Music

Gloria is the best-known sacred work by Antonio Vivaldi, the “Red Priest” who was one of the most important composers of the Baroque period. Written around 1715 for the Ospedale della Pietá in Venice (an institution that took in orphans and provided them with a first-class musical education), it uses the traditional words of Gloria […]

We’ll be starting off with a guided tour of the museum to get to know a little more about the life of Saint Anthony. Then music will be providing the entertainment with Silvana Peres.

At this concert with commentary, we’ll be remembering the traditions most savored at this time of year, from the decorations evoked by Decks the Halls to Christmas Dinner with Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire.  

Two of these pieces consist of what were originally unrelated compositions that merged into one: in A Ceremony of Carols Op.28 the Harp solo plays an important role in merging together the different parts; in Carol Symphony it’s possible to make out five well-known Christmas brought together in a symphonic melody. Moving from the UK […]

The music at the Ismaili Centre will evoke the Al-Andalus, where Muslims, Jews and Christians coexisted during the Middle Ages. Following traces left by these cultures, some of their songs have survived to the present day through oral tradition and will be performed using new arrangements and with a new concept. La Huella de Al-Andalus […]

It will feature Händel’s masterpiece Messias (considered the most famous Oratorio of all) with two arias for soprano; the arias of Bach’s Magnificat and Cantata BWV120; the mastery of Vivaldi and Torelli and Pachelbel’s well-known piece Canon in D Major (considered something of a pop music godfather) along with Albinoni’s Adagio in G Minor. The […]

Everything begins and ends with music brimming with fantasy and bravery: in Mozart’s The Magic Flute, we remember the difficult trials that Prince Tamino has to overcome in order to rescue his beloved in a supernatural tale; in Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, we face the Mouse King’s army and afterwards we join Clara on a travel […]

From Natal de Elvas, O Tannenbaum and Adeste Fideles to Schubert’s Ave Maria, there’ll be no shortage of well-known songs to hum along to, which reflect the essence of this group of soloists and instrumentalists from the Teatro Nacional São Carlos. The concert will take place at the Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Amparo (Church […]

This could have been a dated concert, were it not for the works of Brazilian Ernani Aguiar and Englishman John Francis Wade, a name which few associate with Adeste Fideles (“O Come, All Ye Faithful”), but who is in fact responsible for the carol reaching the present day in form we know it. In addition […]

We’ll be saying farewell to this year’s Natal em Lisboa with the Gospel Collective and a concert which will mix traditional black spiritual music with more urban beats and afro-gospel. In an atmosphere of contemplation and adoration, we’ll be kicking things off with All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name. And there’ll be no shortage […]

At this time of get-togethers, the Coro do Parque das Nações will greet those who arrive and say farewell to those who leave, with a wide-ranging repertoire where more traditional and well-known songs share a stage with other, lesser-known, pieces: a place for all worlds and languages. From classical Mozart to Black Spiritual music, passing […]

The violin and the string orchestras will present us with a new stylistic approach, without recourse to vocals and other more traditional instruments of the period, such as the lute. So, there’ll be no lack of works by masters like Vivaldi, Bach, and Albinoni, but there’ll also be space for pieces by Pedro Teixeira da […]

We get things underway with a guided tour of the museum, followed by a musical performance called “Playing with Fado”. This is a project aimed primarily at children (but captivating for all the family), which seeks to disprove the widely-held belief that Fado is a sad, melancholy and grey music by showing that Fado is […]

With voice and quartet, in commented concert format, we bring you some of the most famous songs that make up the image of this festive season. Listeners are driven by the History of Christmas Music over the centuries, through well-known melodies (Adeste Fideles, Joy to the World, Jingle Bells …) and a narrative line specially […]

Despite renditions of Messiah being almost as much of a Christmas tradition as eggnog in Anglophone countries, curiously it was actually written to be performed at Easter; only the first third talks about the birth of Christ, the second and third parts focus on his death and resurrection. When G.F. Handel first performed the work […]