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The Great João Domingos Bomtempo

June 28, 2017 by André Lousada composer, orchestra, Portugal No Responses.

Bomtempo is one of my favorite Portuguese composers. He has the charm of Haydn and a bit of the temperament of a Young Beethoven. Bellow you can find a list of his orchestral repertoire with links to his music on Youtube: Op. 2 \ Piano Concerto No.1 in E flat major Op. 3 \ Piano […]

Weimar

November 7, 2016 by André Lousada germany, travel, vacation No Responses.

Click on the link above for the full post with photographs Weimar Weimar was a center for culture for a long time It was the home for many composers and artists such as Goethe, Liszt, J.S. Bach and Hummel. It was only logical that I started this travel blog with a city such as this. […]

Programming Ideas #2 – Halloween Special

October 5, 2016 by André Lousada conducting, content, education, manager, programming, season No Responses.

“Programme Macabre” for Halloween With Halloween coming up, I decided to put a possible concert program together. It has no intermission and is made of shorter pieces. In my opinion, concerts in special occasions or holidays, like Xmas and Halloween, should be aimed and marketed to a different audience. One that usually does

Portuguese Symphonic Music Playlist

May 14, 2016 by André Lousada Iberia, playlist, Portuguese Music No Responses.

The ones that know me well, are never surprised when I passionately start talking about Portuguese classical music. It hasn’t always been like this, but there was something about living abroad for more than 7 years, that gave me enormous satisfaction when sharing it with people. It’s definitely music that deserves to

Harnoncourt: A collection of all rehearsals I could find.

March 6, 2016 by André Lousada No Responses.

“There must never be dogmatism in art; in art only the result counts” (Nikolaus Harnoncourt) “For me, security and beauty and not compatible. When you seek beauty, you have to forget security, and you have to go to the rim of catastrophe. There you find the beauty. If a musician makes a mistake, [

Programing Ideas #1 – featuring a Male Chorus

February 1, 2016 by André Lousada conducting, content, education, manager, programming, season No Responses.

“Singing Men” Part.1 Stanford: Songs of the Sea (For Baritone and Male Chorus) – (18′) Brahms: Alto Rhapsody (For Mezzo and Male Chorus) – (13′) Part.2 Strauss – Die Tageszeiten (With a very close orchestration to the Songs of the Sea, adding just an extra clarinet) – (24′)

Beethoven Symphonies: Metronome Markings

March 11, 2015 by André Lousada baton, beat, composer, conducting, maestro, orchestra, performance practice, podium, rehearsal, scholar, student, tempo No Responses.

There is a lot of debate about the veracity of these markings. In the end what utterly obliged is to bring the most effective performance to the listener in that specific situation or hall. The real Beethovenian message its not in metronomic numbers but in the way the listener may be touched by the music […]

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