João Araújo: Coral Edgard Moraes

domingo, 12 de junho de 2016

In Recife city (Pernambuco, Brazil) there are several places where we can listen and enjoy a good live music. People meet to play music together and to recite poetry. Ideas, dreams, music and poetry are shared. Everyone can experience an atmosphere of fraternity. Many of these places are public markets. We can visit several places in one night, making a musical journey to enjoy the original Brazilian culture and the music of the region, unlike as tourist places that usually disclose a superficial and a wrong culture.

The song "Recife Amanheceu em Mim" (literal translation: "Recife dawned on me") reports some of these itineraries, that means, some of these musical dreams. The song was composed by João Araújo and Luciano Magno and sung by Valéria Moraes. Enjoy and share it!

Recife Amanheceu em Mim

domingo, 1 de fevereiro de 2015

Carnaval de Pernambuco: Meu Principado

foto extraída do Blog do Coral Edgard Moraes

Na data comemorativa dos 25 anos de fundação do Coral Edgard Moraes, eu e o meu parceiro Luciano Magno elaboramos uma composição chamada Meu Principado. Para criar o poema, eu me coloquei no lugar das integrantes do referido Coral, que são herdeiras do compositor Edgard Moraes e do seu irmão, o Raul Moraes. Ambos legaram obras musicais de um lirismo ímpar para Pernambuco. Portanto, o texto fala dessa herança musical que elas receberam dos irmãos Moraes. A nossa composição, depois, foi gravada no CD Cantos & Encantos, recebendo um arranjo do Luciano Magno e sendo interpretada por Valéria Moraes e pelo Coral Edgard Moraes. Aqui, segue o poema que gerou a nossa composição:

MEU PRINCIPADO

João Araújo e Luciano Magno

Cresci ouvindo o canto trovador

Do principado dos irmãos Moraes,

Meus ancestrais, que a Lira tanto amou,

Tecendo as suas rendas musicais...

Carrego a Lua, a Noite e o Arrebol

São meus flabelos e a feminina luz

Que eu liberto aqui de dentro é Sol,

Esse cantar, que só o amor produz...

Eu sou Saudade, Aurora contumaz,

Com o Marco Zero do meu coração,

Revejo a minha gente, e é bom demais,

Que chega a gente chora de emoção...

Eu sou a praça que se dá as mãos,

Sou a fusão da força com a paz,

Reinventando um Bloco sem cordão,

Pra além da glória desses carnavais...

foto extraída do Blog do Coral Edgard Moraes

RELEASE JOÃO ARAÚJO

João Araújo is a poet, composer, percussionist and musical producer. He was born in the city of Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, a place with many different cultural influences including European (Iberian), African and Native American. Maybe this origin produced eclectic expressions in his work. He composes many different musical genres like choro, samba, bossa nova, waltz and rock, in addition to Brazilian regional styles like baião, frevo, toada, maracatu and caboclinho.

Some of these compositions are made with most special partners, for example, Luciano Magno (guitarist), Dalva Torres (pianist and singer), Bozó 7 Cordas (guitarist), Nuca (guitarist), Walmir Chagas (actor), Beto do Bandolim (bandolinist) and Samuel Valente (composer).

In his artistic way, he produced many CD’s in general styles. Among them, the CD “Valsas Pernambucanas”, made with the participation of many musicians and composers. This CD was supported by the government of the city of Recife. Another line of his artistic work is in the style that is the musical symbol of his hometown: the Frevo. In this musical genre, João Araújo made two new CD’s: the CD “Um Bloco em Poesia”, with the style frevo-de-bloco and the CD “Pernambucarnaval” (in partner with the producer Mangaba Produtos). Particularly, in this last CD in addition to the three frevos’ genres (frevo-de-bloco, frevo-canção and frevo-de-rua) it includes all the rhythms of the Carnival of Pernambuco.

Still in the musical production, João Araújo made the CD “Verso e Canção”, where he gave attention to the local rhythms of North eastern Brazil. This CD had the participation of many local artists. Another work is the CD “Inspirações” of the local musician Adalberto Cavalcanti. The main style in this CD is the Choro.

In 2001, João Araújo established (together with a group of artists and friends) the “Trupe Lírico-Musical Um Bloco em Poesia”, making its anthem “Estandarte Poesia” (with the partnership of Adalberto Cavalcanti). This music is a frevo-de-bloco and it already is famous in the Carnival of Pernambuco. The “Um Bloco em Poesia” is a group of artists and lovers of poetry, frevo music and the cultural values of North eastern Brazil.

João Araújo

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