FUNDACAO ORIENTE Cordially invites you to the presentation of the book
THE POLYPHONIC HOLY WEEK MOTETS FROM GOA (19th and 20th centuries) by Prof. Manuel Morais, Lisboa /Évora (in Portuguese) and to the release of the attached Lenten Motets CD Wednesday, 19th February at 5:30 p.m. At Fundação Oriente, Behind People's High School, Fontainhas, Panjim, Goa. The Polyphonic Holy Week Motets from Goa (19th and 20th centuries) is the title of a study published in Portugal in the year 2008 by Manuel Morais, musicologist, music director, Professor Emeritus of the National Conservatory of Lisbon, Professor Emeritus and researcher at the Music Department of the University of Évora and perhaps the best known living lute player in Portugal. The book was released in Lisbon along with an audio CD of Goan Motets, which was recorded in the Church of Penha de França, Britona, featuring artists from Goa. This CD is now being relaunched in Goa by the Diocesan Commission for Sacred Music, Archdiocese of Goa and Daman. There will also be a live performance by the artists. --