(To Álvaro Siza)
On December 14, the Siza Barroco research project concludes with a very symbolic concert celebrating architecture and, in particular, the work of Álvaro Siza.
Magnificat em talha dourada (Magnificat in Gilded Wood) is “a tribute to the Baroque” and, “naturally, the spirit of Bach echoes, hovering over the work”, says Eurico Carrapatoso, the author, who, like Siza, composes by establishing strong links with history, privileging the value of tradition over the whims of originality.
Performed by the Olisipo Vocal Group (the same group that premiered it 25 years ago), the 50th performance of this work, hosted by the Clérigos Church, is dedicated to Siza by the project’s researchers (including the absent ones and all the angels that hover over his drawings).
You can hear the beginning of page 69 of Carrapatoso’s play: Ó meu menino…
“The Clérigos tower erupts against the almost illuminated penumbra of the sky, gold dust.” (Siza)
Nasoni would have been proud of the fruitfulness of his work (Baroque).
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The concert is open to the public upon prior registration and is subject to capacity.
Free registration:
Magnificat em Talha Dourada
Eurico Carrapatoso, 1998 [site]
[URTEX]
50ª Performance
Angélica Neto – Soprano
Armando Possante – Conducting
Olisipo Vocal Group
Elsa Cortez – Soprano
Margarida Simões – Soprano
Maria Luísa Tavares – Mezzo-Soprano
Lucinda Gerhardt – Mezzo-Soprano
Carlos Monteiro – Tenor
João Rodrigues – Tenor
Armando Possante – Baritone
Carlos Pedro Santos – Baritone
Pedro Lopes – Violin
Ana Margarida Sanmarful – Violin
Teresa Fernandes- Viola
Catherine Strynckx- Cello
Abel Carvalho – Double bass
António Carrilho – Recorder
Gonçalo Freire – Recorder
Jenny Silvestre – Harpsichord
The concert was organized as part of the Siza Bar0que research project, developed at CEAU/FAUP, with funding from FCT: SIZA/CPT/0021/2019
IR, José Miguel Rodrigues
Co-IR, Joana Couceiro
Coordination: Joana Couceiro
Production: Constança Pupo Cardoso, Fábio Saraiva, Maria Rodrigues, Raquel Babo
Press Office: Carolina Medeiros
Design: Marta Ramos
Acknowledgements:
Eurico Carrapatoso, Armando Possante, Angélica Neto, Abel Carvalho, Ana Margarida Sanmarful, António Carrilho, António Moreira Jorge, António Tavares, Áurea Guerner, Carlos Monteiro, Carlos Pedro Santos, Catherine Strynckx, Elsa Cortez, Emanuel Henriques, Gonçalo Freire, Jenny Silvestre, João Pedro Xavier, João Rodrigues, José Silva, Lucinda Gerhardt, Pe. Manuel Fernando, Margarida Simões, Maria Luísa Tavares, Pedro Lopes, Teresa Cálix, Teresa Fernandes, Conservatório de Música do Porto e Irmandade dos Clérigos.