2013

Agenda: September - December 2013

São Carlos, the Lisbon Opera House
13th September
Season Opening Concert in São Carlos (Lisbon Opera House)
Program: Gloria - Poulenc
Sara Braga Simões, soprano
Pedro Neves, conductor
Orchestra: Portuguese Sinfonic Orchestra (Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa )
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27th October
CCB
Program: Les Illuminations, Britten
Sara Braga Simões, soprano
Pedro Amaral, conductor
Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra
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2nd and 3rd November
Program: Gloria in Excelsis Deo, Händel and Gloria de Vivaldi
Sara Braga Simões, soprano
Maria Luísa Freitas, mezzo-soprano
Marcos Magalhães, conductor
Chorus: New Lisbon Univeristy
Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra
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13th November, at 6:30 p.m.
Festivais de Outono (Aveiro)
Program: Deux Poèmes de Stephane Mallarmé, Ravel; Deux Poèmes de Balmont and 3 Poesies de la lyrique japonaise, Stravinsky.
Sara Braga Simões, soprano
Luís Carvalho, conductor
Camerata Nov'Arte
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30th November
Recital: 'Sons da Nossa Identidade'
Singers: Ana Ferro, Ana Tomás, Conceição Galante, Madalena Leal de Faria, Paula Morna Dória, Sandra Medeiros, Sara Braga Simões, João Merino, Jorge Martins, José de Eça, José Manuel Araújo, Luís Rodrigues, Nuno Vilallonga.

Piano: Armando Vidal, Francisco Sassettti, Helena Vasques, Paul Karthaus, Rafael Azevedo


Works by: Alberto de Morais, Alfredo Keil, António Fragoso, Artur Santos, Eurico Carrapatoso, Filipe de Sousa, Filippe Duarte, Francisco de Lacerda, Fernando Lopes-Graça, Joly Braga Santos, Jorge Croner de Vasconcelos, Luís de Freitas-Branco, Luís Costa, Nuno Côrte-Real, Ruy Coelho, Tomás de Lima.
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7th December
Program: world premiere of Missa Brevis 'In honorem Beatissimae Virginis Maria' - Fernando Cupertino and Cantata de Natal - Jorge Prendas.
Sara Braga Simões, soprano
Maria Luísa Freitas, mezzo-soprano
Mário João Alves, tenor
Valter Correia Mateus, bass
Filipe Veríssimo, conductor
Orchestra Sine Nomine
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Mafra National Palace


20, 21 e 22 de Dezembro
Program: Messiah by Händel
Sara Braga Simões, soprano
Clint Van der Linde, countertenor
Mário João Alves, tenor
João Fernandes, bass
Marcos Magalhães, conductor
Chorus: Lisboa Cantat
Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra
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Händel's Messiah,


Sara Braga Simoes and Clint Van der Linde
Händel Messiah, HWV 56
Sara Braga Simões (soprano) 
Clint Van der Linde (countertenor), 
Mário João Alves (tenor), 
João Fernandes (bass)

Director of the Choir: Jorge Carvalho Alves
Conductor: Marcos Magalhães
Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra
Chorus: Lisboa Cantat

Friday, 20th December, 9.30 p.m., Aula Magna, Lisbon
Saturday, 21st December, 9.30 p.m., Fórum Luísa Todi, Setúbal
Sunday, 22nd December, 5 p.m., Mafra National Palace             

Christmas Concert

Sara Braga Simões, soprano
Maria Luísa Freitas, mezzo-soprano
Mário João Alves, tenor
Valter Correia Mateus, bass

Chorus: Coro Polifónico da Lapa
Orchestra Sine Nomine

Conductor: Filipe Veríssimo



PROGRAM:

I
Fernando Cupertino
Missa Brevis "in honorem Beatissimae Virginis Maria"*

II
Jorge Prendas
Cantata de Natal*

* World Premiere

The Sound of our Identity

Recital 'Sons da Nossa Identidade' (The Sound of our Identity)

Singers: Ana Ferro, Ana Tomás, Conceição Galante, Madalena Leal de Faria, Paula Morna Dória, Sandra Medeiros, Sara Braga Simões, João Merino, Jorge Martins, José de Eça, José Manuel Araújo, Luís Rodrigues, Nuno Vilallonga.
Piano: Armando Vidal, Paul Karthaus, Rafael Azevedo

Works by: Alberto de Morais, Alfredo Keil, António Fragoso, Artur Santos, Eurico CArrapatoso, Filipe de Sousa, Filippe Duarte, Francisco de Lacerda, Fernando Lopes-Graça, Joly Braga Santos, Jorge Croner de Vasconcelos, Luís de Freitas-Branco, Luís Costa, Nuno Côrte-Real, Ruy Coelho, Tomás de Lima.

30th November, at 4 p.m.
Auditório do Liceu de Camões, Lisbon
Sara Braga Simões, soprano
Luís Carvalho, conductor

Camerata Nov'Arte

13st November 2013, 6:30 p.m.
Free Entrance

Auditorium DECA at Aveiro University

Programa:
I
Igor Stravinsky – 2 Poèmes de Balmont 
Pedro Amaral – Étude II – sur les colorations 
Maurice Ravel – 3 Poèmes de Mallarmé 
Ivan Moody – Lacrime d’Ambra 
Igor Stravinsky – 3 Poesies de la lyrique japonaise

II 
Eduardo Soutullo – All the echoes listen 
Maurice Ravel – Introdução e Allegro 
Claude Debussy – Première Rhapsodie


Vivaldi: Gloria RV 589
Händel: Symphony in Bb Major HWV 339
Händel: Gloria in Excelsis Deo

Sara Braga Simões, soprano
Maria Luísa Freitas, mezzo-soprano
Choral director:João Valeriano
Conductor: Marcos Magalhães

Chorus: Chorus of the New Lisbon University
Orchestra: Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa (Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra)

2nd November: Palácio da Foz, 9:30 p.m.
3rd November, Auditorium of New Lisbon University, at 5 p.m (Private Concert).










The Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra
Sara Braga Simões soprano
Pedro Amaral  musical director


Program

Benjamin Britten Simple Symphony (17’)Dmitri Chostakovich 
Suíte da Música op4 da Peça Teatral Hamlet, op. 32a 
intermission

Benjamin Britten
Suíte sobre Melodias Tradicionais Inglesas, A time there was… Benjamin Britten
Les illuminations op.18

Main auditorium, CCB
27th October, at 5 p.m.

Sara Braga Simões opened 2013/2014 season in São Carlos, the Lisbon Opera House on the 13th September with Poulenc's 'Gloria'. The concert celebrated the 50th anniversary of Francis Poulenc's death.
This is a short video, released by the Theatre on its facebook page.



13th September 2013
Francis Poulenc:
Gloria

soprano: Sara Braga Simoes
Conductor: Pedro Neves

Chorus: São Carlos, The Lisbon Opera House
Orchestra: Sinfónica Portuguesa

Debut in the title role of Donizetti's Rita

Sara Braga Simões is one of the singers invited for the 2nd series of the International Classical Music Season of Maputo (14th to 18th August 2013). She will make her debut in the title role of Donizetti's Rita. Also in the cast are the bariton Job Tomé and the tenor João Terleira. 

She will also present herself in a recital on the 16th.
Concerts:
16th August - RECITAL
works from Lopes-Graça, Schubert, Mozart, Donizetti, Rossini, Verdi and Lehar.
Sara Braga Simões, soprano 
João Terleira, tenor 
Job Tomé, bariton
Angel Gonzalez, piano 

17:30 p.m. Teatro Avenida, Maputo 

17th August: OPERA Rita -  Donizetti 
Sara Braga Simões, Rita 
João Terleira, Beppe 
Job Tomé, Gasparo 
Angel Gonzalez, piano 

7:30 p.m. Teatro Avenida, Maputo

São Carlos, the Lisbon Opera House, has just announced its Fall Season. Sara Braga Simões will open 2013/2014 season with Poulenc's Gloria in a concert dedicated to this composer on the 50th anniversary of his death.

13th September 2013

Francis Poulenc:
Gloria

soprano: Sara Braga Simoes
Conductor: Pedro Neves

Chorus: São Carlos, The Lisbon Opera House
Orchestra: Sinfónica Portuguesa

The recording of the concert made in 20th April 2013 in Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon is now available on Youtube.

Sara Braga Simões, soprano
Ensemble Darcos:
Helder Marques, piano
Gaël Rassaert, violin
Reyes Gallardo, viola
Filipe Quaresma, cello

Nuno Côrte-Real's 'Livro de Florbela op.42'
7 songs on poems by Florbela Espanca

Check out the interview given by Sara Braga Simoes to Dacapo- Portuguese Music Magazine!

Click on the image to go to the link (in portuguese):



Nuno Côrte-Real's Livro de Florbela, op. 42

   I. Exaltação
   II. Árvores do Alentejo
   III. Os versos que te fiz
   IV. Este livro
   V. Num postal
   VI. Cinzento
   VII. À morte


Sara Braga Simões, soprano

Helder Marques, piano

Ensemble Darcos:
Gaël Rassaert violino
Paula Carneiro violino
Ana Bela Chaves viola
Reyes Gallardo viola
Mats Lindström violoncelo
Filipe Quaresma violoncelo

20th April 2013


Sala Sophia de Mello Breyner





Recital 

Sara Braga Simões, soprano
Luísa Caiano, Piano
Hélder Barbosa, Clarinet

Commented by Ricardo Vilares

G. Donizetti: 
Il barcaiuolo (L. Tarantini)
Lamento per la morte di Bellini (A. Maffei)
Amiamo (Poeta desconhecido)

L’amante Spagnuolo (L. Tarantini)

G. Donizetti: Canzonetta ou Or che la notte invita (Poeta desconhecido)

R. Schumann: 3 Romances op.94

F. Schubert: Der Hirt auf dem Felsen op. 129 (W. Müller)


Palacete dos Viscondes de Balsemão
06th April, 5:30 p.m.

Free Entrance









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