of Music. His work focuses on finding new types of expression through structured forms of composition, contrasting virtuosic playing with elements of Brazilian folkloric and indigenous music. Rafael is also researching the potentialities of having the instrumentalists sing in his pieces in order to achieve a higher degree of individuality on each performance.

He has studied at Royal Academy of Music in receipt of the Lena S. B. Pritchard Green Award and the Ismena Holland Prize.

PERFORMED BY
Vitor Noah, guitarist
guitar: Greg Stallman, 2016
Ryan Bair, conductor
Rodrigo Checa Lorite, Concertmaster
Audentia Ensemble Orchestra

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Rafael Marino Arcaro
Ryan Bair

VENUE
Duke’s Hall, Royal Academy of Music

on Marylebone Road, NW1 5HT
on the 20th of September, 2019. 7PM

LINKS
www.rafaelmarinoarcaro.com

www.audentiaensemble.com

RECORDED BY
Royal Academy of Music Recording Department
10 stage directional mics for the orchestra
1 AKG C414 for the guitar

MIXED AND MASTERED BY
Rafael Marino Arcaro

CAMERA CREW
Zoey Fayaud
Femi Johnson
Kris Karnezis

EDITING & COLOUR GRADING
Rafael Marino Arcaro