In the world of the seven musical notes, something unexpected has happened: Do has run away.
Click here to listen to the demo version of Isolda‘s original soundtrack.
Read the full play here.
To persuade Do to return to the scale, since he no longer wants to be a musical note, the six remaining notes revisit, through musical numbers spanning a variety of genres, every musical revolution that began with Do, bringing the history of music back to life.
THE ORIGIN OF DO
I do not know much about music. Musicians, perhaps a little more.
If there are any Bourdots in Brazil today, it is because a certain composer and conductor, Edouard Bourdot, decided to move here at the end of the nineteenth century. His son, also named Eduardo, liked the idea. He married a beautiful young woman from the town of Jaú, and together they had children born in different parts of the country while he toured Brazil with his Musical Theatre company.
To make a long story short, many people know the composer siblings Isolda and Milton Carlos. Or at least they know quite a few of their songs. Grandchildren of that same Eduardo who travelled with his theatre company, they found success early and often. Isolda is my mother. Milton is my uncle.
But art has its ups and downs. Many times I heard my mother declare, with complete solemnity and finality: “That’s it. No more songs. I’m going to do something else.” Soon enough, another song would arrive, and the cycle would begin again.
And I used to say that one day I would turn those moments into a story. Threat fulfilled. Tribute paid.
And now comes the best part. This story needed a soundtrack. As it happens, it was composed by Isolda herself and is available online as a demo recording.
Putting the story together with those beautiful songs, I think what emerged in the end was a rather lovely musical play. Perhaps a little like the ones that once travelled across Brazil with the first Bourdots.
COLOURS AND NOTES
Chakras are seven energy centers distributed throughout the body.
Each chakra has its own characteristics and is associated with a color and a sound vibration, corresponding to the seven colors of the rainbow and the seven musical notes.
