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Ongoing: 271 exhibitions, runs & attractions ↓

Morning 1 event
Training for hospitality and tourism professionals

10:42 Biblioteca Municipal de Sintra Sintra

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Sintra City Council and Turismo de Portugal offer training for hospitality and tourism professionals entitled “Criar e Inovar o seu Modelo de...”.

Afternoon 2 events
Linocut Workshop

14:30 Museu do Oriente. Lisbon

45€ Workshops & talks

An introductory workshop on linocut technique with Maria Manuel Lyra, where participants learn the basics of composition, carving, and manual printing.

Lado BB | A Simple Favor

15:30 Cinemateca Portuguesa Santo António Lisbon

3,2€ Cinema

The Lado BB strand screens A Simple Favor, Paul Feig's dark mystery comedy in which a vlogger mum investigates the disappearance of her glamorous best friend; tickets are 3,20€ with discounts for students, seniors and Friends of the Cinemateca.

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Linha de Sombra | Finding Neverland

19:00 Cinemateca Portuguesa Santo António Lisbon

3,2€ Cinema

A Linha de Sombra cycle screening of 'Finding Neverland', the film about the story that inspired Peter Pan.

COCK

21:00 Teatro Maria Matos Alvalade Lisbon

M/16 Theatre

This provocative play centers on João, who falls for a woman after a pause with his boyfriend.

TEJAM Sessions

21:00 Teja House Lisbon

Free DJ set

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

Tashi Dorji ⟡ Erica Dawn Lyle

21:00 Galeria Zé dos Bois Bairro Alto Lisbon

12€ Live music

A night of free improvisation where Tashi Dorji presents his singular guitar vision shaped by punk, free jazz, blues and academic experimentalism, joined by Erica Dawn Lyle.

Paulo Branco | Loin de Manhattan

21:30 Cinemateca Portuguesa Santo António Lisbon

3,2€ Cinema

A screening of 'Loin de Manhattan', Aki Kaurismäki's film produced by Paulo Branco, as part of the cycle dedicated to the producer.

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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.

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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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