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Ongoing: 265 exhibitions, runs & attractions ↓

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DARYE | KOREAN TEA CEREMONY FOR AUTUMN

14:30 Museu do Oriente. Lisbon

40€ M/16 Other

Korean tea ceremony workshop where participants explore autumn traditions, taste different teas and treats, and learn about Korean culture.

Lado BB | Les Pétroleuses

15:30 Cinemateca Portuguesa Santo António Lisbon

3,2€ Cinema

A Lado BB film screening of 'Les Pétroleuses', with general admission at €3.20 and discounts for Friends of the Cinemateca, Youth Card holders, the unemployed, students, film students, juniors (up to 16) and over-65s.

Young Mothers | 27th French Film Festival

17:00 Cinema São Jorge Arroios Lisbon

6€ Cinema

The Dardenne brothers portray Jessica, Perla, Julie, Ariane and Naïma, mothers barely over 18 who, in a shelter, try to find their place in the world and offer their children a better future — an intimate portrait of youth and motherhood awarded Best Screenplay at Cannes.

Evening 8 events
Noémia Delgado | The Bread Thief + The Little Princess of Roses

19:00 Cinemateca Portuguesa Santo António Lisbon

3,2€ Cinema

A session of the Cinemateca retrospective dedicated to Noémia Delgado, screening 'The Bread Thief' (O Ladrão do Pão) and 'The Little Princess of Roses' (A Princesinha das Rosas). Tickets cost 3,20€, with discounts available.

CONGO BOY | 27th French Film Festival

19:30 Cinema São Jorge Arroios Lisbon

6€ Cinema

The first major co-production between the Central African Republic and the DR Congo, Rafiki Fariala's vibrant musical drama, premiered in Un Certain Regard at Cannes, follows Robert, a 17-year-old in Bangui who, amid war and his parents' imprisonment, finds in music a way to resist.

Lado BB | Le Repos Du Guerrier

19:30 Cinemateca Portuguesa Santo António Lisbon

3,2€ Cinema

A Cinemateca screening of 'Le Repos du Guerrier' as part of the 'Lado BB' series, with tickets at 3,20€ and discounts for Friends of the Cinemateca, youth card holders, the unemployed, students, over-65s and retirees.

TEJAM Sessions

21:00 Teja House Lisbon

Free DJ set

A curated jam on the house sound system, Tuesday nights through to midnight — bring an instrument or just come to listen, free at the door.

maya ongaku ⟡ Summit

21:00 Galeria Zé dos Bois Bairro Alto Lisbon

14€ Live music

Concert/event with the band Maya Ongaku, blending psychedelic folk, electronics and YMO influences, presenting their unique sonic universe.

Full Phil | 27th French Film Festival

21:30 Cinema São Jorge Arroios Lisbon

6€ Cinema

Quentin Dupieux's absurdist black comedy 'Full Phil', presented at Cannes, stars Woody Harrelson as a millionaire American industrialist whose trip to Paris with his daughter (Kristen Stewart) becomes increasingly surreal. Screened at the 27th French Film Festival, tickets 6€.

Paulo Branco | Le Mariage à Trois

21:30 Cinemateca Portuguesa Santo António Lisbon

3,2€ Cinema

The Paulo Branco retrospective at the Cinemateca brings 'Le Mariage à Trois' to the big screen. Tickets are €3.20, with reduced rates for students, seniors and other groups.

La Frappe | 27th French Film Festival

21:45 Cinema São Jorge Arroios Lisbon

6€ Cinema

Julien Gaspar-Oliveri's raw family drama 'La Frappe', premiered at Cannes Critics' Week, builds suspense through silence around buried family trauma, with Diego Murgia and Bastien Bouillon. Part of the 27th French Film Festival, tickets 6€.

Exhibitions, runs & attractions 265 events

Open Garden

Jardim Aberto

Live music

Tuesday 12 January · 18:30

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Teatro Nacional de São Carlos Chiado · Lisbon
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In this Open Garden concert, Alexis Hatch, Isabel Pereira and Alexandre Alvarez perform Bach's Goldberg Variations in Dmitry Sitkovetsky's string trio transcription, revealing the contrapuntal clarity and eloquence of Bach's music.

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Few works of the early repertoire have crossed time and instrumental boundaries as durably as the Goldberg Variations. Published in 1741, in Volume IV of the Clavier-Übung, they constitute the most extensive set of keyboard music printed in the eighteenth century and one of the rare cases in which Bach's work achieved fame during the composer's lifetime. The legend associating their origin with the insomnia of Count Keyserlingk and the young harpsichordist Johann Gottlieb Goldberg has been increasingly contradicted by musicological research; more consensual is that Bach had in mind, as a probable performer, his son Wilhelm Friedemann. Regardless of the story attached to them, what remains is an architecture of thirty variations, a true encyclopedia of the keyboard and a supreme exercise in contrapuntal invention. The passage of this work to other instrumental formations is part of a practice that is neither modern nor foreign to Bach. In the Baroque period, transcribing, adapting and reusing material from others was a common procedure among composers, and Bach himself practised it, both with his own music and with works by other composers. Transcription does not betray the work: it prolongs its life and broadens its reach. It is in this context that Dmitry Sitkovetsky's version for string trio fits, begun in 1984 under the impact of Glenn Gould's recording of the Variations, completed in 1985, the tercentenary of Bach's birth, and dedicated to the pianist's memory. With the three instruments, the counterpoint gains clarity and Bach's art reveals itself in its sharpness and eloquence. Alexis Hatch, Isabel Pereira and Alexandre Alvarez give voice to this reading, showing that Bach's music continues to speak to musicians and audiences alike, a sign that it remains alive, not as a monument, but as an active presence.

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Poucas obras do repertório antigo atravessaram tão longamente o tempo e as fronteiras dos instrumentos como as Variações Goldberg. Publicadas em 1741, no volume IV dos Clavier-Übung , constituem o mais extenso conjunto de música para teclado impresso no século XVIII e um dos raros casos em que a obra de Bach alcançou notoriedade, ainda em vida do compositor. A lenda que associa a sua génese à insónia do code Keyserlingk e ao jovem cravista Johann Gottlieb Goldberg tem vindo a ser desmentida pela investigação musicológica; mais consensual é que Bach tivesse em vista, como intérprete provável, o seu filho Wilhelm Friedemann. Independentemente da história que se lhe colou, o que permanece é uma arquitetura de trinta variações, verdadeira enciclopédia do teclado e exercício superior de invenção contrapontística. A passagem desta obra para outras formações instrumentais inscreve-se numa prática que não é moderna, nem alheia a Bach. No período barroco, transcrever, adaptar e reutilizar material alheio era procedimento corrente entre compositores, e o próprio Bach o praticou, tanto com música sua como com obras de outros compositores. A transcrição não trai a obra: prolonga-lhe a vida e amplia-lhe o alcance. É neste contexto que se situa a versão para trio de cordas de Dmitry Sitkovetsky, iniciada em 1984 sob o impacto da gravação das Variações por Glenn Gould, concluída em 1985, ano do tricentenário do nascimento de Bach, e dedicada à memória do pianista. Com os três instrumentos, o contraponto ganha clareza e a arte de Bach revela-se na sua nitidez e eloquência. Alexis Hatch, Isabel Pereira e Alexandre Alvarez dão voz a esta leitura, mostrando que a música de Bach continua a interpelar músicos e públicos, sinal de que permanece viva, não como monumento, mas como presença ativa.

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