The cello, as we know it today, is an instrument that has existed for over five hundred years. It has, therefore, many stories to tell us, namely through the immense and valuable repertoire that has been entrusted to it over time. Therefore, it is worth the Metropolitana dedicating this last week of April to it by promoting masterclasses, a competition, and three days of concerts at Teatro São Luiz for us to hear everything it has to tell us. Passing through works by Haydn, Schostakovich and several other reference composers, this is also the occasion to remember one of the most remarkable cellists of our musical panorama in the last decades. Paulo Gaio Lima left us almost two years ago. An extraordinary performer, he was also listened to as a pedagogue by the vast majority of today’s Portuguese cellists. This is the first edition of an initiative that evokes his name and that is intended to be held biannually.
Paulo Gaio Lima Cello Festival
Paulo Gaio Lima Cello Orchestra
K. & D. Blackwell Down Up
K. & D. Blackwell Tap Dancer
K. & D. Blackwell Action Movie, by Hollywood Suite
K. D. Blackwell Barrier Reef and Cap’n Jack Hornpipe, from the Sea Suite
E. Jones Back-Scratcher
Traditional Aunt Rose of Arabia (arr. Carey Beth Hockett)
M. F. Santos Sees the Sunflower (arr. F. Cardoso)
H. Purcell Rigodão
J. Haydn Now The Day Is Over
S. Leonardi Capriccio Polka (arr. Sassmannshaus)
J. S. Bach March in G Major (melody from the cantata BWV 207)
K. & D. Blackwell Latin Nights
C. Webster Scherzo
W. H. Squire Rustic Dance, Op. 20/5
J. S. Bach Komm, heiliger Geist, Herre Gott (arr. Johnstone)
J. Offenbach Can-Can from the Orpheus in Hell Overture (arr. Sheryl Smith)
D. Cooper Hoe down (arr. Johnstone)
W. Jurmann Veronika, der Lenz ist da
T. Gilkyson Only Necessary from The Jungle Book
A. Bruckner Locus Iste (arr. O. Mandozzi)
C. Gardel Por una Cabeza (arr. Ângela Carneiro)
C. Saint-Saëns Swan, from Carnival of the Animals
Pixinguinha Carinhoso (arr. G. B. Souza)
A. Vivaldi Allegro from the Concerto in G Minor, RV 531, for two cellos
G. Fauré Pavane, Op.50
T. Jobim Luísa
Tatiana Leonor artistic direction
