February 23
6:00 PM

January 31
7:00 PM

Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra
Pedro Amaral (conductor)

February 7
9:00 PM

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 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 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)

__________________

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

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

[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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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. v. Beethoven)

Soloists: Duarte Santos, Daniel Bolba

Madeira Classical Orchestra
Pedro Amaral (conductor)

[June 9]
Lisbon CCB - Centro Cultural de Belém

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

Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
Pedro Amaral (conductor)

(*) 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

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

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

Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra
Pedro Amaral (conductor)

[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 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 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)

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)

[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)

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)

- - - - - - - -

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)

[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)

[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)

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

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

[March 21, 18h00]
Viseu, Instituto Politécnico

Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra
Pedro Amaral (conductor)

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)