For decades, the Smith Quartet has been at the cutting edge of contemporary music, and is one of the most distinguished ensembles in the world. In this concert, it will present an almost entirely Portuguese programme, with pieces who have been touring through Europe within the context of the Circuits Project.
Circuits was created by Miso Music Portugal closely with the British Council, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and the Camões Institute, aiming at promoting Portuguese music abroad.
This Project has been presented in Paris, Vilnius, Madrid, Belfast, Dublin, Oxford and Berlin and finally has its premiere in Portugal with six pieces that suggest distinctive paths to connections between the traditional string quartet and the electronic means.
The Musica Viva Festival 2008 ceases with one of the most representative composers in contemporary music, Steve Reich.
IAN HUMPHRIES violin
DARRAGH MORGAN violin
NICK PENDLEBURY viola
DEIRDRE COOPER cello
JEAN-MARC SULLON musical assistant
MISO STUDIO electronic setting
PROGRAMME
PEDRO REBELO
Shadow quartet * (commissioned by Miso Music Portugal)
CARLOS CAIRES
Horizon * (commissioned by Miso Music Portugal)
JOÃO PEDRO OLIVEIRA
Labirinto
PEDRO AMARAL
Pagina Postica * (commissioned by Miso Music Portugal)
MIGUEL AZGUIME
Paraître Parmi *
STEVE REICH
Triple Quartet *
* Premiere in Portugal
SUPPORT
BRITISH COUNCIL
© PAULA AZGUIME
© TAS KYPRIANOU