PROGRAMME
Splendor of the Baroque
European Sacred Music of the 18th Century
Georg Friedrich Haendel (1685-1759)
Concerto for organ and orchestra in G minor, Op. 4, No. 1
- Larghetto and staccato
- Allegro -
- Adagio -
- Andante-
Francisco António de Almeida (1702-1755)
Aria for soprano taken from the oratorio "La Giuditta"
- "Saggio Nochiero" -
Aria for bass taken from the "Te Deum"
- "Dignare Domine" -
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Duet taken from Ode to Saint Cecilia
"Hark! each tree"
Jean Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)
Duet taken from the motet "In Convertendo"
"Magnificavit Dominus" -
Carlos Seixas (1704-1742)
Opening in B-flat
- Allegro -
- Adagio -
- Minuet: Allegro -
G. F. Haendel
Aria for Bass taken from the oratorio Judas Maccabeous
- "Arm, arm ye brave"
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Aria for soprano taken from the cantata BWV 51 "Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen"
- "Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen" -
Aria for Bass taken from the Passion according to St. Matthew
- "Mache dich, mein Herze, rein" -
Cantata BWV 49 "Ich geh' und suche mit Verlangen" (excerpts)
- Aria "Ich bin herrlich, ich bin schön" -
Recitative "Mein Glaube hat mich selbst so angezogen!" -
Aria and Chorus (duet) "Dich hab ich je und je geliebet" -
Sandra Medeiros; Raquel Camarinha | Sopranos
Hugo Oliveira | Low
Alfonso Alegre | Positive organ
Bruno Fernandes | Natural trumpet
Musical Direction: Marcos Magalhães
"The Musicians of the Tagus"
(on historical instruments)
Violins I | Álvaro Pinto (concertino), Denys Stetsenko, Nuno Mendes (22 and 23), Maria Bonina (9 and 10)
Violins II | Tera Shimizu, Miriam Macaia, Raquel Cravino and Zofia Pajak
Violas | Lúcio Studer and Pedro Braga Falcão
Cellos | Paulo Gaio Lima and Ana Raquel Pinheiro
Bassoon | Carolino Carreira
Double bass | Marta Vicente
Carnation | Marta Araújo
Oboe I | Pedro Castro
Oboe II | Elena Palomar
Trumpet | Bruno Fernandes
Organ | Alfonso Alegre
Production assistance: Exemplary Boys
"The Musicians of the Tagus"
New musical project in the field of early music founded and directed by Marcos Magalhães and Marta Araújo.
Since 2005 they have developed a partnership with the CCB that has led them to produce three operas, edit two records, perform in numerous concerts in Portugal and abroad and have been the subject of various institutional support (Gulbenkian, Oriente and Stanley Ho Foundations; Lisbon City Council, General Directorate of Social Reinsertion and Camões Institute) and patronage (AMARSUL, private patrons).
The operas "La Spinalba" by F. A. de Almeida, "Lo Frate Nanmorato" by G.B. Pergolesi" and "Le Carnaval et la Folie" by A.C. Destouches, premiered at CCB, have been received with great success at the public level and have obtained enthusiastic reviews from all the specialized critics (Publico, Diário Notícias, Jornal de Letras, Expresso).
The opera "La Spinalba" has toured Portugal and Spain and is now in its tenth performance.
The record "As Sementes do Fado" (with Ana Quintans, Ricardo Rocha and Marcos Magalhães) got 4 stars (out of 5) in the newspaper "Público" - Ipsílon and was considered by the critics of JL as one of the best national records of the year 2007. Thanks to this record, the program Sementes do Fado has already been presented 6 times, including in Paris and Sastamala (Finland), and next July in Prague.
The album "As Árias de Luisa Todi" (with soprano Joana Seara), which presents the repertoire sung by the famous Portuguese Prima-Donna of the 18th century, also obtained 4 stars (out of 5) in the newspaper "Público" - Ípsilon.
Músicos do Tejo have performed in concert in places as varied as Mafra, Vigo, Brest, Paris and Goa in India.
In the fall of 2012 his recording of the opera La Spinalba by F. A. de Almeida will be published by Naxos with the support of Dgartes, CML and ISEG.
Músicos do Tejo is supported by the Lisbon City Council.