July 2008

July Agenda

Highlights

Arte Viva 2008 (Saturday 12th/Sunday 13th July)

Arte Viva is a summer weekend spectacular event of LIVE ART in all its forms taking place on the evenings of Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th July, from 18:00 until midnight.

Live bands on stage on Saturday will be NANOOK (a Folk, Blues and Rock Duo) at 19:30, with JAZZTAPARTA (Jazz-Funk Rock to Fusion and Afrobeats) at 22:00. This will be preceded at 19:00 by JOUK's Fashion Show.

Sunday features FAZ FATO (Line Dancers) at 18:30, TINTO BEAT (Brazilian vocals, guitar, bass and drums) at 19:30, followed by MARE NOSTRUM (World Music) at 22:00.

There will also be a fire show at 21:30 on both evenings by Associação Artistica Satori.

Throughout the event you will be able to watch creative artists working live in diverse materials. The children of the schools of S.Brás have been creating their own Arte Viva Juvenil, and this work will be on display during the Arte Viva festival and judged by the professional artists present. The Prize-Giving Ceremony will take place on Sunday at 20:30, when the delegate for the Ministry of Culture, Eng. Gonçalo Couceiro, will be handing out the prizes.

In addition to the bands on stage, continuous entertainment for young and old will also be provided on and around the spacious museum pation by street animation artistes including Associação Artistica Satori (from Salir), African Djembe Drums, jugglers, firedancers, and a supervised "kid's corner", with face painting, balloon sculpting and clowns.

Refreshments available throughout each evening. COME ALONG AND BE PART OF THE EXPERIENCE.

The event is sponsored by

Saturday 12th & Sunday 13th July, 18:00 - midnight

Theatre Evening: Fantasia on Apples (18th/19th/25th July)

It all started with an Apple – and then things got really interesting!

Aperitivo performance group has the same plans for its next theatrical extravaganza which will take place at the Cine-Teatro in São Brás on 18th and 19th July, followed by a performance on 25th July at the Museu do Trajo Algarvio in São Brás.

A whole Golden Delicious evening - with tart comments from Granny Smith – is what Aperitivo performance group have planned!

Ranging from the witty to the raucous (multilingual limericks bandied about by opposing teams of apple pickers), and including songs, poetry and plays in English, Portuguese, Dutch and German, the theme of the evening is – of course – Apples, and includes ‘The Original Apple, part III’, with guest appearance by God (flown in especially from Holland – which is odd as we always thought God was an Englishman); An Apple for the Teacher, set in a Portuguese language class; Slices of Apple (or the Greengrocer’s Dozen – twelve reasons why you don’t get to eat the last apple in the fruitbowl), and The Golden Apple, starring The Three Graces, FedEx Mercury, Isaac Newton and an offstage William Tell.

Anyone fancy an apple?

Click here for the Apple Fantasia Programme

Click here to see a list of the members of the Aperitivo Company

Tickets 5 €

Friday & Saturday 18th/19th July, 20:30 (Cine-Teatro)
Friday 25th July, 20:00 (Museum)

Concert by Loulé Recorder Group with Coro dos Amigos
(Saturday 5th July)

On Saturday, 5th July 2008, in the Igreja Matriz in São Brás, starting at 21.30, the Recorder Ensemble of Loulé will be performing a joint concert with the Canticorum choir of the Amigos do Museu, dedicated to Early Music. The concept of Early Music in the 20th Century is closely associated with performance practice; an interest in using period instruments together with historical playing techniques to recreate original ways of playing instruments from as early as the 16th Century.

The Loulé Recorder Ensemble was founded in December 1994 by students of Loulé Music Academy under the guidance of Prof. Francisco Rosado. Since then, they have performed in several schools and churches including those of Alte, Loulé, Quarteira, Tavira and Lagoa as well as in cultural venues such as the Espírito Santo Convent in Loulé and the Archaeological Museum in Faro, among others. In March 2008, they played at the first Encontro de Consorts de Flautas in Loulé.

The Ensemble has also recorded two CD’s comprising music ranging from the Middle Ages to the 20th Century and funded by Loulé Câmara. They have performed every year at the Encontro de Música Antiga (Early Music) in Loulé and were duly mentioned in articles published by the “American Recorder” magazine and its British counterpart in 2003. Several individual members of the Ensemble have participated in various master classes given by renowned artists in, Belgium, Germany, Holland and Portugal thus demonstrating their artistic abilities.

The Amigos Choir was founded in 2006 and now has more than 35 members of mixed voices with a repertoire in various languages singing Secular and Sacred music ranging from the Renaissance and Baroque through the Romantic to Popular Portuguese. The choir has performed in various venues in the Algarve under its German Conductor Walter Sulzer who has worked with several choirs in different countries. The programme for the 5th July concert will include 16th Century music and song by Arcadelt, Gastoldi, Martin and Hassler, 17th Century works by Bach, Buxtehude, Dornel, Hotteterre, Mendelssohn and Purcell as well as 2oth Century music and song by Cesar Bresgen, Scott Joplin and F. Lopes Graça.

Entrance to the church and concert is free.

Click here to see the Concert Programme

Saturday 5th July, 21:30, in the Igreja Matriz de São Brás de Alportel

Agenda

Wed 2nd & 9th	Talk/Workshop: Harmony Flower Essences An introduction to flower remedies and their benefits, by Caroline McCutcheon, Healer and Counsellor Price: 10 € (Amigos 7 €) - price includes optional individual counselling sessions with Caroline on 9th July. 50% of the money collected will be donated to Pirilampos Childrens' Home. For further details please click here Please book your place via: The Amigos Office 966 329 073 or email: admin@amigos-museu-sbras.org Wednesdays 2nd and 9th July, 15:00-16:30 and 15:00-17:30
Thurs 3rd	Photo Club, with Peter Schilde (fortnightly on Thursdays). Entry: 5 € (Amigos 3 €) Please contact The Amigos office for further details: 966 329 073 or email: admin@amigos-museu-sbras.org Thursday 3rd July, 19:00-21:00
Sat 5th	Concert by Coro dos Amigos with Loulé Recorder Ensemble, in São Brás Church Click here to see the concert programme Saturday 5th July, 21:30
Sun 6th	Fado Night - End of Season Party and BBQ, with musicians Vítor do Carmo, José Santana and Cecílio Martins, and fadistas Dilar Rosa, Patricia Serra, Vítor Alves, Peres Devid, Virgílio Martins, Liliana Mendes, Estela Mendonça, Virgílio Costa, Ana Isabel Guerreiro, Carlos Cristo, Sara Gonçalves, Inés Graça, Demétrio Meira, Aurora Espada and Raquel Peters. This is the final Fado Club evening for this season. Entry: 10 € (including Barbecue - reservations only: tel. 289 840 100) Sunday 6th July, BBQ from 20:00 (Please note the earlier than usual start time!)
Wed 9th	History Talk: The Romans in Portugal, by Trevor Haywood Why it took nearly 200 years for the Romans to defeat the Iberians and the Lusitanians Entry: 2 € (Friends free) . Wednesday 9th July, 11:00
Fri 11th	The Avoidable Every Day Rush - Time- and Self-management. Talk in German by Prof. Regine Reichwein, Berlin Entry: 2 € Friday 11th July, 15:00
Sat 12th & Sun 13th	Arte Viva 2008 Arte Viva is a summer weekend spectacular event of LIVE ART in all its forms taking place from 18:00 – 24:00 on Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th July 2008. See "Highlights" above for more information. Refreshments available throughout each evening. COME ALONG AND BE PART OF THE EXPERIENCE. Saturday 12th & Sunday 13th July, 18:00 - midnight
Thurs 17th	Photo Club, with Peter Schilde (fortnightly on Thursdays). Entry: 5 € (Amigos 3 €) Thursday 17th July, 19:00-21:00
Fri & Sat 18th/19th & Fri 25th	Theatre Evening: Fantasia on Apples The evening will be another of Aperitivo’s lively and off-beat mixtures of theatre and song in Portuguese, English, German and Dutch, based around three plays: The First Apple, part III; An Apple for the Teacher, and The Golden Apple. Tickets: 5 € Friday & Saturday 18th/19th July, 20:30 (Cine-Teatro) Friday 25th July, 20:00 (Museum)
Sat. 26th	African Drumming Group The group has been invited by the Câmara to perform on stage at the Feira da Serra, São Brás, and is delighted to represent the Amigos Association there. Saturday 26th July, 19:30