Concert Cycle MUSICAL-MENTE

3rd MUSICAL-MENTE

Concert Cycle with Political Preludes

curatorship Filipe Pinto-Ribeiro

co-organisation DSCH - Schostakovich Ensemble, Teatro Nacional São João

The third edition of MUSICAL-MENTE brings to the São Bento da Vitória Monastery in Porto a monographical triptych which draws its inspiration from the idea(s) of freedom, as the commemorations of the Carnation Revolution’s 50th anniversary draw near. The concerts will be preceded by political preludes, inviting us to meditate on the connections between art and politics. Rui Moreira, the Mayor of Porto, will present the first prelude, in his quality as a man of culture. From November 2023 to March 2024, we will look at the creative genius of three composers within the context of the political regimes of their time: Ludwig van Beethoven’s absolute, Illuminism-inspired freedom, Dmitri Shostakovich’s repressed, Soviet-subjugated freedom, and Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s exiled freedom, gained by escaping Nazism. In this first concert, pianist and cycle curator Filipe Pinto-Ribeiro will join German violinist Stephan Picard and Dutch cellist Quirine Viersen to perform two of Beethoven’s Piano Trios, crucial pieces in the composer’s chamber legacy. With the principle of freedom at its core, Beethoven’s music remains connected to a high humanism. Such is the enlightened beginning of MUSICAL-MENTE’s third cycle.

Concertos:

16th November 2023

Thu 19:00

BEETHOVEN - ABSOLUTE FREEDOM

Filipe Pinto-Ribeiro (piano), Stephan Picard (violin), Quitine Viersen (cello)

works by Ludwig van Beethoven: 

• Trio Opus 38, “Grand Trio”
• Trio Opus 70 N.2, “Ghost”

Political Prelude: Rui Moreira

15th February 2024

Thu 19:00

SCHOSTAKOVICH - REPRESSED FREEDOM

Filipe Pinto-Ribeiro (piano), Boris Brovtsyn (violin), Alexandra Raikhlina (violin), Jennifer Stumm (viola), Adrian Brendel (cello)

works by Dmitri Schostakovich: 

• Trio Opus 8 N.1
• Sonata for Cello e Piano Opus 40
• 5 Pieces for Violino, Viola and Piano
• Piano Quintet Opus 57

27th March 2024

Wed 19:00

KORNGOLD - EXILED FREEDOM

Filipe Pinto-Ribeiro (piano), Rosa Maria Barrantes (piano), Mario Hossen (violin), Valerie Leopold (violin), Marta Potulska (viola), Liliana Kehayova (cello), Leonor Amaral (soprano)

works by Enrich Wolfgang Korngold:

• 4 "Shakespeare Songs" Opus 31
• 4 Pieces for Violino and Piano, from Much Ado About Nothing by Shakespeare Opus 11
• "Songs of the Clown" Opus 29 (with texts by Shakespeare)
• Quintet for Piano, 2 violins, viola and cello Opus 15
• Mariettas Lied, from the ópera Die tote Stadt Opus 12, for Soprano, Piano and String Quartet

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More information: https://www.tnsj.pt/pt/espetaculos/6739/musical-mente