CARLOS AMARELINHO

            Inspired by the theory of the single continent and the single ocean, this programmatic work is a series of descriptions of events. The first part, “Pangea” (Pangeae) in Latin, is a musical description of what this single continent would be. The second section is the “Panthalassa Ocean”, the mega ocean that, according to the story, surrounded the only existing landmass. This is followed by a representation of the moment when the separation of the continents takes place, “The separation of continents”, involving moments of earthquakes, erupting volcanoes, destruction, death... After this part, there is a section of tranquility, lamentation, sadness, pain, “After the destruction”. As this section develops, life, flora and fauna reappear, giving new life to the entire planet. The culmination of the piece is celebrated with the new world “The New World”. This last section symbolizes the power that nature has to destroy and then return to create and recreate, in an even more sublime way, all life and a whole new evolution of a magical world always full of the most unexpected events.