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André Fernandes - Dianho

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Location

Park of Monserrate's Lawn

Date

17 September 2022

Time

7.30 pm

1 concert ticket

15€

Cycle ticket (4 concerts)

51€

André Fernandes is a complete musician, whether as a guitarist, improviser or composer, and his projects never cease to amaze. An irreverent musician, in ‘Dianho’ he presents a musical universe with multiple influences ranging from rock to the most contemporary jazz styles. The contributions of José Pedro Coelho and João Mortágua (saxophones), Francisco Brito (double bass) and João Pereira (drums) transform this group into an electrifying explosion of musical creativity.

 

PEDRO MOREIRA | CLAVE NA MÃO

Program

  • Maria Gancha
  • Homem das Sete Dentaduras
  • Tardo
  • Aventesmas
  • Velha da Égua Branca
  • Trasgos
  • Bicha-Serpe
  • Dragão

All themes are by André Fernandes.

About the program

In my early teens, there were two bands that reconciled my dual love of rock, which I was discovering with friends (hello, Rui and Bebita, where are you?), and jazz, which my father used to give me to listen to. Blood, Sweat & Tears and Chicago had combined what I loved most in the same songs: distorted guitars and compact blocks of wind instruments. When I listen to André Fernandes’ Centauri I remember those times and realise that I’m still the same person after all these years.

 

So, on the first track of this new album, I instantly surrender: the saxophones of José Pedro Coelho and João Mortágua and the electric six-string of Fernandes continue this tradition in ‘Maria Gancha’ and return to it, several times, throughout ‘Dianho’. It’s a winner, right from the start. The compositional riffs of the guitarist and band leader do the rest, from the jazzy, more formalist ‘Homem das Sete Dentaduras’ to the extravagant (in the sense that it takes us down paths not guessable moments before) ‘Velha da Égua Branca’, passing through the rural vaudeville blues of ‘Tardo’, a piece that functions as a mediator between the familiar and the unexpected.

 

If that’s my personal and exclusive appreciation for this record, there’s something else that emerges, deliberately, from the outset, and which is completed by Francisco Brito’s double bass and João Pereira’s drums: this new work by André Fernandes is inspired by the pagan imagery that still survives in some regions of Portugal, especially Terras de Miranda, celebrated in the winter solstice rituals, for example.

 

The demons and devilish wraiths of Portuguese ancestry survive in this music, therefore, even if we find little more that is specifically Lusitanian in these tracks (listen, for example, to the lively and entertaining 'Trasgos'). The CD’s final offering, ‘Bicha-Serpe’, begins with a melancholy that is all too familiar to us, but it turns into an anthem, with all those epic qualities that an anthem possesses. For all intents and purposes, what has a ritual always been in our Celtiberian culture, if not an exorcism?

 

RUI EDUARDO PAES - Music writer

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Monserrate Tea House

Open on concert days, from 6.30 pm to 8.30 pm.

Price list

Ticket for 1 concert
15 €
Ticket for the cycle (4 concerts)
51 €

Tickets include visit to the Park and Palace of Monserrate from 6.30 pm.

Musicians

  • André Fernandes (guitar)
  • José Pedro Coelho (saxophone)
  • João Mortágua (saxophone)
  • Francisco Brito (double bass)
  • João Pereira (drums)

More information

  • The use public transport to access the Park of Monserrate is advisable. The timetable of the 435 bus route (by Scotturb), which connects the Sintra train station and the Park of Monserrate, will be extended on concert days.
  • The audience sits on the grass, which has a pronounced slope. 
  • For greater comfort, it is recommended that you bring warm clothing, comfortable shoes and a blanket.

Age guidance

6+ years old

Promoter

  • Parques de Sintra

Production

  • Clave na Mão

Support

  • BPI | "la Caixa" Foundation
  • Tranquilidade
  • Altice Empresas (technology partner)
  • Antena 2 (media partner)
  • SAPO (media partner)