Music of Portugal

Date: 06/12/2024 Friday 20:00

Venue: St. Dominic’s Church

Conductor／Tomàs Grau
Cello／Nadège Rochat

Programme：
João Domingos de Bomtempo: Sinfonia no.1, Op.11
Nuno Côrte-Real ： ”Luar Galego”
Joly Braga Santos: Divertimento I “To Virgilio Mortari”

This concert led by conductor Tomàs Grau features the Portuguese classical tradition, including a symphony along with two modern compositions. The first director of the National Conservatory in Lisbon, Bomtempo’s Symphony No. 1 (1809) is a beautiful example of the full-flowering of the symphony at that time. Nuno Côrte-Real’s Luar Galego (“Galician Moonlight”) from 2006 is sensual and luminous, spinning melodic fragments and complex harmonies with charm. Our aural colour palette is extended in Joly Braga Santos’s Divertimento I (1960). Combining a light touch with a firm grasp of structure, Santos’s innate talent in creating mesmerizing lines will resound in the beautiful setting of St. Dominic’s Church.

Approximately 1 hour, no interval

The organizer reserves the right to alter the programme and/ or the cast of performers.