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Mozart & Bruckner

Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música
Ryan Wigglesworth, conductor and pianist

PROGRAM

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Concerto para piano e orquestra n.º 24
Anton Bruckner, Sinfonia n.º 7

Beethoven Landscapes

Friday, 10 May 2024 at 21:00 UTC (Lisbon time)
Casa da Música, Porto, Portugal

Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música
Kerem Hasan, direção musical Rui Lopes, fagote

PROGRAM

Karl Maria von Weber,
- Abertura de O Franco-Atirador
- Concerto para fagote e orquestra
Ludwig van Beethoven, Sinfonia n.º 6, Pastoral

Carmina Burana

Saturday, 11 November 2023 at 18:00 UTC (Lisbon time)

Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música / Coro Casa da Música / Ensemble Vocal Pro Musica / Coro Infantil Casa da Música

Stefan Blunier, conductor Alina Wunderlin, soprano Paul Schweinester, tenor Joachim Goltz, barítono

PROGRAM

Richard Wagner, Abertura de Tannhaüser
Harrison Birtwistle, Machaut à ma manière
Carl Orff, Os Carmina Burana

The Storm

Friday, 15 September 2023 at 21:00 UTC (Lisbon time)

Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música
Conductor: Clemens Schuldt
Casa da Música, Porto, Portugal

PROGRAM

Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky, The Storm
Frank Bridge, The Sea
Antonín Dvorák, Symphony n. 9

Beethoven’s 9th Symphony

Friday, 26 May 2023 at 19:00 UTC (Lisbon time)

Gulbenkian Orchestra and Choir / Lawrence Foster
Grand Auditorium – Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal

Gulbenkian Choir Lawrence Foster, Conductor Laura Aikin, Soprano Roxana Constantinescu, Mezzo-soprano Christian Elsner, Tenor Shenyang, Bass

PROGRAM

Johann Sebastian Bach, Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft, BWV 50
Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 in D minor, op. 125

The Fall of the House of Usher

Friday, 10 February 2023 at 21:00 UTC (Lisbon time)

Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música
Invicta.Música.Filmes

Tale written by Edgar Allan Poe (more on wikipedia)
Film by Jean Epstein
Music by José Maria Sanchez-Verdú (premier in Portugal; commissioned by Casa da Música, Settimane Musicali di Stresa e Real Filharmonía de Galicia)
Music direction by Brad Lubman
Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música
Event’s detailed description at Casa da Música website (in Portuguese).