The group “OS LUSÍADAS” aspires to a great coherence and stability in reaching its objectives.
By drawing on elements from various parts of Portugal, the group is representative on a national level. Its image and attitude are aimed at increasing the appreciation of that which is essentially Portuguese in the world, and in a broader sense, the affirmation of the whole of Latin culture. The group’s way of being onstage and its visual appearance aim to be the mirror of exactly these aspects.
The repertoire is broad, largely based on Portuguese music that we find timeless. There are incursions in neighboring Spain and Latin America in general, but this doesn’t preclude the possibility that, at any moment, we may surprise by singing in Creole or any other idiom from that vast Portugal, spread throughout the four corners of the globe.
1 – A nearly obligatory song of Portuguese spirit by David Mourão-Ferreira, Piratemi and Caco Velho, made famous by the woman who gave Portugal so much…Amália Rodrigues!
2 – Procissão – A song by António Lopes Ribeiro with a very unique arrangement that has become, by itself, a pièce de résistance in any show by the group.
A Banda – This overly well-known song is by one of our musicians of reference, Chico Buarque.
3 - Pomba Branca – Who doesn’t recognize this song by Max e Vasco de Lima Couto, which the group insists in performing its own way?
4 - Namoro – A rhythmically charged arrangement of the song by Viriato da Cruz and Fausto that mirrors the group’s attitude and quest quite well.
5 - Palmero sube a la palma - (Popular) A Peruvian Sea song.
6 - Nuvem – In an attempt to include a range of songs from our own Portugal, we present here this cancioneiro, or popular song, from Alentejo.
7 - Trevo de quatro folhas – A song by Mort Dixon and Harry Woods (I’m looking over a four leaf clover – version by Nilo Sérgio) that we harmonize, exploring other sonorities from our Brazilian brothers.
8 - À que volver – One of the songs by Marta Mendicute and Eduardo Falú where we went searching for our Latin roots like “Los Sabandeños” or “Los Tucu Tucu”.
9 - Oração – This song became eternal when António Calvário performed it at the first Eurovisão festival. It was written by Francisco Nicholson, R. Bracinha and João Nobre.
10 - Estampa Cumanesa – Inspired by the arrangement of “Los Sabandeños,” we include this Venezuelan folk song and music of J.A.López (a medley of the songs “Polo Margariteño and Alma Cumanesa”).
11 - Adeus Korchó Vellu Paulo – A popular Goesa.
Ref.: NUM 1117
