2 IHU Kewere: Rezar
1997
- Canto De Entrada (Marlui Miranda / Índios Aruá / José de Anchieta) 8:40
- Kyrie (Marlui Miranda) 4:30
- Glória (Marlui Miranda / Índios Tupari / José de Anchieta) 3:58
- Aleluia: Aclamação Ao Evangelho (Marlui Miranda / José de Anchieta) 4:04
- Credo (Marlui Miranda / Índios Urubu-Kaapor / José de Anchieta) 4:33
- Ofertório (Marlui Miranda / Índios Aruá) 5:52
- Pai Nosso (Marlui Miranda) 5:33
- Agnus Dei (Marlui Miranda / Índios Aruá / José de Anchieta) 3:48
- Comunhão (Marlui Miranda / Índios Aruá / José de Anchieta) 8:37
- Ação De Graças (Marlui Miranda / Índios Urubu / Kaapor) 3:27
- Canto Final (Marlui Miranda / Índios Aruá / José de Anchieta) 5:19
Marlui Miranda: voice
Rodolfo Stroeter: acoustic bass
Bugge Wesseltoft: piano and keyboards
Paolo Vinaccia: percussions
Orquestra Jazz Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo
Coral Sinfônico do Estado de São Paulo
Coral IHU
Conductor: Aylton Escobar
Produced by Rodolfo Stroeter
Recorded live at SESC Pompeia in Sao Paulo by Alberto Ranellucci
Mixed by Jan Erik Kongshaug at Rainbow Studio in Oslo, Norway
Many ethnic Masses have been written, including “Missa Creolla”, “Missa da Terra Sem Males”, and “'Missa Yoruba”. The “Kewere” Mass incorporates the cultural ingredients of the Brazilian Amazonian Indians, which are distant from the classical music tradition.
It’s impossible to think about indigenous music and not revisit history. “2 Ihu Kewere: Rezar” takes a different approach from the previous album, “Ihu: Todos os Sons”, which consisted of a musical compilation aimed at presenting diversity. When I imagined “Kewere” I asked myself: what could sound like an indigenous Kyrie? Or a Gloria? An Agnus Dei? An Introit? An Alleluia?
The central idea of “Kewere” is the confrontation of beliefs: on the one hand, the pajés or shamans’ songs; on the other, Christian verses by Father José de Anchieta (1534-1597) as well as liturgical texts, all accommodated within the same compositional plot. The selected indigenous songs are of a solemn, lyrical, and dignifying nature, therefore, are suitable to be played by a symphony orchestra and a large symphonic choir.
So, such a configuration seemed to me to be pertinent to the idea of catechesis, the religious conversion of the Indians to Christianity. The ancient Tupi language unifies the piece as a whole.
“Kewere" is a composition of a delicate balance, in which I tried to adjust the poetic sense of the Aruá, Tupari, and Urubu-Kaapor Indians. These songs are as light and fragile as the spirits who brought them through the dream world. This light structure supports the verses of José de Anchieta.
Marlui Miranda