Christmas is celebrated with all the senses. Lights illuminate the streets and our homes as a symbol of hope and unity. Music awakens memories and carries a emotion that makes us more available to others. Even the cold, the smells and the flavours stand out during this season! With this in mind, the musicians of the Metropolitana bring to this concert music that awakens the senses. Firstly, Illuminations, a work from 2017 in which Miguel Azguime developed a poetic articulation between the sound of the orchestra and light, the latter understood in its spectral decomposition. This is followed by Franz Schubert’s Symphony No. 3, the last movement of which reminds us of Gioachino Rossini’s operas; it frees us from the constraints of the present and brings smiles to our faces. Last but not least are the traditional Christmas melodies. Conductor Pedro Neves himself has recreated them in a different ‘guise’, which makes its debut here.
Christmas Concert
Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa
Miguel Azguime Illuminations
Franz Schubert Symphony No. 3
Pedro Neves / Traditional Illuminations
Pedro Neves conductor
