Metropolitan Academic Orchestra – Chabrier, Fauré & Milhaud
It begins with the music Gabriel Fauré wrote in 1919 for a show inspired by the Commedia dell’arte, which explains the title – Bergamasca is a traditional dance from the Italian province of Bergamo.
Then there are the (four) picturesque pieces that Emmanuel Chabrier brought together in 1888 to form a Pastoral Suite, a whirlwind of transparent sounds, rustic settings, impressionist spots and dancing rhythms.
Four other pieces follow, composed by Fauré in 1898 for an English theatre production of Maurice Maeterlinck’s Symbolist text Pelléas et Mélisande.
Finally, O Boi no Telhado by Darius Milhaud, a musician who brought with him from Rio de Janeiro his fascination with Latin American rhythms, from tango to maxixe. In 1920, he composed this “little carnival symphony” for a farce inspired by the North American “prohibition”.
The concert starts at 21:00 in the auditorium of the NOVA de Lisboa University.
Tickets for the NOVA community: 2 per person, with confirmation by email to relacoespublicas@metropolitana.pt by 6pm on Tuesday 12 November.
G. Fauré Masques et bergamasques, Suite for orchestra
E. Chabrier Pastoral Suite
G. Fauré Suite from the play Pélleas et Mélisande
D. Milhaud The Ox on the Roof
Musical direction: Jean-Marc Burfin and/or student conductors – ANSO
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