Beethoven’s Triple Concerto was played for the first time in an experimental setting, in 1804, at the residence of Prince Lobkowitz. Instead of the bold impetus of the Heroic Symphony – premiered on the same occasion – it was a score full of subtleties in which the technical difficulty placed on the performers to ensure balance between the parts: the violin, the cello, the piano and the orchestra stood out. This was one of the many aspects that inspired Miguel Azguime to also compose a Triple Concerto, in this case replacing the cello with the clarinet. In December 2020, he responded to a commission from the CCB Foundation to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the German musician’s birth, in a concert that also featured the musical direction of conductor Pedro Neves. Azguime then took to the stage and added these words: “I have always been fascinated by Beethoven’s capacity for invention, tireless, and so often from the simplest materials […] The vigorous affirmation of individuality and his musical originality, the primacy of creative freedom.” The two Triple Concerts meet again, now at the end of another edition of one of the longest-running music festivals in our country, the Música Viva Festival.
Closing Concert of the Música Viva Festival
Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa
Miguel Azguime Triple Concerto for Clarinet, Cello, Piano and String Orchestra
L. v. Beethoven Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello, Piano and Orchestra
Soloists: Nuno Pinto clarinet, Vítor Vieira violin, Filipe Quaresma cello, Elsa Silva piano
Pedro Neves conductor
A Metropolitana / Miso Music Portugal partnership
