The public reading and musical interpretation sessions intertwine literature and music from the revolutionary period, focusing on Portuguese artistic production from 1974 and the following years. These sessions will feature the projection of photographs from the Colonial War, murals, posters, and original texts by José Luandino Vieira, Isabela Figueiredo, Miguel Torga, Maria Teresa Horta, João de Melo, José Cardoso Pires, and Sidónio Muralha.

Musical compositions include works by José Afonso (lyrics and music), José Mário Branco (lyrics and music), Sérgio Godinho (lyrics), Fernando Lopes-Graça (music), José Gomes Ferreira (lyrics), Reinaldo Ferreira (lyrics), and Manuel Freire (lyrics and music).

Text Readers: Alina Baldé, Isabel Araújo Branco, Isabel Gomes de Almeida, João Paulo Oliveira e Costa, Jorge Cabral and Margarida Rendeiro.

Musical Performers: Vera Cordeniz (soprano), Sara Maia (soprano), Abel Chaves (piano), João Nogueira (double bass), Rafaela Gomes and Patrícia Lopes (percussion), Ana Praguento (clarinet), and Ângela Flores Baltazar (violin).

Musical Direction: Abel Chaves.

Musical Production: Vera Cordeniz, Abel Chaves, Sara Maia, and Paula Gomes-Ribeiro.

Preparation of Scores and Musical Arrangements: Sara Maia (entire repertoire except José Mário Branco) and Abel Chaves (songs by José Mário Branco) / CESEM.

Literary Programme Conceptualised by Isabel Araújo Branco.

Coordenation

Isabel Araújo Branco (CHAM)

Paula Gomes-Ribeiro

Sara Maia

Organization

CHAM / NOVA FCSH

CESEM (NOVA FCSH)

Support

Museu do Aljube – Resistência e Liberdade

Comissão Comemorativa dos 50 anos do 25 de Abril