NEXT STEPS FOR 2009:
• Meeting with all partners in Birgu on 4 and 5 September
09.
Main topics:
- Progress of the project, clarification of procedures
- Financial reprogramming
- Physical reprogramming
- Reprogramming of Cities of the Oral Tradition, to be held
on November 2009, in Idanha-a-Nova and Mértola;
- Proposal for the realization of two Congresses of the
Oral Tradition in Ourense 2010 and Évora in 2011
• Music Festival of the
Three Cultures (Festival of Ancient and Renaissance Music)
to be held in Birgu from 9 to 11 October
2009.
• Circuits of Ancient
Renaissance Music to be held in Sliven (from 19 to 21
October 2009), Évora, Idanha-a-Nova, Mértola (during
December 2009)
• Meeting Network of the
Cities of the Oral Tradition, in Idanha-a-Nova, Mértola,
ont 21 and 22 November 2009, with the participation of all
partners.
Meeting of the Oral Tradition will have several actions:
- Workshops;
- Storytellers (folk tales);
- Performances of theater / puppeteering / music;
- Thematic Workshops
DESCRIPTION OF ACTIONS TAKEN:
First Meeting, in
Évora on the 28 and 29 November 2008, with all
project partners: Arles (France), Birgu, Idanha-a-Nova,
Mérola, Ourense, Ravenna and Sliven.
First contact between partners. Presentation of partner
cities and their proposals. Presentation of the Oralities
Project. Objectives, activities and funding.
Second Meeting, in
Sliven from 12 to 15 February 2009, with all project
partners: Arles, Birgu, Évora, Idanha-a-Nova, Mértola,
Ourense, Ravenna and Sliven.
Presentation and discussion of the proposed budget.
Physical programme for 2009. Promotional materials and
communication plan.
The partneship with the association "les suds" in Arles is
discussed. With the majority of partners, it was decided
the impossibility of the continuation of Arles in the
project.
• First
Circuit of Early and Renaissance Music – Ourense (Galicia,
Spain)
These circuits are musical gatherings where artistic and
musical languages of different partners are shared.
Promotion of Ancient and Renaissance Music from Southern
European and Mediterranean Tradition, of Christian, Jewish
and Arabic inspiration.
Each circuit involves only four cities - the host city and
three other partner cities. In the year 2009 all cities
will have a circuit, except Birgu which will be hosting a
Festival of Early and Renaissance Music.
The First Circuit of Ancient Music took place in the city
of Ourense, from 3 to 6 April 2009. Participating cities:
Birgu, Sliven, Ravenna and Ourense. Performances were held
at the Santa Eufémia Church.
Participating groups: Chorus of Mixed Voices Hakzhi Dimitar
(Sliven), Fiona Cauchi and pianist Kris Spiteri (Birgu),
Polyphonic Association of Ravenna (Ravenna) and Resonet
group (Ourense).
The circuit had a welcoming
session that was attended by delegations of these
municipalities.
• Circuit of
Early and Renaissance Music – Ravenna (Italy)
On the 24, 25 and 26 July a Circuit of Ancient and
Renaissance Music was held in the city of Ravenna.
Performances took place in Spazio Europa, at the Piazza San
Francesco, located in front of the Basilica. The following
groups participated: 24 July - Day Jackson's Pipe Band
(Birgu); July 25 - Quartet Intermezzo (Évora); July 26 -
Resonet (Ourense).
• First
Circuit of Traditional and Popular Music – Ourense
(Galicia, Spain)
These circuits are musical gatherings where artistic and
musical languages of different partners are shared. Shaping
and stimulating the emergence of new sonorities within
tradition that may bring about other ways of creating new
groups and a greater exchange in this field.
In this case, circuits Traditional Music. Each circuit
involves only four cities - the host city and three other
partner cities. In the year 2009 all cities will have a
circuit, except the three Portuguese cities that organized
a Festival of Traditional Music.
The first Circuit of Traditional Popular Music took place
in Ourense on the 2 and 3 May 09 and incorporated the
traditional “Festa dos Maios”. Square Bispo Cesareo
welcomed the various activities.
Participating groups: May 2 - Voices of the Imaginary
(Évora), Saca Sons (Idanha-a-Nova); May 3 - AOFT Gomes
Mouro (Ourense).
• Circuit of Traditional
and Popular Music – Birgu (Malta)
On May 9, 2009 the city of Birgu held the Circuit of
Traditional Music and Popular Music, with the participation
of the Group of Portuguese Music Roda Pé (Évora); Os
Alentejanos (Mértola), Klez (Ravenna) and Ruth Sammut
Casingena (Birgu).
• Circuit of
Traditional and Popular Music – Sliven (Bulgaria)
On 18 and 19 May 2009 the Traditional and Popular Music
took place in the city of Sliven, with the participation of
The Mazurka Band (Évora); Saca Sons (Idanha-a-Nova), a
group of Ravenna and a group of Sliven.
• Circuit of Traditional
and Popular Music – Ravenna (Italy)
The Circuit of Traditional and Popular Music was held on 5,
6 and 7 June in Ravenna, within the Festival delle Culture.
Participating groups: Uxu Kalhus (Évora); Folklore Song and
Dance Ensemble (Sliven); Association Ourensá of Traditional
Folklore (Ourense) and a group from Ravenna.
• European Music
Festival of the South – Évora, Mértola and Idanha-a-Nova
(Portugal)
In addition to music circuits, the Oralities Project
promotes the annual European Music Festival of the South
(traditional music festival) which seeks to be an
initiative with large scale impact and with a greater
diversity of groups and participants. All partner cities
participate in this Festival.
The First European Music
Festival of the South was held in Évora, Mértola and
Idanha-a-Nova on the 10, 11 and 12 June with the
participation of groups from all partners.
In Évora, the three evenings of performance took place at
the Square of Giraldo, on an open air stage. In Mértola the
festival took place in two different locations: the Castle
of Mértola and the River Beach Amphitheater of the São
Domingos Mine. Idanha-a-Nova performances were held at the
Raiano Cultural Center, indoors and outdoors.
The festival involved 10 groups of traditional music and
three Philharmonic Bands. Group Coanhadeira (Ourense);
Folklore Song and Dance Ensemble (Sliven); Società
Canterini di Ravenna - Choral Group "Pratella Martuzzo"
(Ravenna); Ruth Sammut Casingena (Birgu), Alma Plana
(Évora), Os Tocadores (Mértola); Sons do Vagar (Évora);
Saca Sons (Idanha-a-Nova); Cordas Soltas (Évora) and Modas
e Adufes (Idanha-a-Nova).
The Philharmonic Bands
participated only in the Festival of Évora, the traditional
music groups have built on a rotational basis, the
festivals of Évora, Mértola and Idanha-a-Nova.
In Évora the Festival stated with the sound of three local
philharmonic bands. The philharmonic bands began their
performance with a parade at the Square of Giraldo and
ended in front of the main stage. The following groups
participated: The Philharmonic Band of the House of the
People of Our Lady of Machede, the Band of the Philharmonic
24ht June and the Philharmonic Band of the Union and
Recreation Azarujense.
