Date
2/3/2026

Coinciding with the culmination of another internship, the Choir of the School of Applied Arts (ESART) of the Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco (IPCB) returned to the Francisco Tavares Proença Júnior Museum on 1 March for a concert conducted by João Pedro Delgado and dedicated to Portuguese poetry in choral music.

In this musical journey between the 15th and 21st centuries, the ESART-IPCB Choir – composed not only of students from the Singing course, but also of volunteers from various courses related to music – presented works by Joly Braga Santos, Frederico de Freitas, Eurico Carrapatoso, Paulo Bernardino and Tiago Simães, based on texts by Luís de Camões, Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Gil Vicente, Fernando Pessoa, Florbela Espanca and António Ramos Rosa.

Alignement (composer and poem/author)

• Frederico de Freitas: Remando vão remadores (Gil Vicente)
• Miguel Jesus: Liberdade (Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen)
• Henry Harington: Alma minha gentil, que te partiste (Luís de Camões)
• Joly Braga Santos: Sete anos de pastor Jacó servia (Luís de Camões)
• We pass and dream. Earth smiles. Virtue is rare. (Fernando Pessoa)
• I conquered. Far barbarians hear my name. (Fernando Pessoa)
• This covers me, that erst had the blue sky. (Fernando Pessoa)
• Tiago Simães: Não posso adiar o amor (António Ramos Rosa)
• Eurico Carrapatoso: Apesar das ruínas e da morte (Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen)
• Eurico Carrapatoso: Pudesse eu (Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen)
• Eurico Carrapatoso: Se tanto me dói que as coisas passem (Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen)
• Paulo Bernardino: Espera-me (Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen)