Cantata Mussurana by Sei Miguel

Track 3 from this release https://www.discogs.com/Sei-Miguel-Sa... This second version of the piece had the support of Joachim Bernauer, in behalf of the Goethe Institute in Lisbon, original (French) recitative adapted into Portuguese Creole by Mr Djabaté, recording (November 2012) and mixing by Joaquim Monte at the Namouche studios, Lisbon ' Quoting from the liner cd notes: ' 'Cantata Mussurana is based on a creole purification ritual. You can almost see that, as you listen to the varying tensions and intensities in the music. Through the three movements of the Cantata you sense the snake -Mussurana- that is brought to the place here the ceremony will occur. The snake, which is not poisonous, cleans up an entire world of speculation, eating the poisonous snakes and, in the end, bringing safety and peace to the people. This exotic mood is set through the careful orchestration of ten instrumental voices around a human voice. ' Pedro Costa, Parede, Janeiro de 2014