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2020/21 Music Season

		July 2, 9:00 PM Lisboa, Academia das Ciências Symphony No. 95 (J. Haydn) Cello Concerto, Op. 129 (R. Schumann) Symphony No. 104, London (J. Haydn) Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra Irene Lima (cello) Pedro Amaral (conductor)

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Gala Europa May 15, 7:00 PM Kiev, National Opera of Ukraine Symphony No. 9, IV, Ode to Joy (L. van Beethoven) L'Italiana in Algeri, overture and Finale of the act I (G. Rossini) L'Africaine, aria Pays merveilleux!... Ô paradis (G. Meyerbeer) Norma, cavatina Casta diva (V. Bellini) L'Elisir d'Amore, aria Una furtiva lagrima (G. Donizetti) Manon Lescaut, Intermezzo (G. Puccini) Tosca, aria Vissi d'arte (G. Puccini) Madama Butterfly, Coro a bocca chiusa (G. Puccini) Cello Concerto, Op. 129 (R. Schumann) Kol Nidrei, Op. 47 (Max Bruch) Prayer for Ukraine (Mykola Lysenko) Orchestra and Choir of the National Opera of Ukraine Liudmyla Monastyrska (soprano), Valentyn Dytiuk (tenor), Daniel Palmizio (viola) Pedro Amaral (conductor)

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		Música e Ciência 2021 April 27, 3:00 PM Beja, Polytechnic Institute April 28, 5:00 PM Évora, University Symphony No. 40, K. 550 (W. A. Mozart) Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra Pedro Amaral (conductor)

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	April 24, 7:00 PM Lisbon, Thalia Theatre April 25, 7:00 PM Caldas da Rainha, CCCC Symphony No. 31, Paris (W. A. Mozart) Pour l'image (Philippe Hurel) Symphony No. 102 (J. Haydn) Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra Pedro Amaral (conductor)

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		January 24, 8:30 PM Milano, Sala Verdi Solos (Andrea Benedetto) Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 (R. Schumann) Symphony No. 3 in D major, D 200 (F. Schubert) Orchestra Sinfonica del Conservatorio di Milano Diego Petrella (piano) Pedro Amaral (conductor)

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November 13, 9:00 PM Lisbon, Thalia Theatre November 14, 9:30 PM Leiria, José Lúcio da Silva Theatre November 15, 4:00 PM Almada, Academia Almadense Piano Concerto No. 5, Op. 73, Emperor (L. van Beethoven) Symphony No. 2, Op. 36 (L. van Beethoven) Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra Jill Lawson (piano) Pedro Amaral (conductor)

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		November 8, 8:30 PM Vigo, VIII Festival Vertixe Sonora 2020 Así Pasen 25 Anos: Enrique X. Macías Adhuc (Enrique X. Macías) Cadencias e Interludios / Percurso I (Enrique X. Macías) Itinerario de Luz (Enrique X. Macías) Ensemble Vertixe Sonora Pedro Amaral (conductor)

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Música e Ciência 2020 October 15, 3:00 PM Vila Real, Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro University November 10, 3:00 PM Caldas da Rainha, CCCC Symphony No. 40, K. 550 (W. A. Mozart) Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra Pedro Amaral (conductor)

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Beethoven: Piano Concertos September 30, October 1, 4
Setúbal, Fórum Luísa Todi

October 7, 9, 11
Lisboa, São Luiz City Theatre

Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 15
Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 58

Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 37
Symphony No. 8, Op. 93

Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 19
Piano Concerto No. 5, Op. 73

Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra
António Rosado (piano)
Pedro Amaral (conductor)

September 20 5:00 PM Lisbon CCB - Centro Cultural de Belém Dialoge mit Mozart (P. Eötvös) Symphony No. 4 (G. Mahler) Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra Anne Schwanewilms (soprano) Pedro Amaral (conductor)

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	September 11, 9:30 PM Montemor-O-Novo Cine-Teatro Curvo Semedo September 12, 9:30 PM Setúbal, Fórum Luísa Todi September 19, 9:00 PM Academia Almadense Coriolanus Overture, Op. 62 (L. van Beethoven) Giochi di Uccelli (S. Azevedo) Symphony No. 3, Op. 56, Scottish (F. Mendelssohn) Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra Nuno Inácio (flauta) Pedro Amaral (conductor)

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September 5, 9:00 PM September 6, 7:00 PM Lisbon CCB - Centro Cultural de Belém Così fan tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti, K. 588 (W. A. Mozart) Rita Marques (Fiordiligi), Cátia Moreso (Dorabella) Marco Alves dos Santos (Ferrando), André Henriques (Guglielmo) Sandra Medeiros (Despina), Luís Rodrigues (Don Alfonso) Harpsichord: Nuno Lopes Vocal and dramatic preparation: João Paulo Santos Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra Pedro Amaral (conductor)

2019/20 Music Season

July 3
9:30 PM
Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal

Música
na Biblioteca

Giochi di Uccelli (S. Azevedo)
Symphony No. 36, Linz (W. A. Mozart)

Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra
Nuno Inácio (flauta)
Pedro Amaral (conductor)

June 21, 5:00 PM Lisboa, Centro Cultural de Belém Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 58 (L. van Beethoven) Symphony No. 4, Op. 90, Italian (F. Mendelssohn) Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra António Rosado (piano) Pedro Amaral (conductor)

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March 2, 8:00 PM
Austria, Vienna - RadioKulturhaus - Großer Sendesaal

Concerto funebre (Karl Amadeus Hartmann)
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta (B. Bártok)

Savaria Symphony Orchestra
Kristina Sukhova (violin)
Pedro Amaral (conductor)

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February 8, 9:30 PM
Teatro Virgíinia, Torres Novas

February 9, 4:00 PM
Lisbon, Thalia Theatre

Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 15 (L. van Beethoven)
Symphony No. 7, Op. 92 (L. van Beethoven)

Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra
Marta Menezes (piano)
Pedro Amaral (conductor)

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January 31, February 2
Lisboa, Centro Cultural de Belém

February 7
Setúbal, Fórum Luísa Todi

Maria Mendes, Ana Filipa Leitão, Marília Zagrandi (Adina)
Marcos Alves dos Santos, Frederico Projecto (Nemorino)
José Corvelo (Dulcamara)
Peulo Cerqueira (Belcore)
Carla Frias, Helena Carvalho Pereira (Gianetta)

Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra
Lisboa Cantat Symphonic Choir
Jorge C. Alves (choirmaster)

Jorge Vaz de Carvalho (director)
J. A. Tenente (Costume designer)
Pedro Amaral (conductor)

L'elisir d'amore (G. Donizetti)

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January 18, 9:30 PM
Portimão, TEMPO - Portimão City Theatre

Abertura Trágica, Op. 81 (J. Brahms)
Piano Concerto (Joly Braga Santos)
Symphony No.4, Op. 98 (J. Brahms)

January 17, 7:00 PM
Lisbon, INCM - Imprensa Nacional Casa da Moeda

Symphony No.4, Op. 98 (J. Brahms)

Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra
Goran Filipec (piano)
Pedro Amaral (conductor)

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November 2 5:00 PM Brazil Porto Alegre Casa da Música Abertura Trágica, Op. 81 (J. Brahms) Circumnavigare (A. Chagas Rosa) Symphony No.4, Op. 98 (J. Brahms) Porto Alegre Symphony Orchestra Filipe Quaresma (violoncelo) Pedro Amaral (conductor)

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October 20
8:30 PM

Milano Musica Festival
Sala verdi

Hymnen mit Orchester (K. Stockhausen)

Orchestra del Conservatorio G. Verdi di Milano
Giovanni Cospito, Massimo Marchi (sound projection)
Pedro Amaral (conductor)

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October 5, 9:00 PM Lisbon Teatro Thalia Abertura Trágica, Op. 81 (J. Brahms) Circumnavigare (A. Chagas Rosa) Symphony No.4, Op. 98 (J. Brahms) Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra Filipe Quaresma (violoncelo) Pedro Amaral (conductor)

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		October 1, 9:00 PM Fórum Luísa Todi, Setúbal October 4, 9:00 PM Prémio Jovens Músicos Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon Abertura Trágica, Op. 81 (J. Brahms) () Violin Concerto (I. Stravinsky) Symphony No.4, Op. 98 (J. Brahms) () Setúbal only Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra Ana Pereira (violin) Pedro Amaral (conductor)

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September 29, 5:00 PM Lisbon Centro Cultural de Belém Abertura Trágica, Op. 81 (J. Brahms) Zero Formula (Luca Francesconi) Symphony No.4, Op. 98 (J. Brahms) Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra Ruben Mattia Santorsa (electric guitar) Pedro Amaral (conductor)

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	September 28, 9:30 PM Coliseu Porto Ageas Palillos y panderetas (Joaquín Rodrigo) Concerto de Aranjuez (Joaquín Rodrigo) Symphony No. 9 (Antonín Dvorák) Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra João Diogo Leitão (guitar) Pedro Amaral (conductor)

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September 21, 8:30 PM Palacio Real de Aranjuez Patio de Armas Palillos y panderetas (Joaquín Rodrigo) Fantasía para un gentilhombre (Joaquín Rodrigo) Concerto de Aranjuez (Joaquín Rodrigo) RTVE Symphony Orchestra Xianji Liu (guitar) Pedro Amaral (conductor)

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2018/19 Music Season

	July 11 9:30 PM Festival ao Largo Cello Concerto No. 1, Hob.VIIb:1 (J. Haydn) Symphony No. 2, Op. 73 (J. Brahms) Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra Nuno Abreu (cello) Pedro Amaral (conductor)

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July 5, 12
9:00 PM
Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal

Música na Biblioteca I
Rebel (Chaos) (Bruno Gabirro)
Cello Concerto No. 1, Hob.VIIb:1 (J. Haydn)
Symphony No. 2, Op. 73 (J. Brahms)

Música na Biblioteca II
Hommage à Messiaen (Vasco P. de Azevedo)
Modos de Expressão Ilimitada (E. Carrapatoso)
Symphony No. 9 (A. Dvorák)

Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra
Nuno Abreu (cello)
Pedro Amaral (conductor)

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	July 3, 9:30 PM Lisbon, Quinta Alegre Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa Symphony No. 9, Op. 95 (A. Dvorák) Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra Pedro Amaral (conductor)

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June	June 28 9:00 PM Lisbon, Thalia Theatre
Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 15 (J. Brahms) Double Concerto, Op. 102 (J. Brahms) Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra Filipe Pinto-Ribeiro (piano) Corey Cerovsek (violin) Adrian Brendel (cello) Pedro Amaral (conductor)

June

June 28
9:00 PM

Lisbon, Thalia Theatre

Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 15 (J. Brahms)
Double Concerto, Op. 102 (J. Brahms)

Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra
Filipe Pinto-Ribeiro (piano)
Corey Cerovsek (violin)
Adrian Brendel (cello)

Pedro Amaral (conductor)

Late Night Concert
June 21, 11:30 PM

Lisbon
LxFactory

Rhapsody in Blue (G. Gershwin)

Symphony No. 9, Op. 95,
From the New World
(A. Dvorák)

Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra
Mario Laginha (piano)
Pedro Amaral (conductor)

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June 9
5:00 PM

Lisbon, CCB

Violin Concerto No.2,
Metamorphosen
(K. Penderecki)

Symphony No. 9, Op. 95,
From the New World
(A. Dvorák)

Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra
Sayaka Shoji (violin)
Pedro Amaral (conductor)

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June 8, 6:00 PM

Porto
Casa da Música

Scherzi (P. Amaral)
Violin Concerto (A. P. Vargas)
Piano Concerto (Clotilde Rosa)

Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música
Tamila Kharambura (violino)
Jonathan Ayerst (piano)
Pedro Neves (conductor)

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Ensemble Vertixe Sonora

Ensems Festival
Valencia, Palau de la musica, May 11th

Resis Festival
A Coruna, Paraninfo, May 25th

Music by:
Angela Gomez (Spain), Victor Ibarra (Mexico)
Jacobo Gaspar (Spain), Arturo Corrales (El Salvador)

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April		April 26, 9:00 PM Dias da Musica em Belém Tristia (H. Berlioz) Lélio (H. Berlioz) Luís Gomes (tenor) Luís Rodrigues (barítono) Marta Mata (piano) André Gago (narrador) Coro DeCA Coro Ricercare Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra Pedro Teixeira (chorus master) Pedro Amaral (conductor)

Lisbon, April 14
Cuenca, April 17

Missa Solemis (L. van Beethoven)

Miren Urbieta-Vega (soprano)
Lorena Valero (mezzo-soprano)
Mati Turi (tenor *in Cuenca)
Fabián Lara (tenor *in Lisbon)
André Henriques (baritone)

Coro de RTVE
(Spanish Radio and Television Chorus)

Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra
Ana Pereira (concertmaster, solo violin)

Juan Pablo de Juan (chorus master)
Pedro Amaral (conductor)

March

March 24
5:00 PM

Teresa Villaverde / A. Pinho Vargas
Lisbon, Centro Cultural de Belem

Sinfonia (subjetiva) (A. Pinho Vargas)
Six Portraits of Pain (A. Pinho Vargas)

Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra
Pavel Gomziakov (cello)
Pedro Amaral (conductor)

March 15, 16

Aveiro, Teatro Aveirense [March 15]
Lisboa, Teatro Thalia [March 16]

Nero su nero (Beat Furrer)
Deux portraits imaginaires (Pedro Amaral)
Symphony No. 4 (G. Mahler)

Classical Metropolitan Orchestra
Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra

Alexandra Bernardo (soprano)
Reinaldo Guerreiro (conductor)

January-
February

February 23
6:00 PM

Madeira Classical Orchestra Music Season
Funchal, Teatro Municipal Baltazar Dias

Piano Concerto N.1, Op. 15
(J. Brahms)

Symphony N. 9, Op. 95, From the New World
(A. Dvorák)

Madeira Classical Orchestra
Naum Grubert (Piano)
Pedro Amaral (conductor)

January 31
7:00 PM

Lisbon, INCM - Imprensa Nacional Casa da Moeda

Symphony N. 2, Op. 73 (J. Brahms)

Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra
Pedro Amaral (conductor)

February 7
9:00 PM

Lisbon, Teatro Nacional D. Maria II, Sala Garrett

Symphony N. 2, Op. 73 (J. Brahms)
Oboe Concerto, K. 314 (285d) (W. A. Mozart)

Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra
Sally Dean (oboe)
Pedro Amaral (conductor)

Lisboa, Centro Cultural de Belém [January 25, 27]
Lisboa, Teatro Nacional de Sao Carlos [February 3]
Lisbon, Thalia Theatre [February 8, 10]

André Henriques (Don Giovanni)
José Corvelo (Leporello)
Tiago Gomes (Masetto)
Tiago Navarro Marques (Il Comendatore)
Marco Alves dos Santos (Don Ottavio)
Filipa Baptista Branco, Sara Carneiro (Donna Elvira)
Alexandra Bernardo (Donna Anna)
Ana Sofia Ventura, Patricia Modesto (Zerlina)

Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra
Voces Caelestes Choir
Sergio Fontao (choirmaster)

Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra
Jorge Vaz de Carvalho (director)
J. A. Tenente (Costume designer)
Pedro Amaral (conductor)

Don Giovanni (W. A. Mozart)

December

December 14
7:00 PM

National Theatre of Opera and Ballet of Albania
Tirana, ArTurbina

Ballet on Skanderbeg (J. Zaganjori)
Skanderbeg's Echo (F. Qerimaj)
Skanderbeg Lord of Arber (V. Tole)

National Choir and Orchestra of Albania
Pedro Amaral (conductor)

December 7, 9

Metropolitana Symphony Season
Madrid, Auditorio Nacional
Lisboa, Centro Cultural de Belém

Petrushka (I. Stravinsky)
Noches en los jardines de Espana (M. De Falla)
Capriccio espagnol (N. Rimsky-Korsakov)

Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
Antonio Rosado (Piano)
Pedro Amaral (conductor)

October

October 13
9:00 PM

Metropolitana Classical Season
Lisbon, Thalia Theatre

In Nature's Realm (A. Dvorák)
Oboe Concerto, K. 314 (285d) (W. A. Mozart)
Symphony No. 9, Op. 95 (A. Dvorák)

Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra
Sally Dean (oboe)
Pedro Amaral (conductor)

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"O Dia Seguinte - Venha ouvir uma orquestra por dentro!"
Lisbon, Thalia Theatre [October 14, 11h]

Oboe Concerto, K. 314 (285d) (W. A. Mozart)

Dvorák

Música e Ciência 2018

[October 11, 6 PM]
Centro de Artes Espectáculo de Portalegre
(Instituto Politécnico de Portalegre)

[October 12, 2 PM]
Instituto Politécnico de Beja

Symphony No. 9, Op. 95 (A. Dvorák)

Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra
Pedro Amaral (conductor)

October 1, 7

[October 1, 9 PM]
Dia Mundial da Música
Setúbal, Fórum Municipal Luísa Todi

[October 7, 4 PM]
Sintra, Quinta da Ribafria

In Nature's Realm (A. Dvorák)
Oboe Concerto, K. 314 (285d) (W. A. Mozart)
L'Oiseau de feu, 1945 Suite (I. Stravinsky)

Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra
Sally Dean (oboe)
Pedro Amaral (conductor)

Oiseau de feu

September

September 30
7:00 PM

20 Anos da Expo’98
Lisboa, Altice Arena

Rhapsody in Blue (G. Gershwin)
Symphony No. 9, Op. 95 (A. Dvorák)

Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra
Mário Laginha (piano)
Pedro Amaral (conductor)

September 28
9:00 PM

Festival Jovens Músicos
Lisboa, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian

Violin Concerto (A. Pinho Vargas)
Concerto for Orchestra (B. Bartók)

Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra
André Gaio Pereira (violin)
Pedro Amaral (conductor)

Bartók

September 23
5:00 PM

Lisboa
Centro Cultural de Belém

Largo, for Cello and Orchestra (K. Penderecki)
Concerto for Orchestra (B. Bartók)

Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra,
Adrian Brendel (cello)
Pedro Amaral (conductor)

September 22
9:30 PM

Porto, Coliseu

In Nature's Realm (A. Dvorák)
Rhapsody in Blue (G. Gershwin)
L'Oiseau de feu, 1945 Suite (I. Stravinsky)

Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra
Mário Laginha (piano)
Pedro Amaral (conductor)

Mário Laginha

September 21 9:30 PM

Montemor-O-Novo
Cine-Teatro Curvo Semedo

In Nature's Realm (A. Dvorák)
Violin Concerto (A. Pinho Vargas)
Concerto for Orchestra (B. Bartók)

Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra
André Gaio Pereira (violin)
Pedro Amaral (conductor)

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2017/18 Music Season

July

A. Dvorák
Symphony No. 9
From the New World

[July 12]
Festival ao Largo
Lisbon, Largo de São Carlos

Oboe Concerto, K. 314 (285d) (W. A. Mozart) (*)
Symphony No. 9, Op. 95 (A. Dvorák)

Festival das Artes [July 22]
Coimbra, Quinta das Lágrimas

Piano Concerto No. 21, K. 467 (W. A. Mozart) (**)
Symphony No. 9, Op. 95 (A. Dvorák)

(*) Sally Dean (oboe)
(**) Inês Costa (piano)
Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra
Pedro Amaral (conductor)

From the New World

Enrique X. Macías

Tribute to
Enrique X. Macías
(1958-1995)

[Xornadas de Música Contemporánea, June 25]
Auditorio do Museo de Arte Contemporánea (CGAC),
Santiago de Compostela

Adhuc (Enrique X. Macías)
Cadencias e Interludios / Percurso I (Enrique X. Macías)
Itinerario de Luz (Enrique X. Macías)

Ensemble Vertixe Sonora
Pedro Amaral (conductor)

June

Madeira Classical Orchestra

[June 16, 6PM]
Madeira, Salão Nobre da Assembleia Legislativa

Deux portraits imaginaires (Pedro Amaral)
Double Concerto for Marimba, Vibraphone and Orchestra (Emmanuel Séjourné)
Symphony No. 7, Op. 92 (L. van Beethoven)

Soloists: Duarte Santos, Daniel Bolba

Madeira Classical Orchestra
Pedro Amaral (conductor)

Madeira

Firebird

Stravinsky
L'Oiseau de feu

[June 9]
Lisbon CCB - Centro Cultural de Belém

L'Oiseau de feu
Original 1910 Version (I. Stravinsky)

Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
Pedro Amaral (conductor)

Principal Conductor

April

(*) Porto, Coliseu [April 21]
Loures, Pavilhão Paz e Amizade [April 22]
Caldas da Rainha, CCCC [April 24]
Lisbon CCB - Centro Cultural de Belém [April 29] (Lizt only)

Lisboa Cantat Symphony Choir
Jorge C. Alves (choirmaster)

(*) Coral de Letras da Universidade do Porto
(*) José Luís Borges Coelho (choirmaster)

Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
Inês Costa (piano)
Pedro Amaral (conductor)

Piano Concerto No. 21, K. 467 (W. A. Mozart)
A Symphony to Dante's Divine Comedy, S.109 (Franz Liszt)

Dante Symphony

Dante Alighieri

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String Quartet N.º 1

Metropolitana Soloists
Ana Pereira, José Teixeira, Joana Cipriano, Marco Pereira

Angra do Heroísmo, Campo Universitário | March 12, 4:30PM

Ponta Delgada, Campo Universitário | March 13, 4:30PM

Madrid, Casa de América | March 17, 12PM

Lisbon, Imprensa Nacional Casa da Moeda | March 15, 6:30PM

Lisbon, Paços do Concelho | March 16, 1PM

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January - February

Jupiter

Mozart
Jupiter Symphony

[January 31, 7PM]
Lisbon, INCM - Imprensa Nacional Casa da Moeda

Symphony No. 41, K. 551 (W. A. Mozart)

Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra
Pedro Amaral (conductor)

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Deux portraits imaginaires

Porto Symphony Orchestra Casa da Música
Pablo Rus Broseta (conductor)

Porto, Casa da Música, January 27, 6PM

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Die Zauberflöte

Die Zauberflaöte, K. 620 (W. A. Mozart)

Lisbon, CCB - Centro Cultural de Belém [January 19, 21]
Lisbon, Thalia Theatre [February 2, 4]
Setúbal, Fórum Luísa Todi [January 26]
Almada, Teatro Municipal Joaquim Benite [February 7]
Oeiras [July 21]

Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra
Lisboa Cantat Chamber Choir
Jorge C. Alves (choirmaster)

Jorge Vaz de Carvalho (director)
J. A. Tenente (costume designer)
Pedro Amaral (conductor)

TAMINO
Pedro Rodrigues
PAPAGENO
José Corvelo
SARASTRO
Tiago Navarro Marques
SPRECHER
Christian Luchan, Joao Vieira Jorge
ERSTE DAME
Paulina Sá Machado, Cátia Filipa de Sousa, Ana Sofia Ventura
DRITTE DAME
Inês Sobreda, Maria Gil Proença, Mariana Pereira de Sousa

PAMINA
Maria Fontes, Sara Afonso, Alexandra Bernardo
PAPAGENA
Carolina Moroco de Sá, Inês Pinto, Ana Sofia David
KÖNIGIN DER NACHT
Raquel Pedra, Patrícia Modesto, Mariana Castelo Branco
MONOSTATOS
Henrique Laurentino
ZWEITER DAME
Margarida Mendes, Catarina Archer

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Main concerts 2017

December

Pain

Portraits of Pain

[December 1, 2, 9PM]
Lisbon, Thalia Theatre

Six Portraits of Pain (A. Pinho Vargas)
Symphony No. 1, WAB 101 (A. Bruckner)

Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra,
Metropolitan Classical Orchestra

Pavel Gomziakov (guest soloist)
Pedro Amaral (conductor)

November

Polish National Independence Day

[November 11, 9PM]
Polish Independence Day concert
Warsaw, Temple of Divine Providence

Symphony N. 1, Baptismal (III) (Pawel Sydor)
Mass in F (Józef Poniatowski)

Iwona Socha (soprano)
Malgorzata Walewska (mezzo-soprano)
Andrzej Lampert (tenor)
Przemyslaw Firek (bass-baritone)

Polish Radio Choir
Wladyslaw Skoraczewski Artos Choir
Górecki Chamber Choir

Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra

Pedro Amaral (conductor)

October

Voix Etouffées

Entartate Musik

[October 14, 8:00PM]
Strasbourg, St. Thomas Church
Voix Etouffées Music Festival

Psalm 23, Op. 14 (A. von Zemlinsky)
Sinfonietta No. 2 (Alexandre Tansman)
Requiem Ebraico (Erich Zeisl)

Vilnius Municipal Choir Jauna Muzika
Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra
Anne Derouard (soprano)
Magali Paliès (mezzo-soprano)

Pedro Amaral (conductor)

Stimmung

[October 12, 9PM (1) - December 9, 9:30 PM (2)]
Gulbenkian Music Season
Lisbon, Panteão Nacional (1)
Coimbra, Igreja do Convento de São Francisco (2)

Stimmung (K. Stockhausen)

Members of Gulbenkian Choir:

Verónica Silva (soprano)
Rosa Caldeira (soprano)
Joana Esteves (contralto)
João Afonso (tenor)
(1) Frederico Projeto (tenor)
(2) Sérgio Fontão (tenor)
Pedro Casanova (bass)

Pedro Amaral (Artistic Direction)

Stockhausen Stimmung

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September

Chopin

Porto, Coliseu [September 29, 9:30PM]
Lisbon, Thalia Theatre [September 30, 9:00PM]

Egmont Overture, Op. 84 (L. van Beethoven)
Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 11 (F. Chopin)
Symphony No. 1, Op. 68 (J. Brahms)

Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra
Miguel Borges Coelho (guest soloist)
Pedro Amaral (conductor)

[September 26, 3PM]
Aveiro University

[September 27, 4PM]
Minho University - Auditório Nobre, Guimarães

[September 28, 3PM]
ESMAE - Porto Polytechnic institute

Symphony No. 1, Op. 68 (J. Brahms)

Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra
Pedro Amaral (conductor)

Brahms

Chagall

[September 22, 9:30 PM]
O Espaço do Tempo Season
Montemor-O-Novo
Cine-Teatro Curvo Semedo

Symphony No. 1, Op. 68 (J. Brahms)
L'Oiseau de feu, 1945 Suite (I. Stravinsky)

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[September 24, 8:00 PM]
Symphonic Season
Lisbon, Jeronimos Monastery

Egmont Overture, Op. 84 (L. van Beethoven)
Cello Concerto No. 2 (M. Lindberg)
L'Oiseau de feu, 1945 Suite (I. Stravinsky)

Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra
Pavel Gomziakov (guest soloist)
Pedro Amaral (conductor)

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2016/17 Music Season

July:

[July 14, 21h45]
Póvoa do Varzim XXXIX International Music Festival
Póvoa do Varzim, Cine-Teatro Garrett
Live broadcast: ANTENA 2

Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra
Agostinho Sequeira (solo percussion)
Pedro Amaral (conductor)

Egmont Overture, Op. 84 (L. van Beethoven)
Speaking Drums (P. Eötvös)
Symphony No. 1, Op. 68 (J. Brahms)

Peter Eötvös

METAMORPHOSEN

Viena 1945

Música na Biblioteca [July 13, 21h00]
Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal
Lisbon, Portuguese National Library

Clepsidra (C. Caires)
Metamorphosen (R. Strauss)
Symphony No. 1, Op. 68 (J. Brahms)

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Festival das Artes [July 15, 19h00]
Coimbra, Convento São Francisco

Egmont Overture, Op. 84 (L. van Beethoven)
Metamorphosen (R. Strauss)
Symphony No. 1, Op. 68 (J. Brahms)

Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra
Pedro Amaral (conductor)

[July 12]
Festival ao Largo
Lisbon, Largo de São Carlos

Egmont Overture, Op. 84 (L. van Beethoven)
Symphony No. 1, Op. 68 (J. Brahms)

Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra
Pedro Amaral (conductor)

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June:

[June 22 to July 2]
Dona Maria II National Theatre

actors:
Anabela Almeida, Bruno Huca, Isabél Zuaa,
Jorge Andrade, Marco Paiva, Tânia Alves

singers:
Luís Rodrigues, José Bruto da Costa (Comte Almaviva)
Carolina Figueiredo, Lucinda Gerhardt (Rosine)
André Henriques, Tiago Gomes (Figaro)
Joana Seara, Sara Afonso (Suzanne)
Pedro Cachado, Manuel Gamito (Léon)
Eduarda Melo, Filipa Passos (Florestine)
Marco Alves dos Santos, Manuel Gamito (Bégearss)
Manuel Rebelo, Pedro Casanova (Bartholo)

Mala Voadora Theatre Company
Gulbenkian Orchestra

Jorge Andrade (stage director)
Pedro Amaral (conductor)

Beaumarchais (Pedro Amaral)

Beaumarchais

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Deux portraits imaginaires

Remix Ensemble
Pedro Neves (conductor)

Porto, Casa da Música, May 16, 7:30 PM

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April:

Beethoven 9

[April 30, 19h00]
Lisbon CCB - Centro Cultural de Belém

Ana Paula Russo (soprano), Maria Luísa de Freitas (mezzo-soprano), Marco Alves dos Santos (tenor), André Henriques (baritone)

Princess of Asturias Choir
Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra

José Esteban Miranda (choirmaster)
Pedro Amaral (conductor)

Symphony No. 9, Op. 125 (L. v. Beethoven)

January - March:

Symphony No. 7, Op. 92 (L. van Beethoven)

[January 18, 18h00]
Lisbon, Imprensa Nacional Casa da Moeda

[March 21, 18h00]
Viseu, Instituto Politécnico

Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra
Pedro Amaral (conductor)

Emperor Tito

Lisbon, CCB - Centro Cultural de Belém [January 27, 29]
Lisbon, Thalia Theatre [February 24, 26]
Setúbal, Fórum Luísa Todi [March 3]
Almada, Teatro Municipal Joaquim Benite [March 5]

Carlos Guilherme (Tito), Alexandra Bernardo, Margarida M. SIlva (Vitelia), Maria Fontes, Diana Santos (Sesto), Teresa Rebordão, Alexandra Calado (Annio), Mariana Castello-Branco, Patrícia Modesto (Servilia), Christian Lujan, João V. Jorge (Publio)

Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra
Coro de Câmara Lisboa Cantat
Jorge C. Alves (choirmaster)

Jorge Vaz de Carvalho (director), J. A. Tenente (Costume designer)
Pedro Amaral (conductor)

La Clemenza di Tito (W. A. Mozart)

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Main concerts 2016

November:

SPAIN
[November 28]
Madrid, MNCARS auditorium 400

Ensemble Vertixe Sonora
Pedro Amaral (conductor)

Premio Jóvenes Compositores 2016
Fundación SGAE /
Centro Nacional de Difusión Musical (CNDM)

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October:

AAS COMPOSER

Deux portraits imaginaires

PORTUGAL
Lisboa, Gulbenkian Foundation
[October 27, 21h, October 28, 19h]

BRASIL
São Paulo, Sala São Paulo
[November 7, 21h]

Gulbenkian Orchestra
Conductor: Lawrence Foster

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Bruckner Symphony No. 5

Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra

Lisbon, CCB, October 23, 5 PM

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Complete Beethoven Symphony Cycle

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May:

[May 14, 21h00]
Lisbon Thalia Theatre

Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra
Pedro Amaral (conductor)

Symphony Nº 8, Op. 93 (L. v. Beethoven)
Jagden und Formen (Wolfgang Rihm)

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"O Dia Seguinte - Venha ouvir uma orquestra por dentro!"
Lisbon, Thalia Theatre [May 15, 11h]

Symphony Nº 8, Op. 93 (L. v. Beethoven)

April:

[April 22, 21h00]
Lisbon CCB - Centro Cultural de Belém

Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
Josep Colom (piano)
Pedro Amaral (conductor)

Images pour orchestre II - Ibéria (C. Debussy)
Noches en los Jardines de España (M. de Falla)
Scheherazade (N. Rimsky-Korsakov)

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January:

AAS COMPOSER

Transmutations pour Orchestre
- la bibliothèque en feu

Porto, Casa da Música [January 23, 18h00]
Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música
Conductor: Pablo Rus Broseta

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Lisbon, CCB - Centro Cultural de Belém [January 22, 24]
Lisbon, Thalia Theatre [February 12, 14]
Almada, Teatro Municipal Joaquim Benite [February 17]
Setúbal, Fórum Luísa Todi [February 19]
Sesimbra, Casa de Ópera do Cabo Espichel [February 21]

José Corvelo, Tiago Gomes (Count), Liliana Nogueira, Sara Carneiro, Margarida Mendes (Countess), André Henriques (Figaro), Sara Afonso, Elisa Borges (Susanna), Diana Santos, Catarina Rodrigues (Cherubino), Susana Bento, Carolina de Sá (Marcellina), Yoann Auboyneau (Bartolo/António), Carlos Monteiro, Pedro Rosa de Matos (Basilio/Don Curzio), Catarina Mouro, Inês Pinto (Barbarina), Bárbara Cordovil, Tomás Poço de Melo, Isabel Ferrugento Gonçalves, Lourenço Vieira (children)

Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra
Coro de Câmara Lisboa Cantat
Jorge C. Alves (choirmaster)

Jorge Vaz de Carvalho (director), J. A. Tenente (Costume designer)
Pedro Amaral (conductor)

Le nozze di Figaro (W. A. Mozart)


October:		AAS COMPOSER Deux portraits imaginaires PORTUGAL Lisboa, Gulbenkian Foundation [October 27, 21h, October 28, 19h] BRASIL São Paulo, Sala São Paulo [November 7, 21h] Gulbenkian Orchestra Conductor: Lawrence Foster


January:		AAS COMPOSER Transmutations pour Orchestre - la bibliothèque en feu Porto, Casa da Música [January 23, 18h00] Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música Conductor: Pablo Rus Broseta