Except for the piece by Christopher Bochmann, which will have its world premiere, the programme will be entirely dedicated to Romanticism. Beethoven and Liszt were both born and both died during the Romantic era, serving as perfect examples of this aesthetic movement.

Max Bruch’s concerto, composed in 1866, is also a work fully integrated into Romanticism, the artistic and intellectual movement which marked a radical shift in art and literature — and indeed in the entire European culture— in the 19th century compared to the previous period, Classicism. The movement emphasised emotion, subjectivity, individuality, and freedom of expression as opposed to the reason and objectivity of classical rationalism. As soloist in Max Bruch’s concerto, Francisco Lima Santos, current concertmaster of the Gulbenkian Orchestra, will be returning to his roots… recalling the time when he too was concertmaster of the Orquestra Sinfónica Juvenil.

Programme

BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van (1833 – 1897)
Overture
The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43 (5.30´)

BOCHMANN, Christopher (1950)
Vulcanalia (2025) (11´)

BRUCH, Max (1838 – 1920)
Violin Concerto No. 1, G minor, Op. 26 (25´)
Allegro moderato
Adagio
Finale: Allegro energico

WAGNER, Richard (1813 – 1883)
Prelude
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg (10´)