Beethoven's Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral"

Maestro Emilio Pomàrico returns to Portugal to perform the Pastoral Symphony, one of the most bucolic works in the symphonic repertoire. It is hard to believe it premiered alongside the Fifth Symphony in December 1808. It evokes rural life through the transfiguration of nature into music, expressing the feelings of people in those landscapes. In five movements, it transcends the limits of classical form to guide us on a contemplative journey, yet punctuated by the vivid pulse of sensations and emotions. At this concert, he joins the poetic timbre, harmonic and melodic language of Ana Seara. Before that, a small symphony – or perhaps a suite; in any case, the sequence of Overture, Scherzo and Finale with which Schumann ventured into the highest flights of orchestral writing.

Pre-concert conversation by Rui Campos Leitão at 16:30.

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