Gargoyles – Four panels for a Temple of Remembrance

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Inspired by the set of gargoyles designed by José Aurélio for the Torre do Tombo, this concert presents four “panels” in which the music acts like the gargoyle itself: it casts aside the superfluous to reveal the form. The Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra accompanies the Alcobaça-born saxophonist Mário Marques — a Portuguese performer with a PhD in Performance and a lecturer at the University of Évora, who regularly performs as a soloist with various national orchestras. This programme explores the silent judgement of Debussy/Ravel (Sarabande); the dual mask of César Rafael (The View from Halfway Down, for saxophone and orchestra); followed by the elegant irony of Erwin Schulhof – Alla Valse viennese (allegro) and Alla Tarantella (prestissimo con fuoco); the transfiguring refinement of Nelson Jesus (Profondo Abissi, for saxophone and orchestra) and the reconciliation between clarity and celebration in Satie/Debussy (Gymnopédie N.º 3); and concludes with António Victorino d’Almeida’s luminous Concertino for Saxophone.

Programme
1. Good and Evil
Claude Debussy (1862–1918)
Pour le Piano, L.95
2. Sarabande (Orq. Maurice Ravel)

2. Tragedy and Comedy
César Rafael (2001–)
The View from Halfway Down, for sxophone and orchestra

Erwin Schulhoff (1894–1942)
5 Pieces for String Quartet, WV 68
1. Alla Valse viennese (allegro)
5. Alla Tarantella (prestissimo con fuoco)

3. The Old, the New and Death
Nelson Jesus (1986–)
Profondo Abissi, Op. 42, for saxophone and orchestra

4. War and Peace
Erik Satie (1866–1925)
3 Gymnopédies
3. Lent et grave (Orq. Claude Debussy)

António Victorino d’Almeida (1940–)
Concertino para Saxofone

Performers
Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra
Pedro Amaral, musical direction
Mário Marques, saxophones

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