During four days, soloists of the Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra will occupy the LU.CA stage with four commented concerts, guiding us through melodic talks amongst instruments or even through a musical fantasy burgeoning with animals. Without musical instruments, but with a surprising aesthetic, In\u00eas Veigas Oliveira accompanies the concert with original illustrations.<\/p>\n
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Once Upon a Time There was a Talk<\/strong><\/p>\n Works to be announced<\/p>\n Musical instruments speak a lot to one another. Sometimes they play in harmony, like great friends. Other times, they seem to be at odds and argue energetically. In the midst of this uproar another type of sound can be heard. The sounds themselves enter into a dialogue: the high notes with the bass notes, the soft notes with the piercing ones, the loud with the more discreet\u2026 They all have something to say. This concert is highlighted by two components. The first counterpoints the flute with a trio of strings formed by a violin, a viola and a cello. The second confronts music from the past with music from the present. The soloists of the Metropolitan promise that all will end well.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Narration and Commentary Janete Santos<\/p>\n Janete Santos (flute), Ana Pereira (violin), Joana Cipriano (viola), Ana Cl\u00e1udia Serr\u00e3o (cello)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Soldier\u2019s Tale<\/strong><\/p>\n Originally, The Soldier\u2019s Tale was an itinerant theatre production with live music. It debuted in Switzerland over one hundred years ago, during the First World War. Igor Stravinsky only needed seven musicians to accompany this story by Charles Ferdinand Ramuz, which can be read, acted or danced. A soldier turns his back on war and begins to head home. Along the way, he finds an old butterfly hunter who asks him to play the violin in exchange for a magic book that will bring him everything he desires. However, there is a catch: the hunter is the devil in disguise, and ambition always has a price to pay.<\/p>\n I. I. Stravinsky \u2013 The Soldier\u2019s Tale (libretto C.F. Ramuz)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Narration Jos\u00e9 Teixeira<\/p>\n Nuno Silva (clarinet), Lurdes Carneiro (bassoon), S\u00e9rgio Charrinho (trumpet), Trombonist to be announced, Fernando Llopis (percussion), Jos\u00e9 Pereira (violin), Vladimir Kouznetsov (double bass)<\/p>\n The Carnival of the Animals<\/strong><\/p>\n The Carnival of the Animals is a \u00abzoological musical fantasy\u00bb composed by Camille Saint-Sa\u00ebns in 1886 with the simple purpose of entertaining his friends during Carnival. This explains the amusing musical tone portraying kangaroos, chickens, fossils\u2026 pianists? In truth, it is a satire of the musical milieu of the time. The turtles dance the slowest cancan of all time, in an undisguised reference to Offenbach and his operettas. In turn, the elephants dance to the sound of a (very) adulterated Berlioz Minuet. The mocking disposition is so blatant that the composer never allowed for its public performance. Posthumously, it became his most popular composition. This programme presents a transcription for a wind quintet, similarly to the twelve Georges Bizet pieces inspired by children\u2019s games.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I. G. Bizet \u2013 Children\u2019s Games (transcription by G. Davies) Narration and Commentary Nuno In\u00e1cio<\/p>\n Nuno In\u00e1cio (flute), Carla Pereira (oboe), Jorge Camacho (clarinet), Rafaela Oliveira (bassoon), J\u00e9r\u00f4me Arnouf (trombone)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Children\u2019s Album<\/strong><\/p>\n What was it like to be a child 150 years ago? How did younger generations dress? What were their favourite sweets? How did they study? How did they play? And why did they work?! Alas, all adults were once children, even the very old ones. In this talk\/concert we are introduced to the stories they were told and the dreams they dreamt. In order to do this, we invited four musicians from the Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra to play some pieces composed by Tchaikovsky and dedicated to his nephew Vladimir Davydov, who at the time was only seven years old. We know the music that some children listened to. Yet it is harder to guess what type of wonder it awoke within them.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I. P. I. Tchaikovsky \u2013 Children\u2019s Album (version for string quartet)<\/p>\n Narration and Commentary Rui Campos Le\u00e3o<\/p>\n Anzhela Akopyan, Daniela Radu (violins), Andrei Ratnikov (viola), celloist to be announced.<\/p>\n Conductor Pedro Neves<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4655,"menu_order":0,"template":"","tags":[],"acessibilidade":[],"temporada":[174],"class_list":["post-4702","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","temporada-174","type-music","audience-families","audience-schools","age-4-en-2","age-6-en-2"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nII. C. Saint-Sa\u00ebns \u2013 The Carnival of the Animals (transcription by D. Bussik)<\/p>\n