Every two years, the Metropolitana has set out to celebrate the cello by evoking the memory of Paulo Gaio Lima, cello player and teacher who passed away in 2021. In 2023, the stage at Teatro São Luiz hosted, in consecutive days, the second Shostakovich concert and the second Haydn concert. Now it’s time for the first Shostakovich concert and the only Schumann concert. In tune with the spirit of passing down a legacy, that was so dear to Gaio Lima, two soloists from distant generations will be performing: the young Bernardo Ferreira, winner of the first edition of the Festival’s Award, and Pieter Wispelwey, renowned cellist with over 20 albums released and teacher at the Amsterdam Conservatory. To crown the festival, dozens of children and young people from across the country will come together in a great cello orchestra.
Programme 3 | 28 March – buy ticket
Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa
Dmitri Schostakovich, Cello and Orchestra Concerto No. 1
Dmitri Schostakovich, Chamber Symphony, Op. 83a (Rudolf [RM1] Barshai’s orchestration)
Soloist: Bernardo Ferreira (cello; winner of the first edition of the Paulo Gaio Lima Award)
Conductor: Pedro Neves
Programme 2 | 29 March – buy ticket
Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa
Robert Schumann, Cello Concerto
Robert Schumann, Symphony No. 2
Soloist: Pieter Wispelwey
Conductor: Pedro Neves
Programme 3 | 30 March – buy ticket
Orquestra de Violoncelos Paulo Gaio Lima
Kathy Blackwell / David Blackwell, Tap Dancer
Kathy Blackwell / David Blackwell, Boggie Band
Eulàlia Subirà, Tappi (arr. Márcio Pereira)
Kathy Blackwell / David Blackwell, Barrier Reef, da Sea Suite
Edward Jones, Back-Scratcher
Kathy Blackwell / David Blackwell, Snap
Jean Philippe Rameau, Frère Jacques
Gioachino Rossini, Tema da abertura da ópera Guilherme Tell (arr. T. Gregory)
Margarida Fonseca Santos, Vê o Girassol (arr. Francisco Cardoso)
Tradicionais, Três Canções da Carochinha: Papagaio Loiro, Canção da Lua, Loja do Mestre André (arr. Márcio Pereira)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ária de Papageno, da ópera A Flauta Mágica (arr. T. Gregory)
Georg Friedrich Händel, Coro da oratória Judas Macabeus
Kathy Blackwell / David Blackwell, Some Day
Carl Maria von Weber, Coro dos Caçadores, da ópera Der Freischütz
Thoinot Arbeau, Pavane (arr. T. Gregory)
Kathy Blackwell / David Blackwell, Latin Nights
Jacques Offenbach, Can Can, da abertura da ópera Orfeu no Inferno (arr. Sheryl Smith)
Terry Gilkyson, Somente o Necessário, tema do filme O Livro da Selva
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ave Verum (arr. D. Johnstone)
William Henry Squire, Dança Rústica
Dmitri Schostakovich, Prelúdio N.º 1 (arr. Patricia de Carli)
Carey Cheney, Budapesto
Camille Saint-Saëns, O Cisne, d’O Carnaval dos Animais (arr. Márcio Pereira)
Leroy Anderson, The Typewritter (arr. Lauro Lira)
Manuel Penélla, El Gato Montes (arr. O. Llacer)
Artistic director: Tatiana Leonor
