Óscar da Silva "Dolorosas" V - Allegretto
A performance highlighting Genaro’s passion for Portuguese piano music in Cascais, Portugal March 2017
Óscar Courrège da Silva Araújo was part of the The Saudosismo movement that sought to bring out through art and education the unique qualities of the Portuguese race. Genaro was touched first by the beauty of his music as he re-discovered his out-of-print scores in the National library of Portugal.
Performed by Genaro Feliciano Pereira
Óscar Courrège da Silva Araújo was born in Porto in 1870. During his lifetime the monarchy will end in Portugal, the first republic rises and falls, and the Estado Novo comes to be. As one of the most prolific composers of piano music from Portugal his musical inspirations came from German Romanticism and reach out to elements of Modernism. The Saudosismo movement claimed him as a member of their nationalist group that sought to bring out through art and education the unique qualities of the Portuguese race and saw in da Silva a representation of this distinctive mark. I was touched first by the beauty of his music as I re-discovered his out-of-print scores in the National library of Portugal.