Banda de Alcobaça Choir and String Ensemble

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The Banda de Alcobaça Choir is made up of around 50 participants, choral music lovers of all ages, and has a very varied repertoire, covering a wide musical and temporal spectrum, from classical music with a substantial focus on the sacred genre to choral music from the Portuguese tradition.
It celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2023 and, throughout this decade, has given concerts in various churches inside and outside the municipality of Alcobaça and in other venues in the region.
Due to its quality and repertoire, since 2019 it has been part of the main program of the Cistermúsica - Alcobaça Music Festival, performing in various venues and with diverse programs.
programs.
This program features a piece by Mendelssohn among works by contemporary composers, such as the American Andrea Ramsey, the Brazilian Ernani Aguiar or the Norwegian Ola Gjeilo, whose work Sunrise Mass sets the tone for this
concert.
Sunrise Mass has four movements and each movement contributes to a larger narrative that ranges from contemplation and creation (The Spheres), through awakening and celebration (Sunrise), to the complexity of community life (The City) and, finally, introspection and spiritual fulfillment (Identity).
Come and hear this contemporary work for choir and string ensemble that stands out for its emotional depth and aesthetic beauty!

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Veni Domine, Op. 39, n.º1

Ernani Aguiar (1950- )
Salmo 150

Stephen Paulus (1949-2014)
The Road Home

Andrea Ramsey (1977- )
I See the Heaven's Glories Shine

Ola Gjeilo (1978- )
Sunrise Mass
1. The Spheres
2. Sunrise
3. The City
4. Identity

Artists
Rui Carreira, musical direction
Sara Bernardes, piano
Hélvio Simões, organ

String Ensemble
Nuno de Vasconcelos, ensemble director and violin I
Sofia Weffort, Gonçalo Godinho and Beatriz Morais, violin I
Sofia Ferreira, Maria Inês Oliveira and Lourenço Henriques, violin II
Cristiana Barreiro and Maria Inês Teixeira, viola
Mariana Rodrigues and Simão Lamego, cello

Support: Parish of Almoster
This concert is part of the Verão in.Str event, in partnership with the Municipality of Santarém and with the support of the Almoster Parish Council.

Information
If you have any questions, please contact us:
Tel. 967 716 647 or info@cistermusica.com

Fundação Millennium BCP is Patron of the Cistercian Route