Coro
Christmas, Rock and Suchlike
This is the most recent compilation from Projeto Com Voz, a senior choir which aims to break age stereotypes. Specialising in Portuguese rock and pop, the choir will perform songs by Luísa Sobral, Rui Veloso, Tara Perdida and Deolinda. Pedro d’Orey director and acoustic guitar Bruno Fonseca acoustic guitar/Portuguese guitar Gonçalo Leonardo acoustic bass […]
In Nativitate Domini
A recreation of Christmas Day in the Early Middles Ages, the concert begins with the Matins Liturgy, celebrated before sunrise, followed by Mass. Complementing the Gregorian music, a Christmas Sequence will be sung which was written by the Benedictine monk Notker Balbulus (a composer and poet who lived in the 10th century in the monastery […]
Songs and Stories
The University of Lisbon Youth Choir and the University of Lisbon Chamber Choir come together in a concert that brings Britten, Lopes-Graça, Poulenc, Rossini and Mendelssohn to St George’s Anglican Church. Located within the British Cemetery next to Jardim da Estrela, this 19th-century church is known for its acoustic qualities. Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) A […]
Time Travel
A selection of sacred pieces from different periods, revealing the mastery of their composers in the musical treatment of liturgical texts. It will begin with a motet dedicated to the Virgin Mary and two Christmas motets. The first part of the program includes four sacred pieces by contemporary composers. In the second part, the Lisbon […]
Jesu, Meine Freude
The Jesu, Meine Freude program is composed by works of Henry Purcell, Johann Sebastian Bach, Felix Mendelssohn and Fernando Lopes-Graça. The central work of the program is Jesu, Meine Freude (Jesus, my joy), the oldest and largest motet, composed in 1723 by Johan Sebastian Bach for the funeral of Johanna Maria Käsin, which includes the […]
Magnificat in Gilded Woodcarving
Magnificat em Talha Dourada was created in July 1998 by Eurico Carrapatoso in his village in the district of Bragança. Reflecting on his work, the composer wrote: “It is a work illuminated by G Major, the tonality I feel in the gilded carvings and in the reverberant spaces of God. It is a tribute […]
The Messiah, by Georg Friedrich Händel
The oratorio The Messiah is considered by many to be G. F. Handel’s masterpiece. This German-born, naturalized-English composer is considered one of the greats of Baroque music and left an extraordinary artistic legacy. Händel constructed the narrative of this oratorio from biblical texts and themes and composed The Messiah in just three weeks, between August […]
Christmas Show with the Soul Gospel Project
The Beato Parish Council will once again bring us a Christmas show. This time the group known as SOUL GOSPEL PROJECT (SGP) will be providing the music. This multicultural choir’s roots lie in Gospel, but it performs a fusion of sounds with strong Soul, Blues, Jazz and R&B influences. Although they have been around for […]