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Roger Hodgson cantou e encantou em Albufeira Zita Ferreira Braga Hardmusica.pt Translation: Miguel Ângelo Peixoto Pouco passava das 22:30 quando Roger Hodgson e Aaron Macdonald entraram em palco perante um público maioritariamente britânico que de imediato não regateou aplausos.
Hodgson foi um dos fundadores dos Supertramp em 1969 e durante 14 anos compôs e escreveu alguns dos greatest hits da banda, como "Give a Litle Bit", "The Logical Song", "Dreamer", "Take the Long Way Home", "Breakfast In America" ou "Fools Overture". E foram estes êxitos antigos que puseram o público a dançar e a cantar com Roger e com o seu extraordinário companheiro de palco, de seu nome Aron Mac Donald, exímio executante de sopros. E o público foi cantando "Dreamer", "Give a little Bit", pedindo sempre mais e quase não deixando o artista respirar. Olhando a assistência verificámos que Manuel Pinho não deixa os créditos do Allgarve Festival por mãos alheias e assiste entusiasmado aos espectáculos que o seu ex-Ministério patrocina. Presente também o Presidente da Câmara de Albufeira manifestamente satisfeito com a oferta da sua edilidade a turistas e forasteiros. Descobrimos Nuno da Câmara Pereira que atentamente seguia a actuação de Roger Hodgson, talvez fazendo a comparação mental com o fado que interpreta. E quando Roger interpreta "Dreamer" como uma mola o público salta para junto do palco e cantou com o artista uma das melodias mais conhecidas dos Supertramp. De repente começam a ver-se chapéus de chuva a abrirem-se e o pedido era óbvio:" It's raining again". E foi o delírio, chapéus acenando, vozes cantando, palmas a compasso, o público agradecia assim o belo espectáculo que Roger Hodgson tinha proporcionado.
Actualmente, este artista multifacetado, que toca teclado, guitarra e piano, actua a solo com uma banda de suporte e colabora em concertos de orquestra, com apresentações em todo o mundo.
Roger Hodgson sang and charmed in Albufeira Zita Ferreira Braga Hardmusica.pt Translation: Miguel Ângelo Peixoto, edited by Claudia Yildiz It was about 10:30 pm when Roger Hodgson and his saxophonist Aaron MacDonald entered the stage but the mainly British audience didn’t give them acclamation immediately. Hodgson was one of the founders of “Supertramp” in 1969 and during the 14 years he was with the band, he composed some of their greatest hits as "Give a little bit", "The Logical Song", "Dreamer", "Take the Long Way Home", "Breakfast In America" or "Fools Overture". And it were these old and very successful hits, that made the audience dance and sing along with Roger and with Aaron Mac Donald, his outstanding companion onstage who is an excellent musician of woodwinds instruments. And the audience was singing "Dreamer", "Give a little Bit", and they wanted more and more of his hits and didn’t allow him to make a short break. We noticed Manuel Pinho, the ex-minister of economy in the audience and he watched with enthusiasm the spectacle, which his ex-department sponsored. The Mayor of Albufeira also attended the concert and he was very pleased to present the venue to the local population, to tourists and outsiders. We also discover Nuno da Camara Pereira, a Portuguese singer, who attentively followed the performance of Roger Hodgson. Maybe he compared mentally his songs with the one that Roger was singing. And when Roger started performing "Dreamer" the audience jumped up and down and sang along with him one of the most famous melodies of “Supertramp”. Suddenly, we can see open umbrellas and the request was obvious: “It's raining again". It was a real delirium of joy: waving hats, singing people and the audience thanked Roger in this way for his wonderful performance. This multifaceted artist, who is playing keyboard, guitar and piano and who is performing either solo, with a band or with orchestra is currently on a world wide tour. Zita Ferreira Braga |
