Bingen:
O virtus sapientiae
Lili Boulanger:
Noktürn
Lili Boulanger:
Cortège
Bosmans:
String Quartet (scored by Adrian Tully)
Aleksandra Vrebalov:
New composition (commissioned by ECHO) – world première
Gershwin:
Rhapsody in Blue
Gershwin:
Porgy and Bess – excerpt (Nina Simone version and lyrics)
McCartney:
Blackbird
Whatever the young Portuguese musicians of the Maat Saxophone Quartet, founded in Amsterdam, play – from fado to new music – there is no mistaking the individuality of their performances. Having triumphed at the top musical competitions in Portugal and Holland, among other places, the band has released two albums, the first of which critics referred to as: “promising, devilishly good, and heavenly contagious.” While their multidisciplinary project from last year reflected on climate change, this year they return in the spirit of Kafka with a virtual opera entitled Metamorphosis. Their exciting concert presents composers from the middle ages to the present day with a Hungarian première from the multifariously creative Serbian-American Aleksandra Vrebalov the crowning glory, but we could not do without Gershwin and The Beatles in our search for true diversity.
Nominated for the Rising Stars programme by: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Lisbon, Casa da Música Porto, Philharmonie de Paris
Presented by: Müpa Budapest
Maat Saxophone Quartet:
soprano saxophone:Daniel Ferreira
alto saxophone:Catarina Gomes
tenor saxophone:Pedro Silva
baritone saxophone: Mafalda Oliveira
Featuring:
Host and moderator of the audience encounter following the concert: Endre Tóth
