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Casa da Música International Showcase
22 Apr - 11 May
At the end of April, Casa da Música is host to the ECHO Artistic Platform, which brings together in Porto the artistic directors and programme planners of the 21 principal concert halls of Europe. This was the stimulus for a set of concerts that will demonstrate to a new public the intense activity of Portuguese musical groups and their outwards focus, with shared concerts and the première of newly commissioned works by George Aperghis and Peter Eötvös. This showcase includes groups with an international slant, such as Quarteto de Cordas de Matosinhos (selected for the ECHO Rising Stars programme 2014-15) and the prize-winning Banda Sinfónica Portuguesa, amongst others.
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Casa da Música International Showcase
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22 Apr 2014- Quarteto de Cordas de Matosinhos
- Tuesday | 19:30 | Sala 2
In these “Prussian Quartets”, Mozart paid special attention to the sharper register of the cello, the instrument played by Friedrich Wilhelm II, king of Prussia.
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25 Apr 2014- Hope in Time of War
- Orquestra Sinfónica | Orquestra Barroca | Coro Casa da Música
- Friday | 21:00 | Sala Suggia
The human voice, in a call for peace for mankind, heralds the start of a concert which features one of Schoenberg's most beautiful scores for an a cappella choir.
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26 Apr 2014- Love in Time of War
- Orquestra Barroca | Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música
- Saturday | 18:00 | Sala Suggia
Wozzeck, a tale of love in the time of war, recounts the shocking story of a crime of passion committed by a soldier whose life is then plagued by hallucinations.
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27 Apr 2014- The Unknown Soldier
- Remix Ensemble Casa da Música
- Sunday | 18:00 | Sala Suggia
Remix Ensemble is privileged to present the world première of this piece by Georges Aperghis at Casa da Música.
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30 Apr 2014- Curado
- Espectáculos | Concertos para Todos
- Wednesday | 21:00 | Sala Suggia
A Primeira Guerra Mundial, iniciada há 100 anos, é evocada para expressar o forte desejo de vida. Com poesia e drama, este teatro musical presta homenagem às vítimas do conflito (António Gonçalves Curado foi o primeiro soldado português morto em combate), propondo uma reflexão sobre a Humanidade.
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1 May 2014- Goran Bregovic Wedding and Funeral Band
- "Champagne for Gypsies"
- Thursday | 21:00 | Sala Suggia
Born in Sarajevo to a Serbian mother and Croatian father, Goran Bregovic writes festive music that evokes Jewish and Gypsy weddings, as well as finding inspiration in Christian hymns and the invocations of the Muslims. The music played by his orchestra mixes Gypsy brass bands, traditional Bulgarian polyphony, electric guitar...
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3 May 2014- Castile and León Symphony Orchestra
- Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León
- Saturday | 18:00 | Sala Suggia
In a concert directed by acclaimed conductor Vasily Petrenko, the Castile and León Symphony Orchestra introduces for the first time in Porto the multi-award-winning violinist Ray Chen, winner of the international competitions Yehudi Menuhin (2008) and Queen Elizabeth (2009).
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4 May 2014- Castile and León Symphony Orchestra
- Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León | Concerto Comentado
- Sunday | 12:00 | Sala Suggia
Written during the winter of 1946-47, Prokofiev’s Symphony no. 6 is considered an elegy of the tragic events of the Second World War. “Now we are rejoicing in our great victory, but we all have wounds that cannot be healed...
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6 May 2014- Peter Eötvös, The Conductor
- Remix Ensemble Casa da Música
- Tuesday | 19:30 | Sala Suggia
Internationally acclaimed as one of the most important musical personalities of the day, Peter Eötvös appears for the first time in the city of Porto in the dual role of composer and conductor.
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9 May 2014- János Balázs
- Palace of Arts-Budapest
- Friday | 21:00 | Sala 2
After winning the First Prize at the International Piano Competition in Pécs, Hungary, at the age of 16, János Balázs lauched an international carreer that has included several tours to Japan and USA, among other countries...
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10 May 2014- Dionysis Grammenos | Karina Sposobina
- Megaron-The Athens Concert Hall
- Saturday | 12:00 | Sala 2
Greek clarinettist Dionysis Grammenos made his international breakthrough in 2008 when he won the Grand Prix d’Eurovision and the title of the “European Young Musician of the Year”. He has received the International Leonardo da Vinci Award...
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10 May 2014- Quarteto Voce
- Cité de La Musique
- Saturday | 16:00 | Sala 2
Within only a few years the Quatuor Voce has received numerous prizes in international competitions, most notably Geneva, Cremona, Vienna, Bordeaux, Graz, London and Reggio Emilia...
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10 May 2014- First Works
- Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música
- Saturday | 18:00 | Sala Suggia
Written when the composer was 26, Samuel Barber’s Symphony no.1 demonstrates, from the very first notes, the North American composer’s enthusiasm of youth and his exuberant desire to make a statement.
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10 May 2014- Pablo Held Jazz Trio
- Festspielhaus, Konzerthaus, Elbphilharmonie & Laeiszhalle e Kölner Philharmonie
- Saturday | 22:00 | Sala 2
German pianist Pablo Held won the Westfalen Jazz Prize (2009), the Jazz Prize of the Westdeutsche Rundfunk (2011) and the Horst & Gretl Will Jazz Scholarship of the City of Cologne (2012)...
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11 May 2014- Banda Sinfónica Portuguesa
- Sunday | 12:00 | Sala Suggia
Swiss composer Paul Huber’s style is post-Romantic, with elements of the traditional music of his country, often incorporating a devotional quality.
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11 May 2014- Leticia Moreno | Ana-Maria Vera
- Palau de La Musica Catalana e L'Auditori Barcelona
- Sunday | 16:00 | Sala 2
Winner of international competitions such as Szeryng, Concertino Praga, Novosibirsk, Sarasate and Kreisler, Leticia Moreno has appeared with renowned conductors...
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11 May 2014- Van Baerle Trio
- Het Concertgebow Amsterdam e Bozar Bruxelles
- Sunday | 18:00 | Sala 2
The Van Baerle Trio is a regular guest on Dutch radio and television, and has participated in international festivals in the Netherlands and abroad, including a recent invitation for a residency in Aldeburgh...
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More Information
At the end of April, Casa da Música is host to the ECHO Artistic Platform, which brings together in Porto the artistic directors and programme planners of the 21 principal concert halls of Europe. This was the stimulus for a set of concerts that will demonstrate to a new public the intense activity of Portuguese musical groups and their outwards focus, with shared concerts and the première of newly commissioned works by George Aperghis and Peter Eötvös. This showcase includes groups with an international slant, such as Quarteto de Cordas de Matosinhos (selected for the ECHO Rising Stars programme 2014-15) and the prize-winning Banda Sinfónica Portuguesa, amongst others.
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Concerts
APR 22 | 19:30
QUARTETO DE CORDAS DE MATOSINHOS
In these “Prussian Quartets”, Mozart paid special attention to the sharper register of the cello, the instrument played by Friedrich Wilhelm II, king of Prussia. A mature and extremely elegant work, the second of these quartets is said to be one of Mozart's most 'conversational' and balanced pieces. Creating a bridge between the heritage of Beethoven and more recent trends in French music, Béla Bartók embraced the influence of Hungarian folk music when writing his first string quartet, a work which was to define him on the international stage. In 2009 Christopher Bochmann composed Canticum, a contemporary and original treatment of a traditional Portuguese folk melody recorded by ethnomusicologist Michel Giacometti in Peroguarda, Alentejo.
APR 25 | 21:00
ORQUESTRA SINFÓNICA DO PORTO, ORQUESTRA BARROCA AND CORO CASA DA MÚSICA
The human voice, in a call for peace for mankind, heralds the start of a concert which features one of Schoenberg's most beautiful scores for an a cappella choir. Orquestra Barroca then performs masterpieces by Rameau and Handel created for the celebration of the Aix-en-Chapelle peace treaty, which brought an end to the War of the Austrian Succession in 1748.
The second part of the programme features two great symphonic choral works. A Survivor from Warsaw tells the story of an episode that occurred in the Warsaw Ghetto and portrays the extreme violence inflicted by the Nazis on the Jewish population. The Eternal Gospel, written on the eve of World War I, takes its inspiration from the Book of Revelation, reproducing in the violin solo and the voice of the soprano the hymn of love and peace that was announced by an angel.
APR 26 | 18:00
ORQUESTRA BARROCA E ORQUESTRA SINFÓNICA DO PORTO CASA DA MÚSICA
Wozzeck, a tale of love in the time of war, recounts the shocking story of a crime of passion committed by a soldier whose life is then plagued by hallucinations.
Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda tells the story of two lovers, the Christian Tancredo and the Moor Clorinda, who, meeting in combat, do not recognize each other as they are wearing armour, and so engage in a fight to the death.
In a timeless programme that reaches over more than three centuries we have a score by Biber that is full of humour, written in the late aftermath of the war between Catholics and Protestants in the 17th century, and a heartfelt hymn, Em Louvor da Paz, the last orchestral score by Lopes-Graça, written for the Congress of Intellectuals for Future World Peace, held in Krakow in 1986.
APR 27 | 18:00
CURADO
The First World War, which began 100 years ago, is here evoked to express life’s desire to live. Featuring poetry and drama, this musical theatre pays tribute to the conflict’s victims (António Gonçalves Curado was the first Portuguese soldier killed in combat) proposing a reflection on humanity.
MAY 01 | 21:00
GORAN BREGOVIC
Born in Sarajevo to a Serbian mother and Croatian father, Goran Bregovic writes festive music that evokes Jewish and gypsy weddings, as well as finding inspiration in Christian hymns and the innovations of the Muslim world. The music played by his orchestra mixes gypsy brass bands, traditional Bulgarian polyphony, electric guitar, traditional percussion, Orthodox singers and strings. Music whose origins lie on an unfortunate borderline, that has seen as many years of conflict as it has of harmony between Catholic, Orthodox and Muslim, which is perhaps the very reason why it immediately grips the soul and gives an irresistible compulsion to dance.
MAY 3 | 18:00
ORQUESTA SINFÓNICA DE CASTILLA Y LÉON
In a concert directed by acclaimed conductor Vasily Petrenko, the Castile and León Symphony Orchestra introduces for the first time in Porto the multi-award-winning violinist Ray Chen, winner of the international competitions Yehudi Menuhin (2008) and Queen Elizabeth (2009). At just 24 years of age, Chen, who is signed exclusively to the Sony label and plays a Lord Newlands Stradivarius violin dating from 1702, is one of the most prominent performers of the day. The programme is marked by emblematic works from Russian masters, a repertoire for which Vasily Petrenko receives international recognition.
MAY 4 | 12:00
ORQUESTA SINFÓNICA DE CASTILLA Y LEÓN
Written during the winter of 1946-47, Prokofiev’s Symphony no.6 is considered an elegy of the tragic events of the Second World War. “Now we are rejoicing in our great victory, but we all have wounds that cannot be healed. One has lost those dear to him, another has lost his health. These must not be forgotten”, Prokofiev said of this symphony, which he dedicated to Beethoven because of the curious coincidence of his sharing an opus number, 111, with the German composer’s last Sonata for piano. Conducted by a great expert in Russian music, Vasily Petrenko, the symphony will be preceded by a brief commentary on its most striking moments.
MAY 6 | 19:30
REMIX ENSEMBLE CASA DA MÚSICA
Internationally acclaimed as one of the most important musical personalities of the day, Peter Eötvös appears for the first time in the city of Porto in the dual role of composer and conductor. In a programme devoted entirely to Eötvös’s work, which includes the world premiere of a new piece commissioned by Casa da Música for cimbalom and ensemble, we see soloist Miklós Lukács, a virtuoso and ambassador of this instrument in areas as diverse as jazz, traditional and contemporary music.
With striking sounds and a pronounced element of ritual and theatre, Chinese Opera is one of the pieces of music that established Peter Eötvös as an artist. Written for Ensemble intercontemporain in 1986, it features in the discography of several international groups and is performed as a national premiere by Remix Ensemble.
MAY 09 | 21:00
JÁNOS BALÁZS piano
Echo Rising Stars | Palace of Arts-Budapest
MAY 10 | 12:00
DIONYSIS GRAMMENOS clarinet | KARINA SPOSOBINA piano
Echo Rising Stars | Megaron-The Athens Concert Hall
MAY 10 | 16:00
QUARTETO VOCE
Echo Rising Stars | Cité de la Musique
MAY 10 | 18:00
ORQUESTRA SINFÓNICA DO PORTO CASA DA MÚSICA
Written when the composer was 26, Samuel Barber’s Symphony no.1 demonstrates, from the very first notes, the North American composer’s enthusiasm of youth and his exuberant desire to make a statement. Anton Bruckner, in turn, was 43 when he presented his first Symphony to the public, a sign of the influence of the Beethovian tradition adhered to by the great Romantic composers.
Passacaglia opus 1 remains in the programme as one of the most impressive and perfect first works by any composer. But Webern had already written various pieces prior to this. He just did not consider them part of his catalogue, and, as such, he was able to make his debut with a work of excellence.
MAY 10 | 22:00
PABLO HELD JAZZ TRIO
Echo Rising Stars | Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Konzerthaus Dortmund, Elbphilharmonie & Laeiszhalle Hamburg and Kölner Philharmonie
MAY 11 | 12:00
BANDA SINFÓNICA PORTUGUESA
Swiss composer Paul Huber’s style is post-Romantic, with elements of the traditional music of his country, often incorporating a devotional quality. This all contributes to its great appeal, which can be heard in Evocazioni, the work that opens this concert. Another highlight is the Double Concerto by Paulo Jorge Ferreira, premiered in 2011 by the very same soloists performing it here. The concert closes with a work by French composer Ida Gotkovsky, professor at the Conservatoire in Paris, who has a vast catalogue of work both for bands and symphony orchestra.
MAY 11 | 16:00
LETICIA MORENO violin | ANA-MARIA VERA piano
Echo Rising Stars | Palau de la Musica Catalana e L’Auditori Barcelona
MAY 11 | 18:00
VAN BAERLE TRIO
Echo Rising Stars | Het Concertgebow Amsterdam e Bozar Bruxelles
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