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Ongoing: 417 exhibitions, runs & attractions ↓

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Master Cupijó's Ball

Clube B.Leza Cais do Sodré Lisbon

M/16 Live music

A night of music and dance inspired by the legacy of Master Cupijó.

How to Save a Marriage

Teatro Villaret Lisbon

17–21€ Comedy

Nany People plays a relationship coach in this comedy, using humour and insight to tackle the difficulties and joys of life as a couple, with reflections on communication, respect and adaptation that apply to every kind of union and stage of life. Ages 14+.

Education Meetings 2026

Auditório da Associação Mutualista Montepio Lisbon

Free Other

A morning of reflection on childhood under the theme Caring, Educating and Loving, on 21 October at the Associação Mutualista Montepio auditorium, bringing together educators, health professionals, specialists and families, with free admission upon registration.

Fifty Shades of Rage

Teatro Maria Matos Alvalade Lisbon

25–30€ Comedy

Comedian Tova Leigh returns to Portugal with a frank show about everything surrounding sex from a woman's point of view, covering desire, self-pleasure, vaginal dryness, hormones, feminism and motherhood — absolutely nothing is left out.

Fontaines D.C.

Altice Arena Parque das Nações Lisbon

46 € a 56 € M/6 Live music

Fontaines D.C. play the MEO Arena on 21 October to present Dopamine Chamber, their fifth studio album, which trades guitars for a colder, stranger and more synthetic sound.

Afternoon 1 event
Lino Brocka | Maynila Sa Mga Kuko Ng Liwanag

15:30 Cinemateca Portuguesa Santo António Lisbon

3,2€ Cinema

The Cinemateca screens 'Maynila Sa Mga Kuko Ng Liwanag' (Manila in the Claws of Light), a masterpiece by Filipino director Lino Brocka. Tickets cost €3.20, with discounts for Friends of the Cinemateca, Cartão Jovem holders, students, over-65s and other groups.

Evening 9 events
Leitão de Barros | Maria Papoila

19:00 Cinemateca Portuguesa Santo António Lisbon

3,2€ Cinema

The Cinemateca screens 'Maria Papoila', Leitão de Barros's classic of Portuguese cinema. Tickets cost €3.20, with discounts for Friends of the Cinemateca, Cartão Jovem holders, students, over-65s and other groups.

Techno Yoga with Kate Zubok

19:00 Teja House Lisbon

DJ set

Kate Zubok leads Techno Yoga at TEJÁ House in Cais do Sodré every Wednesday — a fusion of breathwork, yoga and conscious movement set to Berlin minimal techno. No experience needed; just arrive a little early.

Gabriel Ferrandini Romance

19:30 TBA - Teatro Bairro Alto Lisbon

14€ Live music

Gabriel Ferrandini presents his new album, Romance, five years after Hair of the Dog. The album explores new narrative structures, including writing for choir and string orchestra, reflecting his collaborative and experimental practice.

Lino Brocka | Ang Tatay Kong Nanay

19:30 Cinemateca Portuguesa Santo António Lisbon

3,2€ Cinema

The Cinemateca screens 'Ang Tatay Kong Nanay', a film by Filipino director Lino Brocka. Tickets cost €3.20, with discounts for Friends of the Cinemateca, Cartão Jovem holders, students, over-65s and other groups.

Gulbenkian Choir a cappella

20:00 Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian Avenidas Novas Lisbon

Live music

Concert by the Gulbenkian Choir conducted by Martina Batič, featuring motets by Bach and works by Portuguese composers, including the premiere of Andreia Pinto Correia.

KELELA

20:00 Lisboa ao Vivo Campo Pequeno Lisbon

20€ Live music

Kelela brings her new album to Lisbon, blending alternative R&B, experimental pop and club music at LAV, with the Primavera Sound seal of quality.

Celeste Barber - Backup Dancer

21:00 Aula Magna Cidade Universitária Lisbon

40€ Theatre

Celeste Barber brings her worldwide tour Backup Dancer to Lisbon. The show combines social satire and personal anecdotes with her trademark humor.

Lino Brocka | Orapronobis

21:45 Cinemateca Portuguesa Santo António Lisbon

3,2€ Cinema

The Cinemateca screens 'Orapronobis' (Fight for Us), a film by Filipino director Lino Brocka. Tickets cost €3.20, with discounts for Friends of the Cinemateca, Cartão Jovem holders, students, over-65s and other groups.

Mothership

23:59 Lisboa Rio Lisbon

10€ DJ set

Every Wednesday from midnight to 6am, the Visionaries and Freaky Fiction alliance takes over Temple Club with the Mothership — galactic journeys with ritualistic aesthetics, open bar (beer) until 1am and free entry on your birthday.

Exhibitions, runs & attractions 417 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.

Show original (Portuguese)

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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