Tues 3rd

AAA Talk by Jean-Yves Blot - Jean Boudriot and the Great ‘59 Legacy.

The 1759 Battle of Lagos Bay was a significant sea battle of the 7 Years’ War between Britain and France. At a recent symposium sponsored by the Lagos Câmara to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the clash, Jean-Yves Blot, together with his archaeologist wife María Luísa and Francisco Alves, Director of the National Centre for Nautical and Underwater Heritage, presented a detailed analysis of the battle.

Now making the presentation to the AAA in English, Jean-Yves will give a uniquely French view of the battle. He is particularly influenced by Jean Boudriot, an architect by training, a major historian of French naval technology, and Jean-Yves’ inspiring professor at the Paris Ecole des Hautes Etudes. Boudriot’s studies on French men-of-war of the period are so crucial to the study of any naval event from the second half of the 17th Century that they raise the question: where does archaeology start?

Jean-Yves Blot is a graduate of Ecole des Hautes Études in Sciences Sociales, Paris, with a specialty in Underwater and Naval Archaeology. He has taught at the University of Tours and is a continuing Doctoral Candidate in Underwater Archaeology at the University of Paris. He has participated in and directed underwater projects in locations as diverse as Mauritius, Kenya, Mauritania, India, France, Iceland, Mozambique, and China. And, perhaps most importantly to us, he has been a virtual ‘pioneer’ in Underwater Archaeology in Portugal.

Entry: 5 € (non-members of AAA only)

Tuesday 3rd November, 14:30

Sun 8th

Opera Club: I Puritani (Bellini). Video presentation by Helga Hampton.

Entry 4 € (Amigos 2 €)

Sunday 8th November, 18:00

Sat 14th

Art Opening (Museum Gallery)

Works by Francisco Graça, Carmen Hoke, and by art students Annemie Tieman, Tess Schepman, Peter Verschoor, Jim Baker and Jill Jackson

Click here to see the poster for this event (PDF - 172 Kb)

Free entry

Saturday 14th November, 18:30

Sun 15th

Jazz Club @ The Museum: Zé Eduardo Ensemble

"The next jazz-club meeting will present a brand new group, FLAJAZZADOS, young promising jazz-musicians, guided and directed by the famous Portuguese Jazz-Bass player Zé Eduardo - although in this ensemble, Zé is playing piano. The Flajazzados septet is an ensemble that writes its own music, a mixture of styles from the "Post-BeBop" period till the present.

They met each other at the 4th "Residencia Artistica" organised by Gremio das Musicas in Faro last august and decided to stick together.

Zé Eduardo - piano/dir., Alexandre Andrade - trompete, Francisco Andrade - sax. tenor, Omar Namido - sax. alto, Pedro Gil - guitarra, Marco Martins - baixo, Sónia "Little B" Cabrita-drums.

Entry: 10 € (Amigos 8 €)

Sunday 15th November, 17:00

Fri 20th

Film & Quiz - Age of Stupid. Directed by Franny Armstrong, who also directed the documentary McLibel that took on the mighty MacDonald's empire.

The film deals with the vital issue of climate change, presenting a picture of what the world fifty years hence could look like if we ignore the current warnings about the effect we are having on our planet. Click on the image (left) for further information.

Entry: 7 € (Amigos 5 €)

Friday 20th November, 19:30

Sat 21st

Concert: Coro dos Amigos in a celebration of St Cecilia Day (St Cecilia is the patron saint of music)

This year, we will celebrate the anniversaries of 9 composers: Hofhaimer, Forster, Gumpelzhaimer, Franck, Purcell, Haydn, Albrechtsberger, Handel and Mendelssohn. The Coro dos Amigos do Museu will be singing a selection of their works , accompanied by an illustrated biography.

Entry: 7 € (Amigos 5 €)

Saturday 21st November, 19:30

Wed 25th

History Talks: Christopher Columbus (Part II) - with Trevor Haywood

Entry: 2 € (Amigos 1 €)

Wednesday 25th November, 11:00

Sat 28th

Concert - Tiago Alexandre (Classical Guitar)

Tiago Alexandre began his musical career at the Algarve Regional School of Music under the direction of Eudoro Grade. He taught at the Olhão School of Music, the Music Academy and Orchestra of the Tejo and currently works at the Regional School of Music in Setubal.

His career has developed mainly in the area of Chamber Music in a wide variety of formations. Most of his work, whether solo or chamber, endeavours to bring to the public a panorama of current composers of classical guitar music but without forgetting the important history of the instrument.

The programme includes music by, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Isaias Sávio, Annibal Sardinha, Luis Bonfa, Dilemando Reis, João Teixeira Guimarães, among others.

Click here to read Tiago's CV

Download the concert poster here (PDF - 347Kb)

Entry: 10 € (Amigos 8 €)

Saturday 28th November, 20:00

Sun 29th

Fado Night with guest fadistas, plusVítor do Carmo and José Santana on guitars

Entry: 4 € (Amigos 3 €)

Sunday 29th November, 21:00

Newsletter for November 2009

See also: Regular Activities