The world is constantly changing. No matter how unshakeable everything around us seems, there is always a deep wave that creates tension and forces change. Exhaustion then becomes a reason for inspiration; it dismantles routines and awakens alternative paths. Like ripened fruit, the two musical works that come together in this programme are the result of this restlessness. The monumentality of Jupiter – Mozart’s last symphony – breaks with classical tradition and anticipates solutions that influenced Beethoven and the Romantic composers. A century later, in 1899, Schoenberg dared to make the transition between Romanticism and the modernist tendencies of the fin de siècle. To do so, he used a poem in which love transforms the agony of pain into optimism and overcoming. These are two masterpieces that we want to get to know closely.
Jupiter and the Transfigured Night
Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra
A. Schoenberg Transfigured Night
W. A. Mozart Symphony No. 41, Jupiter
Pedro Neves conductor
