Compositions by Flo Menezes
[wp = world première]
Pretexturas sobre Todas as Flores da Fala
1984
Soprano, clarinet and bass clarinet (or cello), with 3 optative narrators.
Based on Latin proverbs, on a poem by Villari Herrmann (“PODER”,
1977) and on 3 expressive words (Krach/Pax/Spass). Texts by Leon Trotsky, James Joyce and Mao Tse-Tung.
ca. 9'
wp: on August 24th, 2012, at the Teatro Maria de Lourdes Sekeff of the Unesp during the XXII Festival Ritmo & Som, São Paulo, Martha Herr (soprano), Sergio Burgani (clarinet), Daniel Oliveira (bass clarinet), José Manuel Lázaro, Josani Keunecke and Sheila Minatti (narrators).
wp of the version with cello: on November 10th, 2015, at the Teatro São Pedro, São Paulo, Roseane Soares (soprano), Paula Pires (clarinet) and Fabrício Rodrigues (cello).
Live-recording of these world premières (with bass clarinet):
Version without narrators (19,8 MB) 
Version with narrators (24,4 MB)
Score of the original manuscript as PDF-file (6,3 MB) 