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2024-03-20 08:56:00
13 – 20 Jul, 2024 5TH INTERNATIONAL ORCHESTRA CONDUCTING ACADEMYSCHOENBERG MEETS MAHLERESTORIL ‘24 – PortugalThe Cascais & Oeiras Chamber Orchestra proudly announces the 5th International Academy of Orchestra Conducting, to take place at the Cascais Conservatory of Music in Portugal from July 13-20, 2024. The Academy includes an international competition for young conductors. The International […]
2024-03-04 08:22:00
The Afghan Youth OrchestraOn Thursday 7 March 2024, the Afghan Youth Orchestra makes its debut at the Southbank Centre at the start of its first UK tour, Breaking the Silence. The orchestra was originally formed in 2010, but took its present form in 2022 after the orchestra was forced into exile due to the return of the Taliban to power. Now based in Portugal, the orchestra consists of 47 male and female musicians aged between 14 and 20 and from diverse backgrounds, playing on traditional Afghan and Western classical music, played on both Afghan and Western instruments under the direction of the conductor, Tiago Da Silva.The concert on 7 March is followed by further appearances in Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham. There is also a CrowdFunder to help support the expenses of the tour.The Afghan Youth Orchestra's tour is being presented by SAMA Arts, one of the UK’s oldest arts organisations in the genre […]
2023-12-22 14:11:00
A welcome relief from regular Christmas fare: the Tallis Scholars introduce us to the subtle riches of Jacobus Clemens non Papa
[…] did the momentum slow to something more considered, before picking up again to the end.This was followed by Victoria's motet, Quen vidistis pastores? setting a similar text that used by Clemens non Papa. Here we had slow moving, well-spaced lines; Victoria brought contrast between the sections, but the overall impression was of a simplicity of means used to devastating effect. Pedro de Cristo was a Portuguese contemporary of Victoria; he spent his time as a monk in Portugal and did not publish any of his music. His motet, Quaeramus cum pastoribus was set for four voices, alto, tenor, baritone, bass, the voices in quite a narrow compass, the slow moving lines interweaving in a striking manner. His contemporary, Giovanni Croce (Monteverdi's predecessor at St Mark's) used a longer version of the same text for his double-choir motet. Here we had short phrases tossed about in dialogue between the two choirs, yet with an interesting […]
2023-09-12 04:00:39
The Kizomba Design Museum festival in São Paulo celebrated the dance, music and more created in Portugal’s former colonies