Show brings together Geraldo Espíndola and Márcio de Camillo with participation by the OCAMP and the Cia de Dança do Pantanal

“A Terra e Uma Canção (The Earth and a Song) is a way for human beings to pay attention to the language of nature.” That’s how Márcio de Camillo defines the song that will be released next Saturday (23), at 8 p.m., at Moinho Cultural, in Corumbá.

The song, which will be officially released during the show, marks the beginning of a previously unheard-of partnership: Márcio de Camillo and Geraldo Espíndola. There will also be participation by the OCAMP (Orquestra de Câmara do Pantanal) and the Cia de Dança do Pantanal.

Geraldo Espíndola says the idea of teaming up with Márcio de Camillo was an old one, and this year it became a reality. “It so happened this year that he sent me these lyrics. According to him, known as the Arte Poética, the ‘Décimas de Camões’. There are 10 verses in one part and 10 verses in the other. I managed to build the melody for those lyrics of his. We’ve worked well on this outcome. I think it turned out to be a good song, dedicated to this planet so battered by all of us. The planet is evolving all the time,” he recalls.

Márcio de Camillo, in turn, explains what the creative process behind the song was like. “I look at the composer as a poet. I’m an artist who is always in dialogue with poetry — I set Manoel de Barros’s Crianceiras to music. And in this work, I am the poet. We’re releasing it in Spring, since that’s the season of rebirth. Spring shows off all the beauty, the strength of nature. The message is one of renewal, of us starting a new cycle,” the musician details.

The show, titled ‘Música Poética’ (Poetic Music), highlights the work of the two fellow composers. Both, composers of modern music from Mato Grosso do Sul, forged their own paths, discovered new universes, and now present the audience with musical and poetic partnerships, with sonic influences ranging from roots music to more universal genres such as pop, blues, jazz, and MPB (Brazilian Popular Music).

In the show, 14 songs will be performed, including major hits such as ‘Me Deixar Levar’, ‘Quiquio’, ‘É Necessário’, and ‘Vida Cigana’, for example. The OCAMP will take part in every song.

For the executive director of Moinho Cultural, Márcia Rolon, opening the doors of Moinho Cultural for the show carries the weight of a rebirth. “It’s a moment of encounter with great artists, as an act of love and rebirth with Spring. Bringing music and poetry as hope. We have lived firsthand the consequences of climate change, and on the day Spring begins, we have one more chance to reflect on our attitudes and commit ourselves to the conservation of the Pantanal and the Planet,” she states.