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Classical Guitar Concert: Josué Nunes (Saturday 15th November)
This will be the first concert in the Museum of São Brás for Josué Nunes, a young guitarist from Tavira who is rapidly becoming established as one of the leading guitarists and musicians of these times, not only for his musicianship, but also for his energy and dedication to widening the audience for classical music in the Algarve.
Josué Nunes began his studies of classical guitar with the highly accomplished master Eudoro Grade, and has since taken master classes with Dejan Ivanovik, Hubert Kapel and Robert Brightmore, amongst others. He has performed solo and in groups all over Portugal, as well as at the Conservatory of Vienna. In 2002 he founded the Music Academy of Tavira, and since then has launched the festival of ‘Música Erudita’, coordinated the project ‘Music in the Churches’ and is director of the International Guitar Festival of the Algarve.
His programme for the evening of the 15th will mainly consist of works from the 1880s onwards, including music from outstanding Brazilian, Spanish and Portuguese composers and musicians such as Heitor Villa-Lobos, Isaac Albeníz and João Pernanbuco, amongst others. Villa-Lobos’s nationalist sounds and rhythms of Brazil have become world famous and will be well represented in Josué’s choice of five Estudos, a Choro and Prelúdio 1, a homage to the Brazilian people.
He will also be playing one of the movements from the Suite Espanhola, originally written for piano by the legendary Isaac Albeníz. The fifth movement, entitled Asturias, and transcribed to guitar by Francisco Tárrega, has become famous in the world of classical guitar music. Sounds of Andalusian flamenco rhythms not really associated with the region of Asturias dominate the piece where one would expect to hear tolling church bells. But don’t be disappointed because vibrant church bells are what we can expect to hear in Pernanbuco’s , Sons de Carilhões (Sounds of the Bells).
Entry: 15 € (Amigos 12 €)
Saturday 15th November, 20:30
Click here to view the Concert Programme
Visit Josué Nunes' website
Opening/Preview of Art Exhibition by the Algarve Artists Network (Saturday 8th November)
Banding together to present a wide range of work and styles, the Algarve Artists’ Network are presenting a joint exhibition at the New Gallery in the Museum at São Brás opening at 18.30 on the 8th of November.
It is difficult to describe an exhibition where so many painting styles meet, but certainly adjectives like ‘vibrant’ and ‘colourful’ are appropriate; the best thing is to come along and enjoy the event.
The participating artists are: Silvia Cavelti, Jessica Dunn, Meinke Flessemann, Hilary Holt, Charlie Holt, Mary Hurst, Rosalind Hodges, John Lamonby, Seegrun Lübke, Milita, Nada Mandelbaum, Takae Nitahara, Jill Stott and Aderita Silva.
The exhibition will run until the 22nd of December.
Click here to visit their website
Free entry
Saturday 8th November, 19:00
Jazz @ The Museum: (Sunday 16th November)
3-Bass-Hit is a quintet, led by Johannes Krieger, performing original songs. By exploring the possibilities of having 3 bass lines (electric bass, tuba and bass clarinet) this group ahieves new functions and new sounds for the bass instruments.
The band comprises: Johannes Krieger (Germany) on trumpet; Fausto Corneo (Italy) on bass clarinet; Gil Gonçalves and Ricardo Freitas (both from Portugal) on tuba and electric bass, respectively; and Harida Quinteros (Chile) on drums.
As usual, there will be a jam session after the concert.
No reservation required - first come first served!
Entry 10 € (Friends 8 €) - but free to anyone who participates in the jam session!!
Bar & Refreshments available.
Sunday 16th November, 17:00
Download a copy of the concert poster here (559 Kb)
Agenda
Sat 8th |
Opening/Preview of Art Exhibition by the Algarve Artists Network (exhibition continues until 22nd December)
Free entry
Saturday 8th November, 19:00 |
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Concert: The Conservatório Series – 1
The first of three concerts to be given by the most promising students from the Conservatório Regional de Faro.
When two piano students from Faro played at the Museum in early 2008, the audience was hugely impressed with their standard of musicianship. We hope that these concerts will continue the fruitful relationship which has been created between the Amigos and the Conservatório.
Entry: 8 € (Amigos 5 €)
Saturday 8th November, 20:30 |
Sun 9th
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Opera Club: Don Giovanni. Sonia Frisell and her husband, Peter Schroeder, will compare 3 different productions of the opera, with audio-visual illustration. Sonia is an opera director and Peter was formerly a sound engineer at Deutsche Grammophon.
Entry: 4 € (Friends 2 €)
Sunday 9th November, 16:00 (Bar available) |
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Fado Night with guest fadistas, plus Vítor do Carmo and José Santana on guitars.
Entry: 4 € (Amigos 3 €)
Sunday 9th November, 21:00 (Bar available) |
Sat 15th
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Concert: Josué Nunes (Classical Guitarist)
We welcome for the first time this accomplished instrumentalist and teacher from Tavira. A student of the Conservatório Regional, he is rapidly building a reputation in the region and nationally. He is very closely involved with the ‘Music in Churches’ project, which is presenting concerts in churches across the Algarve.
Entry: 15 € (Amigos 12 €)
Saturday 15th November, 20:30 |
Sun 16th
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Jazz Club with a new group 3-Bass-Hit - a quintet featuring the sounds of 3 different bass instruments! Ricardo Freitas (Electric Bass), Gil Gonçalves (Tuba), Fausto Corneo (Bass Clarinet), Harida Quinteros (Drums) and, on trumpet, the very well-known player on the international jazz circuit, Johannes Krieger.
Entry: 10 € (Amigos 8 €)
Sunday 16th November, 17:00 |
Wed 19th
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History Talk: Battles of the Peninsular War (Part 2), by Trevor Haywood
Entry 2 € (Amigos free)
Wednesday 19th November, 11:00 |
Sat 29th
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Concert: Coro dos Amigos
The choir of the Amigos do Museu will present a programme of songs, in partnership with the Youth Choir Coral Ossónoba. The repertoire of this multi-national group is expanding rapidly under the guidance of their choirmaster, Walter Sulzer. A lively time is guaranteed.
Entry free
Saturday 29th November, 16:00 |
Sun 30th
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Christmas Fayre
Traditional homemade Christmas products. If you wish to participate and to sell your own products, please contact the Amigos office.
For more info ring Vânia or Inge on 966-329-073 or just click on the Christmas present (left)!
Free entry
Sunday 30th November, 12:00 - 18:00 |
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