AMAZONICA MUSIC:

Miguel Kertsman founded and registered in 1990 the ASCAP affiliated publishing company Amazonica Music in New York with the purpose of publishing his works. The titles below are currently available for licensing, rentals and in some cases sheet music sales.

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  "Cantiga de Ninar"

(Baby's Good Night Song) for Mezzo Soprano and Guitar - (1999)
Recorded by mezzo soprano Angelika Kirchschlager and guitarist John Williams for Ms. Kirchschlager's "When Night Falls" Sony Classical CD release.
Sheet Music Sales: Universal Edition at most stores and internet music sales sites everywhere

  "Concerto for Flute, Strings and Percussion" (approx. 15:00)

Commissioned by the Austrian Flute Society and Flutist Marina Piccinini of Johns Hopkins University's Peabody Conservatory. A concerto in three movements which is both challenging and fun to the performers and listeners. From very contemporary textural sections to introspective and haunting chorales, the work also celebrates three traditional forms of Brazilian music: Choros, Baiao and the Repentes of the Northeastern countryside.

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  "Solo Flute and Piano"  Reduction Sheet Music Sales: Edition Kossack -- www.editionkossack.de -- at selected stores and internet music sales sites

Chamber Symphony No. 1 -
"Boa Viagem Shoreline" - for Small Ensemble, Contralto (or counter-tenor), Child Soprano (or coloratura soprano) and Percussion (approx. 11:30)
This Chamber Symphony is the first one in a cycle of three. The piece is a bit interactive - (some musicians also recite in regional dialects, shout, sing at times - blending natural voice with instruments - and the conductor has the option to interact with the audience at the end) - depicting a beautiful Brazilian seascape along with its many folklore beach vendors, ocean sounds, multitude of voices, and the stars at night. ...A car engine rumble (texture between a cello, double bass and percussion) turns into areligioso contrapuntal meditation almost a barroca later on...
The piece is at times quite textural also requiring virtuoso playing.

Recording with the Bruckner Orchestra Linz, Soloists and Conductor Dennis Russell Davies available for sale:or

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 Sinfonia Concertante for Flute and Orchestra (approx. 32:00)

The "Sinfonia Brasileira Concertante for Flute and Orchestra" includes a boldly orchestrated 1st movement containing rhapsodic themes, hypnotic" Brazilian rhythms and romantic passages; a sad, introspective and quasi-baroque 2nd movement, and a wild 3rd movement full of rhythm, energy and color called "The Dumb Donkey Called Jackass". Rather than being a "typical" flute concerto, with mainly light accompaniment textures under the solo flute and the occasional tutti, the work is very "symphonic", at times majestic, highlighting the flute.

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Recording with the Bruckner Orchestra Linz, Flutist Wolfgang Schulz, principal of the Vienna Philharmonic and Conductor Dennis Russell Davies available for sale: or

 

 AMAZONIA (Amazon), Symphonic Poem (1987) - approx. 16:30

Performed five times at season concerts and major festivals including the BIENAL in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and the international festival IDRIART and its European world premiere in 2005 at the Brucknerhaus Linz, Austria by conductor Dennis Russell Davies and the Bruckner Orchester. Including a full orchestra plus organ, piano and an expanded percussion section, the work has meditative, lush symphonic passages as well as aggressive moments, and "Brazilian atmospheres." It brings "romantic" moments and energetic, uniquely orchestrated Brazilian influenced rhythms and passages. The piece evokes the vastness and peace of the Amazon Rain Forest. It also reminds us of its ongoing destruction thus carrying an ecological message.

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Recording with the Bruckner Orchestra Linz and Conductor Dennis Russell Davies available for sale: or

 

   "Caramuru"

For two recorders, bassoon, viola da gamba, old Brazilian Northeastern guitar, old Brazilian fiddle, organ, folklore solo voices, choir, 3 pitched berimbaus and five percussionists. (1996)
From Miguel Kertsman's Sony Classical release Amazonica.

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  "De Deserto a Deserto"

For recorder, old Brazilian fiddle, two old Brazilian Northeastern guitars, pitched berimbau, bass and four percussionists. (1996) - From Miguel Kertsman's Sony Classical release Amazonica.

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  "Aboio Grande"

For solo folklore voices, female chorus, organ and 8 percussionists. (1996)
From Miguel Kertsman's Sony Classical release Amazonica.

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  Piano Trio No. 1, A Choro - for Piano, Violin and Violoncello - (1991) 9:00

This one movement piano trio follows the old and nostalgic form of a Brazilian "Choro" and the old "Valsas de Esquina" ("Street Corner Waltzes"). The abundance of thematic cells in the beginning is therefore intentional. They are all developed, interlinked and recapitulated during the piece. The choro, much in fashion during turn-of-the-century Brazil and its "belle epoch”, can be said to be the predecessor of certain genres of Brazilian popular music and forms of the modern Samba. Its melodies were much inspired by French and Italian singing at the time and its rhythms and flair were born in the old streets of Rio de Janeiro. This Piano Trio purposely evokes the rhapsodic, nostalgic and romantic aspect of the Choro together with Brazilian rhythmic energy.

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Stop It! For Double Bass and Violoncello. (approx. 7:00)

Written for the Chicago Composers Consortium.

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  Variations for String Orchestra or String Quintet - "Rosenfeld" - (1990)

Theme, Chorale, Scherzo, Lullaby, Brazilian Children's Dance, Largo, Fuga a Barroca
App. 20:00

The point behind the Theme and Variations for Strings "Rosenfeld" (1990) was to come up with a rather trivial thematic cell - even with a touch of irony and humor - and transfigure, develop it into various scenarios which would include modern, romantic, baroque and Brazilian atmospheres. The "theme," (which came up at a gathering with the Rosenfelds, dear friends - by now no longer among us - and ardent music lovers) was developed and disguised into different musical forms and moods: "Chorale", "Scherzo", "Lullaby" and "Brazilian Children's Dance,"* "Largo" and "Fuga a Barroca".

* "Lullaby and Brazilian Children's Dance" can be approached as an individual piece and performed separately as a piece on its own.

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  Four Choros and Lullabies for Flute and Piano - (1990 - 1992)

I) - Serenade
- A gentle Choro / Lullaby in the old tradition of the "Brazilian belle epoch" - 3:07

II) - Campeao (Champion)
- A modern "Brazilian progressive jazz" infused high energy piece dedicated to a friend, composer Hermeto Pascoal - 2:12

III) - Birita in Boston (Drinking Party in Boston)
- A modern "Brazil / jazz" infused Choro and Frevo written on a napkin during a drinking party in the streets of Boston. 2:00

IV)- Nocturne, Lullaby
- A piece in those genres evoking the old traditions of the Choros, Valsas de Esquina, and the "Brazilian belle epoch". 5:00

• Available for sale: Piano score and solo flute parts
  Edition Kossack -- www.editionkossack.de -- at selected stores and internet music sales sites

 

  Toccata Brasileira for Piano (1990)

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  The Amazonica Universal Orchestra Brazz Jazz Work Book: (1988-1991)

A collection of Jazz, high energy, Ballads, Brazilian progressive jazz works for the ensemble Amazonica Universal Orchestra which performed extensively in New York at venues such as Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, The Knitting Factory and several Jazz clubs.

Songbook and lead Sheets will be available soon.

  Concerto for String Orchestra (1985-86) App. 25:00

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Works in Progress:
Violin Concerto, Chamber Symphony No. 2 for Three Female Voices and Dark Orchestra, Prayer for Baritone, Choir and Large Orchestra