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07/08/2024

First single from Ricardo Alves Pereira’s upcoming album RETROQUEST will be out soon. 13.08
While .nap is mainly known today for his various classical and early music works, his musical journey on stage had started out with experimental live electronic music performances. RETROQUEST brings together Ricardo’s past and present, blending his early influences with a fresh and mature sound.
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28/07/2024

Premium Content of the month for CordaSonora Family members is here! It’s Behind the Scenes Part 5, and this time we are sharing stories about how each album cover was made.
CordaSonora Family came to be through love and support; the family includes people who have supported us in the way they see fit during our tours, concerts, production adventures and live-stream concerts during pandemic. And our family is growing by the minute, each month receiving a new Premium Content since 2022.
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12/07/2024

Have you heard this one? Tailored for D&D and RPG enthusiasts, “The Songbook of Tchinar Vol. 3” invites listeners on a fantastical journey guided by tunes of a bard and her otherworldly violin-like instrument that has the power to evoke orchestras. With just two tracks, this release packs a punch: “Survivor’s Dance” kicks off with a fierce tune that’ll make the scariest monsters dance to their death, while “Bright is the Ring of Words”, a reflective ballad, captures the essence of heroic yet lament-like adventures, with a misty and nostalgic string section.
Get ready to dive into an orchestral adventure that’s raw, direct, and perfectly suited for your next gaming session!
Available on all major music stream platforms. Listen via link in BIO
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10/07/2024

Have you heard this one? My Vielle and the Rest is a collection of 12th and 13th century songs, mainly but not only composed by troobadours and trobairitz, presented as instrumental music in their most profound and most candlelit form. Only the bonus track is originally an instrumental piece found to be notated at a later century.
The entire album is a duo between the instrument vielle and the silence, as hinted by the title. Each track is the result of a thorough research starting from the (if available multiple) manuscript/s, and a translation work that swims through Old Occitanian, Latin and other languages songs were originally written in, to get the essence of the song out without using the human voice.
Perfomed by Esin Yardimli Alves Pereira on her instrument Venus the Vielle, an instrument funded by The Wandering Bard supporters and made specially for her by Orlando Trindade, this album is made to experience the silence, enjoy the darkness and cherish everything one finds within.
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08/07/2024

In his third solo classical guitar album Streams of Tranquility, Ricardo Alves Pereira explores the still and the beautiful. The immersive and modern melodies weave the album’s soundscape into the depths of calmness within the contemporary music scene. Aside from presenting his skills as a classical guitar player, in this album Ricardo Alves Pereira also shares his composer side with the audience; and it is fresh, intimate and inviting.
The album consists of 15 compositions, some dating back to 2010 and some composed only weeks before the album was recorded, all with a sound that has its roots in contemporary and classical music, but with Ricardo’s musical language inspired by many other genres as well, one can hear hints of other styles within his music.
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05/07/2024

Have you heard this one? Esin Yardimli Alves Pereira presents her strong connection with Celtic music through her latest album “Rooted”. The album includes sets of high spirited and exuberant Irish folk tunes, sentient O’Carolan classics and some of her originals. Recorded with Colm Larkin on the Irish bouzouki and Ricardo Alves Pereira on the bodhran, the album sets ground for the audience to engage in centuries old yet still fresh traditional music.
The word ‘rooted’ means ‘worned out’, ‘ineradicable’ and ‘grounded’ at the same time and this album sits right in the middle of them since the title of the album represents the connection between the music and the people; Celtic and Irish folk music have been some of the most wide-spread styles of music around the globe. Because this music can make anyone feeling tired or worned out feel grounded and invincible once again, sparked by just the very first notes.
Throughout the tracks, a total of 35 tunes can be heard. Some well known jigs and reels, heartfelt ballads, some hidden gems and Esin’s own compositions blend together to warm our hearts; at times the fierce tunes with the non stop bodhran make us want to dance and at times the gentle tone of the violin and the bouzouki make us gaze through our sweet sad memories. Each track performed with loyalty to the genre, this album presents the authentic strengths of the Celtic music.
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03/07/2024

Have you heard this one? “The Foundation” is the second solo guitar album of Ricardo Alves Pereira. It is a complete collection of works first published in 1836, known as the Introduction à l’Étude de la Guitare, Op.60, written by composer and virtuoso guitarist Fernando Sor, one of the most famous musicians of the classical and romantic era.
With this album Ricardo Alves Pereira recalls the beginning of his classical guitar journey, shares his connection to the learning process of his instrument and adds a personal touch to the repertory by titling them with the essential emotions and thoughts that can be sparked with each piece that builds the very foundation of any classical guitar player’s musical language.
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02/07/2024

01/07/2024

Have you heard this one? In The Songbook of Tchinar Vol. 2, Esin creates a majestic and striking musical environment suitable for storytelling and living in a fantasy world where magic doesn’t only live within.
Started off as soundtracks for a podcast series, The Songbook of Tchinar volumes became the most personal and authentic outlet for Esin Yardimli Alves Pereira. Taking on the task of orchestrating each composition with a single violin and a viola and her own percussion instruments,
In this volume of The Songbook of Tchinar, the audience is invited to yearn for more and get driven to dare.
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28/06/2024

Have you heard this one? Esin Yardimli Alves Pereira proves once again that her stylistic richness and self-sustainibilty can create an album full of enjoyment; wrapped up in historical and mythological research on the look out for Scandinavi folkloric authenticity.
Swedish folk tunes being one of the few styles that contain only a melody instrument in pairs, show the potential of simplicity to its maximum. Fed by nomadic cultures, established in hard-to-leave lands, the sound of this music contains longing, mystery, mythology and fiersome dancebilty.
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26/06/2024

Have you heard this one? OUD is the lightest, most peaceful, and most hopeful album of CordaSonora so far. It is the perfect introduction to Medieval music, presented as a solo collection of songs arranged for the oud. Ricardo Alves Pereira and his almond-shaped instrument invites the audience to be the visitors of a medieval inn, to enjoy a bard in the corner making his music.
The album consists of 14 melodies of the Cantigas de Santa Maria, transcribed directly from the original manuscripts “Códice de los músicos” and “Códice rico”, two song collections unparalleled for their musical richness, both attributed to King Alfonso X (1221-1284), and presented with arrangements by Ricardo Alves Pereira for Turkish oud, a close relative to the iberian medieval lute seen in the illuminations of the manuscripts of Cantigas de Santa Maria.
Crafted with passion and inspired by the mystical medieval Iberia, this album is a labor of love.
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24/06/2024

Have you heard this one? Started off as soundtracks for a TTRPG podcast series, The Songbook of Tchinar volumes became the most personal and authentic outlet for Esin Yardimli Alves Pereira.
Esin’s own compositions; orchestrated, played, and produced by herself, provide the DMs with the background music for their epic battle scenes, tearjerker moments of love and loss, and the mead smelling inns where campaigners find a moment to gamble, gossip or gloat.
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21/06/2024

Have you heard this one? The sixth album by The Wandering Bard (TWB Ensemble) is a journey through musical marvels of the medieval Iberia. The album includes selected works from Cantigas de Santa Maria, attributed to Alfonso X, the Wise, a visionary Iberian king of the 13th century.
Each musical arrangement of this historical repertoire is crafted through a dedicated research by the ensemble’s co-founders, Esin Yardimli Alves Pereira and Ricardo Alves Pereira. The melodies that represent the multicultural richness of the medieval Iberia are transcribed from original manuscripts, mainly from Códice de los músicos.
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19/06/2024

Have you heard this one? In the 5th album of The Wandering Bard, the audience can hear the eternal works of Claudio Monteverdi, Luis de Narvaez and Alonso Mudarra in a way that was never heard before.
Majority of the repertoire of the album was originally written for solo Vihuela; an Iberian plucked string instrument from the Renaissance Era, with an addition of the prologue being Italian Baroque; all of which TWB Ensemble executes with a historically informed style, yet in their own way.
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17/06/2024

Have you heard this one? The Wandering Bard’s 4th album, released on 2021, the 800th year celebration of the birth of King Alfonso X, El Sabio, brings the audience to medieval times with Cantigas de Santa Maria which are attributed to the king himself. At the end of the album a musical narrative is presented, inviting the audience to imagine through this music.
Being one of the most liked works of the ensemble, the album has reached hundreds of thousands of listeners along the years!
Available on all major music streaming platforms. Listen via https://tr.ee/2KhiDS9xM9
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30/04/2024

10/04/2024

O ensemble The Wandering Bard leva ao palco um repertório muito especial das Cantigas de Santa Maria, acentuando a ligação que o rei Alfonso X, o Sábio tinha com as canções, a música, os músicos, a santa e o próprio livro das Cantigas de Santa Maria.

The Wandering Bard brings to the stage a very special repertoire of the Cantigas de Santa Maria, accentuating the connection that King Alfonso X, the Wise had with the songs, the music, the musicians, the saint, and the book of Cantigas de Santa Maria itself.

19 de Abril, Sextra Feira 21:30
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The Wandering Bard (Leyriath Assemblage & TWB Ensemble)

24/03/2024

CMML2024-II 23rd of March
Presentation:
“Intercultural Dialogue: The Heritage”
Concert:
“Between the Sea and the Land”
(“Dialogo Intercultural: A Herança” & “Entre o Mar e a Terra”)
Cantigas de Santa Maria & Cantigas do Amigo

🌿: Ciclo de Música Medieval de Leiria
🎶: Leyriath Assemblage & TWB Ensemble - The Wandering Bard
🏰: Castelo de Leiria Município de Leiria
📸: Gil Lemos
Artistic Directors&Presentors: Esin Yardımlı Alves Pereira & Ricardo Alves Pereira .nap
Resident artist (percussion): Antonio Filipe Silva Casal
Guest artist (soprano): Irene Brigitte
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03/03/2024

Some pictures from the additional CMML2024 concert of Leyriath Assemblage & TWB Ensemble with Jorge Luís Castro Esin Yardımlı Alves Pereira Ricardo Alves Pereira Antonio Filipe Silva Casal on stage!
Great company, great atmosphere, great venue, great photographer, and great hugs! (Last picture ❤️)
Next concert of CMML2024: 23rd of March!
📸: Luis Ferreira

16/01/2024

Some moments from the first concert and workshop of the first day of CMML 2024! Full house, incredible atmosphere and acoustics, engaged audience, what more can we ask? Looking forward to returning to the Castle of Leiria on ➡️🗓️23rd of March🗓️⬅️ with a brand new workshop and concert once again with an amazing guest;
Alguns momentos do primeiro concerto e oficina do primeiro dia do CMML 2024! Casa cheia, atmosfera e acústica incríveis, público envolvido, o que mais podemos pedir? Ansiosos para retornar ao Castelo de Leiria em ➡️🗓️23 de março🗓️⬅️ com uma nova oficina e concerto, mais uma vez com um convidado incrível;
In the photos:
(artista convidado; cantor lírico)
(artista residente; percussão)nap (alaúde, narração, apresentação, direção artística)
(vielle, apresentação, direção artística)

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📸: .kingr

07/01/2024

(English below) Temos fotos incríveis do primeiro concerto do CMML tiradas por um fotógrafo incrível, filmagens de vídeo em vários ângulos, tudo isso a caminho. Mas com uma casa completamente cheia, com um publico maravilhoso, não conseguimos resistir e já estamos a partilhar um pouco dessas capturas. 😄 Obrigada/o .kingr por tudo. O sentiu-se em casa convosco e nós, Ricardo e Esin, estamos muito orgulhosos do que aconteceu ontem no ambiente mágico do Castelo de Leiria.
We have awesome pictures from the first concert of CMML taken by an awesome photographer, multi angle video footage, all of that on their way to us. But with a fulllll house performance, with the loveliest audience, we can’t help ourselves sharing this little bit of screenshots already 😄 Thank you .kingr for everything. The felt at home with you, and we, Ricardo and Esin are very proud of what has happened yesterday in the magical environment of Castelo de Leiria.

29/12/2023

Visit our website to see what has been in the making!

Welcome to CordaSonora, the home to artistic products of Esin Yardimli Alves Pereira and Ricardo Alves Pereira. Here you will encounter a music label and more. We write, play, design, produce and do many other things. It is difficult to label our work. They are enjoyed by thousands though. And this....

22/12/2023

Prepare a visit to Leiria!
During the CMML (Ciclo de Música Medieval de Leiria) there will be six concerts and workshops along the year led by The Wandering Bard Ensemble with resident artist Antonio Casal and talented guests Jorge Luis Castro, Irene Brigitte and Orlando Trindade.
The events will take place in the castle of Leiria, organized thanks to the municipality of Leiria.
Before each concert there will be a workshop related to the repertoire the musicians will perform, shaped around the motto “Learning is Sharing”, aiming to create a stronger connection between the community and the music, for sharing the joy we feel towards these immortal melodies. In one of the events there will be an exhibition prior to the concert on music instruments from the medieval era as well.
With these workshops the general audience will gain insight on Alfonso X the Wise, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Llibre Vermell de Montserrat, Martin Codax, D. Dinis the Poet King, among many other joyous information and lore about medieval music and medieval culture, all of which will be heard during the concerts.
Placed on important days of pagan and religious calendar, the Cycle of Medieval Music of Leiria (CMML) will be spread throughout the year, starting on 6th of January, the King’s Day, in which we will take a closer look at the wise king behind the works of Cantigas de Santa Maria, and Santa Maria herself, as the cantigas refer, the maiden, the mother and the crone.
Come join us!
First concert January 6 - Workshop: 15:00 Concert: 16:00
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22/12/2023

https://www.facebook.com/TWBLeyriath/

Ensemble de música medieval e renascentista - Narração de histórias, mitos e lendas

12/03/2022

New album coming out soon! 🎶

02/10/2021

We are grateful for the love and support we see from our audience! Thank you so much for your interest! It motivates us to go forward with our albums, next one is in the kitchen as we speak 😉
For the ones who missed; listen to our album via any platform you use to listen to music! Just go to https://linktr.ee/CordaSonora and tap on the website or stream platform you prefer 🙂
Follow Leyriath Assemblage & TWB Ensemble for future updates 💚

20/07/2021

TWB Ensemble’s merge with Leyriath Assemblage already proved itself to be a fine move; the first album released under this formation has reached to more than 2.500 individuals all around the globe; and the music got heard more than 5.000 times. Congratulations Esin Yardımlı Alves Pereira Ricardo Alves Pereira and Nina Loureiro for the amazing teamwork that made it all happen.

Check the album “Leyriath, of Music and Legends: Cantigas de Santa Maria (Alfonso X)” on all major music stream platforms

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07/07/2021

Assemblage at work, album to come

Follow now https://www.facebook.com/TWBLeyriath for the updates

03/07/2021

Hear, hear! We are happy to announce a merge between two wonderful entities; as of this moment it has become official that the Leyriath Ensemble is turning into an assemblage dedicated to uncovering myths and lore of Leyriath; uniting with the TWB Ensemble which had always flourished their concerts with astonishing storytelling through Musical Narratives, bringing to the audience the lives of kings, queens, composers and troubadours.

Follow https://www.facebook.com/TWBLeyriath for the upcoming release updates.

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Ensemble de música medieval e renascentista - Narração de histórias, mitos e lendas

18/06/2021

☀Swedish folk music fans, a new album is out!☀
Listen to "No Strings Attached" recorded by our vielle player Esin Yardimli Alves Pereira! 👏
You can listen to it on all major music streaming platforms. Yes, YouTube included. 😉
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/0bkZSn0048SC6246vb6QNs?si=SiFrqOA7RlGcidvcQsl1hA&dl_branch=1&fbclid=IwAR1ppuq7t5zn_3R08Dho1KBT_QJQ_hgGYDqanCl6iUr_RCv3LRtWMe1qpPI&nd=1

Apple Music:
https://music.apple.com/pt/album/no-strings-attached-swedish-folk-tunes/1570700970?l=en&fbclid=IwAR20nzlMLshw574OomD1E-IPPEAAvFyCrLlU0nS9TlwJtvAmE3aooTE-5KQ

YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?app=desktop&list=OLAK5uy_kjlLDYLddjtb9yb4p5TA8mojXw44Ea3XI&fbclid=IwAR2treNcDeDJTLPPfsm8W9XI8Jtwrrc-GCRq3r_sOqITSDBXQvc9Lk0_ADA
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Esin Yardimli Alves Pereira · Album · 2021 · 13 songs.