Pastoral

In Beethoven’s symphonies, we can identify idyllic and humorous environments and tragic or epic impulses. However, it all depends on the listener’s imagination. As a portrait, the music never aspired to compete with an oil painting, let alone a photograph. After all, how could an orchestra reproduce the image of a sunny afternoon by a stream? Instead, Symphony No. 6 proposes to express, through sound, the feelings that rural settings arouse in us. This symphony will be the framework for the absolute premiere of the first Piano Concerto composed by Tiago Derriça, commissioned by the CCB. It also awakens the desire to discover the concerting impulses of this composer.

Programme
Tiago Derriça (1986) Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (world premiere)*
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, Pastoral

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