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13th Conference of EspAcial Teachers

Pavilhão do Conhecimento Parque das Nações Lisbon

Workshops & talks

The 13th EspAcial Teachers' Conference brings teachers together for a gathering of training and sharing of experiences.

Live Music

Clube da Praia Praia das Maçãs Sintra

Live music

Live music at Clube da Praia, on Praia das Maçãs, every Friday and Saturday night.

Live music

Orixás Restaurante Bar Galeria Sintra

Live music

Live Brazilian music at the Orixás restaurant and gallery, every Friday and Saturday at dinner.

Live traditional music

Taverna dos Trovadores São Pedro de Sintra Sintra

Live music

Live traditional Portuguese music at Taverna dos Trovadores, every Friday and Saturday.

Afternoon 3 events
Lado BB | Le Repos Du Guerrier

15:30 Cinemateca Portuguesa Santo António Lisbon

3,2€ Cinema

A Lado BB series screening at the Cinemateca featuring the film Le Repos du Guerrier, with tickets at 3,20€ and discounts for Friends of the Cinemateca, students, over-65s and other audiences.

COURTS MÉTRAGES | 27th French Film Festival

16:30 Cinema São Jorge Arroios Lisbon

6€ Cinema

The short film section of the 27th French Film Festival, featuring Dernier printemps by Mathilde Bédouet, Journal du futur by Agathe Bonitzer and Love Story by Laïs Decaster — three works revealing the vitality of new Francophone cinema.

SUNSET AT VU

17:00 Village Underground Lisboa Alcântara Lisbon

DJ set

A sunset dj set session on Friday, 9 October, from 5pm to 11pm.

Evening 22 events
Sunset DJ

18:00 7 Seas Bistro Cascais

DJ set

Sunset DJ set at 7 Seas Bistro, every Friday from 6 PM to 9 PM.

BATACLAN: THOSE WHO LIVED | 27th French Film Festival

19:00 Cinema São Jorge Arroios Lisbon

6€ Cinema

A series based on the true story of seven Bataclan hostages, following the group Les Potages from the night of 13 November 2015 and their difficult rebuilding of their lives; the first two episodes will be screened at the 27th French Film Festival.

Paulo Branco | L'Homme Qui a Perdu Son Ombre

19:00 Cinemateca Portuguesa Santo António Lisbon

3,2€ Cinema

The Cinemateca screens 'L'Homme Qui a Perdu Son Ombre' in its retrospective dedicated to producer Paulo Branco. Tickets are €3.20, with discounts available for several audiences.

Ájax

19:00 8 Marvila Marvila Lisbon

Theatre

A theatre piece based on Ájax, probably the oldest of Sophocles' tragedies, reflecting on the limits of power and today's totalitarian threats by crossing the ancient text with testimonies, narratives and artistic interventions — a profoundly human theatre that looks us eye to eye.

The Mad Hatter's Band

19:30 7 Seas Bistro Cascais

Live music

The Mad Hatter's Band performs a concert blending funk, blues, fusion and rock.

OFICINA G3 LISBOA - SHOW EXTRA

20:00 Lisboa ao Vivo Campo Pequeno Lisbon

Live music

Brazilian Christian rock band Oficina G3 performs in Lisbon in an extra show, with doors at 7 PM and show at 8 PM.

Tonight We Shout - "New Golden Age" by Karen Hartman

21:00 Palácio Galveias Lisbon

5€ Party

Staged reading of 'New Golden Age' by Karen Hartman, a dystopian thriller about surveillance and technology, part of the 'Tonight We Shout' cycle by Companhia Cepa Torta.

SUPERSTAR

21:00 Teatro Armando Cortez Tires Cascais

M/12 Theatre

A theatrical performance titled 'Superstar'.

L'Objet du délit | 27th French Film Festival

21:30 Cinema São Jorge Arroios Lisbon

6€ Cinema

As part of the 27th French Film Festival, a screening of Agnès Jaoui's dramatic comedy 'L'Objet du délit', set behind the scenes of an ambitious production of Mozart's 'The Marriage of Figaro' that is shaken by an accusation of sexual assault.

Lado BB | Dear Brigitte

21:30 Cinemateca Portuguesa Santo António Lisbon

3,2€ Cinema

A Lado BB film screening of 'Dear Brigitte', 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.

MOTEUR... IMPROVISO! | 27th French Film Festival

21:30 Cinema São Jorge Arroios Lisbon

8€ Cinema

A theatrical improvisation show about cinema, performed without a script by La Troupe Impro Lisboa, who create one-of-a-kind scenes live from ideas thrown out by the audience — 80 minutes of playful, unexpected tribute to the seventh art at the 27th French Film Festival.

LA FRAPPE | 27th French Film Festival

21:45 Cinema São Jorge Arroios Lisbon

6€ Cinema

Julien Gaspar-Oliveri's raw, unsettling family drama, premiered at Cannes Critics' Week, finds suspense in silence: instead of showing violence, it films its invisible marks as buried truths emerge, with Diego Murgia and Bastien Bouillon leading the cast.

6 Years of Eritage

22:00 Teja House Lisbon

DJ set

Eritage, the independent gallery and cultural space in Lisbon's Santos neighbourhood, marks six years with the opening of the new BREATH exhibition at the gallery, followed by a night at TEJÁ in Cais do Sodré from 10pm to 4am with DJ sets from Rafa Montserrat, Man From Rio and Nicolle Velcro.

Living Room x ZDB: mu tate ⟡ Violet

22:00 Galeria Zé dos Bois Bairro Alto Lisbon

12€ Live music

Ambient music session with producer mu tate, exploring temporal memory and sonic texture, at a Living Room x ZDB event.

Rene Wise, Andy Martin, Inês Duarte, Guy from 1990

23:00 Lux Frágil Santa Apolónia Lisbon

DJ set

A techno night headlined by Rene Wise, whose raw, groove-driven sound is rooted in his drums and percussion training, with sets also from Andy Martin, Inês Duarte and Guy from 1990; tickets via DICE.

BAILE: APUPU

23:59 Casa Capitão Beato Lisbon

10.82€ 18+ DJ set

From midnight, Casa Capitão turns into BAILE with a set from Apupu, on a single ticket that gives access to all rooms.

Cruz

23:59 5A Lisbon

18+ DJ set

A DJ set from Portuguese artist Cruz, performing his own material on the decks.

Ministerium Club // Raresh

23:59 Ministerium Club Lisbon

19+ Party

Ministerium Club hosts Romanian dj Raresh for a club night, with more names still to be announced.

NIINA’S LOVE CLUB

23:59 Village Underground Lisboa Alcântara Lisbon

Party

Niina’s Love Club party at Superlativo by Super Bock, on Friday, October 9, from midnight to 6am.

Exhibitions, runs & attractions 277 events

Open Garden

Jardim Aberto

Live music

Tuesday 12 January · 18:30

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Teatro Nacional de São Carlos Chiado · Lisbon

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.

Full details

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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