Carlos Garcia
About the composer
Carlos Garcia, born in 1983 in Portugal, is a dynamic Portuguese composer, pianist, and educator with a vibrant professional career. He regularly teaches and performs in concerts spanning various genres, including jazz, pop, world music, and classical music. He graduated in Music Education and Jazz from the Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa.
Throughout his musical education, Garcia studied under renowned teachers and musicians such as Eurico Carrapatoso, Pedro Moreira, Rui Paiva, and João Paulo Esteves da Silva at the Escola de Música do Conservatório Nacional and ESML.
Currently, Garcia serves as an assistant professor at ESML, teaching Choir Conducting, Music Education, and Community Music courses. He extends his pedagogical work by creating songs for children and participating in programs that promote musical culture. Increasingly sought after as a composer for various contexts, he began composing in his early twenties and views the writing process as a primary outlet for his passion and creativity.
About the Stabat Mater
| Date: | 2013 |
| Performers: | Mixed choir and string orchestra |
| Length: | 13.5 minutes |
| Particulars: | This is Carlos Garcia's description of his Stabat Mater: The composition of music for this poem was conceived in a unique way, so that the text is sung without repetitions, in order to dignify each word with its own color. Because it is a poem of a meditative character, there is a certain rhythmic fidelity to the tranquil spirit of the slow times of medieval and Renaissance polyphony. The melodic motif presented by the sopranos at the beginning of this musical work recurs over time with subtle variations. The most expressive words are filled with harmonic colors of greater intensity and resonance. |
| Textual variations: | All twenty stanzas are sung. The "Vatican'-version of the text has been used. |
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Information about the recording
| MP4: | Recording of the premiere in January 2014, Loures |
| More info: | We have been in contact with Carlos Garcia for many years and previously published a post on our blog about his Stabat Mater. Now that we have decided to include compositions in our collection on formats other than CDs, we are dedicating a page to him as well. We are grateful that Garcia was willing to send the recording of his Stabat Mater with us. Thank you very much! |
| Orchestra: | Coro Ricercare and Orquestra Sinfonietta de Lisboa |
| Choir: | Coro Ricercare and Orquestra Sinfonietta de Lisboa |
| Conductor: | Conductor - Vasco Pearce de Azevedo (Choir Conductor: Pedro Teixeira) |
| Code: | GARC - 01 |
