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PONS VAROLLI

Simão Costa and Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra
Varolius, C., & Varolio, C. (1969). De nervis opticis nonnullisque aliis praeter communem opinionem in humano capite observatis: Patavij 1573. Culture et Civilisation.
Dates and Schedules

18th and 19th July
Saturday, 8pm; Sunday, 5:30pm

Venue

Sala Luis Miguel Cintra

Price

€12 to €15 (with discounts) | (Included in the Culture Pass — available only at the box office)

Age Restriction

6+

Description

PONS (bridge in Latin), an archetypal architectural form, PONS VAROLII is a part of the brainstem in humans and mammals.

PONS VAROLII, a work by pianist and composer Simão Costa, brings together piano, the orchestra in the 21st century, and the SOUND produced by vehicles crossing the metal grid of the 25 de Abril bridge. Its starting point is thus an involuntary SOUND that has become a new acoustic landscape for the city of Lisbon (the sound of the bridge), resulting from the practical need to reduce the deck’s resistance to wind.

This work will test bridge design between what is deliberate and what is involuntary, what is planned and what emerges from a set of rules/algorithms.

Cast and Creative

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, COMPOSER AND PIANO Simão Costa VIDEO Mário Melo Costa CONDUCTOR Pedro Neves with the Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra SOUND DESIGN Tiago Cerqueira TRANSCRIPTION TO SCORE Jorge Campos EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Violeta Mandillo PRODUCTION MãoSimMão – cultural association PARTNERSHIPS Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra, Fertagus and Infraestruturas de Portugal CO-PRODUCTION MãoSimMão and São Luiz Municipal Theatre /// MãoSimMão is an entity funded by the Portuguese Republic – Culture / Directorate-General for the Arts

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