CONCERT BY JILL LAWSON AND ENSEMBLE MUSICAMERATA
Internationally renowned pianist, Jill Lawson with Ensemble Musicamerata present a programme in the series "Trio de Damas" in homage to the great Portuguese pianist Helena Sá e Costa. The programme includes works by Gabrieli, Mozart and Bach and highlights the Concertino for piano, strings, brass and percussion by Fernando Lopes-Graça, a rarely heard work in an unusual instrumental formation which was dedicated to Helena Sá e Costa making this an event of great artistic and cultural importance.
Programme ___________________________
Giovanni GABRIELI Sonata Pian’e Forte para oito instrumentos de metal (1597)
[Veneza, c. 1554 / 57 – 1612] (versão de César Viana)
Amadeus MOZART Divertimento nº11, em Ré M, K.251 (1744)
[Salzburgo, 1756 – Viena, 1791] Allegro molto
Menuetto
Andantino
Menuetto / tema com Variazioni
Rondo
Marcia alla francese
Fernando LOPES-GRAÇA Cinco Velhos Romances portugueses para Orquestra de Câmara, LG 62 (1951-56)
[Tomar, 1906 – Parede, 1994]
Romance de Dona Silvana
Romance de Santa Catarina
Romance de Dona Infanta
Romance de Dona Ângela
Romance de Santa Iria
Johannes S. BACH A Arte da Fuga, BWV 1080 (1746)
[Eisenach, 1685 – Leipzig] Versões de 3 compositores portugueses – Eurico Carrapatoso, Carlos Caires e João Madureira
Fernando LOPES-GRAÇA Concertino para piano, cordas, metais e percussão, LG 71 (1954)
[Tomar, 1906 – Parede, 1994] Dedicado a Helena Moreira de Sá e Costa
Allegro non troppo
Lento, quase barcarola
Allegretto – Molto vivo
Credits ___________________________
Piano solo - Jill Lawson
Direction - Brian MacKay
Production - Mariana S. Godinho e Élio Correia
Ensemble Musicamerata:
Violins - Luís Pacheco Cunha, Sílvia Martins, Marta Conceição, Beatriz Morais
Violets - Isabel Pimentel, André Cameron – violetas
Cellos - Catherine Strynckx, Lucélia Cruz
Contrabass - Adriano Aguiar
Flute - Katharine Rawdon
Oboe - Bethany Akers
Clarinet - Paulo Gaspar
Bassoon - Carolino Carreira
Horns - Luís Vieira, Marco Oliveira, João Rodrigues
Trumpets - Stephan Mason, Paulo Carmo, Óscar Carmo
Trombones - Rui Fernandes, Pedro Maia, Gonçalo Galvão
Percussion - Elizabeth Davis, Marco Fernandes, Cristiano Rios, Tomás Rosa, Rodrigo Azevedo
Additional info ___________________________
Price: tba
Duration: 70 minutes
Age rating: >6