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Gulbenkian Choir at Panteão Nacional
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Date
- / Cancelled / Sold out
Location
Panteão Nacional Campo de Santa Clara, LisbonGulbenkian Choir
Jorge Matta Conductor
Amália Tortajada Flute
Ariana Russo
Claire Santos
Maria José Conceição
Mariana Moldão
Susana Duarte
Beatriz Cebola
Joana Esteves
Joana Nascimento
Rita Tavares
António Gonçalves
Diogo Pombo
João Custódio
Pedro Miguel
João Costa
João Luís Ferreira
Pedro Casanova
Rui Borras
Tiago Navarro
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840 – 1893)
Cherubic Hymn, op. 41 No. 6
(Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom)
Sergei Rachmaninov (1873 – 1943)
Bogoroditse Devo
Carl Nielsen (1865 – 1931)
The children are playing
for solo flute
William Byrd (1543 – 1623)
Ave verum corpus
Thomas Tallis (1505 – 1585)
If ye love me
Thomas Weelkes (1576 – 1623)
When David heard
Henry Purcell (1659 – 1695)
Hear my prayer, O Lord
Edgar Varèse (1883 – 1965)
Density 21,5
for solo flute
Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897)
Warum ist das Licht gegeben dem Mühseligen?, op. 74 n.º 1
Edward Elgar (1857 – 1934)
Lux aeterna
Gustav Holst (1874 – 1934)
Nunc dimittis, H127
In the space and generous acoustics of the Panteão Nacional, the theme of Improbable Dialogues opposes contrasting musical styles and languages: Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov, two prominent composers of great Russian music, with their dense polyphony; the British Byrd, Tallis, Weelkes and Purcell, and even Elgar and Holst, with their transparency and subtlety; and the German composer Johannes Brahms, with one of his greatest motets, a masterpiece of nineteenth-century choral music. In two moments, the vocal performance will be punctuated by pieces that explore the expressive and technical potential of the flute, with Amália Tortajada performing pieces by Nielsen and Varèse.