World as Lover

Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música

Coming from different eras, the music in this programme explores intersecting trajectories and ideas. For Saint-Saëns, the 19th-century fascination with “exoticism” was more than just a fad. In love with Algeria, he composed a suite inspired by the meeting of cultures in the then-French colony. Contemporary composer Liza Lim draws from the environmental and Buddhist philosophy of Joanna Macy in a piece dedicated to the pianist Tamara Stefanovitch, who will perform it for the first time in Portugal this evening. The second half begins with a Cuban dance, followed by a striking blend of serialism, gospel and jazz, with a Bernd Alois Zimmermann’s mid-20th century piece for trumpet and orchestra that painted the raw reality of the Afro-American condition. This enticing programme concludes with George Gershwin and the energy he found in 1920s Paris.

Sala Suggia
€ 12,00 ‐ € 24,00
Liza Lim (©Astrid Ackerman)
Liza Lim (©Astrid Ackerman)

Programme

Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música
Stefan Blunier conductor
Tamara Stefanovitch piano
Sérgio Pacheco trumpet

Léo Delibes Airs de dance (from Lakmé)
Camille Saint-Saëns Rêverie du soir, from Suite algérienne
Liza Lim World as Lover, World as Self, for piano and chamber orchestra*

Arturo Márquez Danzón No. 2
B. A. Zimmermann Nobody knows de trouble I see, for trumpet and orchestra
George Gershwin An American in Paris

*Portuguese premiere

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PRICES

Zone 1 € 24
Zone 2 € 22
Zone 3 € 20

DISCOUNTS

Juniors (< 30 years) 50%
Seniors (> 65 years) 15%
University Students 50%
Music Teachers and Students 50%
Amigo 25%
BPI Card 20%

AGE RATING

>6