Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings
Gulbenkian Orchestra
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Date
- 20:00 / Cancelled 20:00 / Sold out Thursday, 20:00
Location
Grand Auditorium Calouste Gulbenkian FoundationPricing
- Free admission
Ticket collection, subject to room capacity (max. 2 per person):
In-person – 2 hours before
Online – 2 days before (Cartão Gulbenkian Mais) and 1 day before (Cartão Gulbenkian), from 10:00.
- Andrej Power Violin, Direction
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Gulbenkian Orchestra
In 1962, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation decided to establish a permanent orchestral ensemble. Originally with only twelve musicians (strings and continuo) it was named “Orquestra de Câmara Gulbenkian”. This collective was successively enlarged and today the “Orquestra Gulbenkian” (the name it has adopted since 1971) has a permanent body of sixty instrumentalists, a number that can be expanded depending on the repertoire.
This structure allows the Gulbenkian Orchestra to interpret works from the Baroque and Classical periods, a significant part of 19th century orchestral literature and much of the music of the 20th century, including works belonging to the current repertoire of the traditional symphonic orchestras. In each season, the orchestra performs on a regular series of concerts at the Gulbenkian Grand Auditorium in Lisbon, where it has had the opportunity of working together with some of leading names of the world of music (conductors and soloists). It has also performed on numerous locations all over Portugal, in an effort to decentralize music and culture.
The orchestra has been constantly expanding its activities in the international level, performing in Europe, Asia Africa, and the Americas. In the recording field, Orquestra Gulbenkian is associated to labels as Philips, Deutsche Grammophon, Hyperion, Teldec, Erato, Adès, Nimbus, Lyrinx, Naïve and Pentatone, among others, and this activity was recognized with several international prizes.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Antonín Dvořák
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky
Composed in 1880, Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings, op. 48, was conceived as a tribute to Mozart and the Classical style. The first movement, a sonatina with a slow introduction, was intended as an imitation of Mozart’s style, with Tchaikovsky confessing the joy of drawing close to one of his great models. In this concert by the Gulbenkian Orchestra, conducted by Andrej Power, current leader of the London Symphony Orchestra, Tchaikovsky’s work is paired with a creation by the young Mozart himself, the celebrated Divertimento for Strings K. 136, written when he was just fifteen years old.
Photo © Konserthuset Stockholm
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