FOH for Orquestra Sem Fronteiras at Theatro Circo, Braga, September 21, 2024.
From Theatro Circo website:
“The program Música norte-americana do nosso tempo, was part of Theatro Circo’s Contraponto, a cycle dedicated to 20th and 21st century composition, where we invite local, national and international ensembles and composers to guide us through the music of one of the most fertile periods in terms of new ideas and forms.
Música norte-americana do nosso tempo offers a retrospective of American minimalism with unique instrumentation, performed by the Orquestra Sem Fronteiras to support young talent in Portugal’s interior, as part of the Contraponto cycle dedicated to 20th and 21st-century composition.
Program
Joan Tower, Petroushkates (7′)
Robert Paterson, Sextet (9′) – estreia nacional
John Cage, (4’33”)
Robert Paterson, The Thin Ice of your Fragile Mind (8′)
Nathan Bales, Song of the Open Road (8′)
Robert Paterson, Hell’s Kitchen (12′)
The program is for sextet (violin, cello, flute, clarinet, piano and percussion).
Sextet
Violin Pedro Lopes
Cello Diogo Patrício
Flute Leonor Soares
Clarinet/bass clarinet Luís Melo
Piano Philippe Marques
Percussion Francisco Cipriano
Musical direction and commentary Martim Sousa Tavares
Executive Production Gonçalo Tavares
Audio operation João Guimarães
Duration 70 minutes”
João Guimarães 