Orquestra Orbis

Despite its austere façade, when you walk into São Roque Church, you discover an interior enriched by gilded wood carvings, paintings and tiles from the 16th and 17th centuries, making up an important collection of decorative Mannerist and Baroque art.
In keeping with the church’s characteristics, Orquestra Orbis will be performing a Christmas concert with pieces written for chamber orchestras by great composers, from the Baroque period to modernism. They will also perform pieces by composer Pedro Teixeira da Silva, who has helped define a new stylistic movement in the classical music scene and been well received by the public.

PROGRAMA

01  String Symphony No. 1, in C major, Felix Mendelssohn

02  “Vidit suum dulcem natum” (Stabat Mater), Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

03  Lascia ch’io pianga (Ópera Rinaldo), Georg Friedrich Händel

04  Motet in C Minor: “In furore iustissimae irae” RV626, Antonio Vivaldi

05  Adagio For Strings, Pedro Teixeira da Silva

06  Sonata for Trumpet & Strings in D major, Henry Purcell

07  “Cujus animam gemetem” (Stabat Mater), Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

08  Ave Maria (Ópera Otello), Giuseppe Verdi

09  Ave Maria, Franz Schubert (Version Pedro Teixeira da Silva)

10  Eternal Source of Light Divine, Georg Friedrich Händel