Christmas Connection

Arcangelo Corelli’s Fatto per la Notte di Natale, better known as “The Christmas Concert”, brings us the pleasing sounds of the Baroque’s musical and harmonious dynamics. Romanticism will also feature, with Ave Maria from Giuseppe Verdi’s opera Otello. In a world premiere, the Concerto for Cello and Orchestra by Pedro Teixeira da Silva, is a work of extreme beauty where the cello dialogues with the orchestra. The concert ends with Schubert’s Ave Maria (voice and string orchestra version).

Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713) Concerto for Two Violins Nº8 Op. 6, Fatto per la notte di Natale
I. Vivace - Grave
II. Allegro
III. Adagio - Allegro - Adagio
IV. Vivace
V. Allegro
VI. Pastorale ad libitum: Largo

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) Ave Maria (Otello Opera)

Pedro Teixeira da Silva (b. 1971) Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
I. Andante
II. Allegro com brio
III. Larghetto
IV. Allegro vivace

Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Ave Maria (Pedro Pires arrangement)

Pedro Teixeira da Silva artistic direction
Délio Gonçalves conductor

Soloists
Pedro Meireles, Vitor Vieira violins
Rafaela Albuquerque soprano
Hugo Paiva cello

ORQUESTRA ORBIS
Pedro Meireles, Luís Santos, Carla Santos 1st violins
Vítor Vieira, Sónia Carvalho 2nd violins
Leonor Fleming, Teresa Beatriz Abreu violas
João Valpaços, Sofia Gomes cellos
Margarida Afonso double bass
Francisco Rodrigues production (orchestra)

Free admission, subject to capacity
Age rating: +6