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News on Stage

Chapitô Lisbon

12€ Theatre

A theatre show that weaves together memory, violence, identity, territory and contemporary social issues, challenging the audience to look at what fills the newspapers every day and ask: what stories lie beyond the news?

Morning 3 events
ACTIVITY: COOKIN'ART | 2–5 years

11:00 Centro Cultural de Belém Belém Lisbon

3€ Family friendly Exhibition

A performative activity for children aged 2 to 5, where author cuisine meets children's imagination. Inspired by the museum's artworks, the little helpers will cook recipes that carry the story of the artworks they discovered.

Fairy Tales

11:00 Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian Avenidas Novas Lisbon

Live music

This Sunday Concert celebrates music inspired by great narratives, with works by Mozart, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky and Humperdinck.

Afternoon 4 events
The Wizard of Oz | A Pop Musical

15:00 Casino Estoril Estoril Cascais

M/6 Family friendly Live music

A pop musical based on the story of The Wizard of Oz, with contemporary songs.

The Nutcracker | Imperial Heritage Ballet | Classic Stage

15:00 Coliseu dos Recreios Santa Maria Maior Lisbon

30€ 6+ Family friendly Dance

Imperial Heritage Ballet presents 'The Nutcracker', Tchaikovsky's classic that takes audiences to Clara's magical night, with toys coming to life, imaginary battles and enchanted kingdoms. A luminous, festive experience for the whole family, with Tchaikovsky's music and the beauty of great classical ballet.

"Lacuna" by Luz Ribeiro | Tonight We Shout

16:00 São Luiz Teatro Municipal Lisbon

5€ Party

A show titled 'Lacuna' by Luz Ribeiro, part of the 'Tonight We Shout' program. A theater or performance event with tickets at €5.

LET US POUR LITTLE WATER ON MUCH FIRE

16:00 Auditório Carlos Avilez Cascais

22€ Theatre

A Barraca, directed by Maria do Céu Guerra with music by António Vitorino d'Almeida, dives into the lyric poetry of Luís de Camões — the Canções and above all the Sonnets — in a show about lived and invented love.

Evening 3 events
Josh Cohen | Radiohead for Solo Piano II | MISTY FEST

18:00 São Luiz Teatro Municipal Lisbon

20€ Live music

Australian composer and pianist Josh Cohen, a master of improvisation known for blending jazz, contemporary classical and electronic influences, performs Radiohead's repertoire live on solo piano at Misty Fest, elevating these iconic songs to a whole new level.

Skinshape

20:00 Casa Capitão Beato Lisbon

32,50€ 12+ Live music

Skinshape, the project of London multi-instrumentalist William Dorey, comes to Lisbon for the first time with his fusion of psychedelic soul, smooth funk, dub and afrobeat. Live, he becomes an immersive ensemble recreating these textures with vintage instruments and expansive dub effects.

LEVI.SCT | MISTY FEST

21:30 São Luiz Teatro Municipal Lisbon

20€ Live music

German pianist Levi Schechtmann, who is redefining classical music by crossing it with modern rhythms and contemporary sounds, brings his innovative arrangements of Bach, Liszt and Chopin to Misty Fest.

Exhibitions, runs & attractions 341 events

Claude Debussy: La mer

Live music M/06

Sunday 15 November · 17:00

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Centro Cultural Olga Cadaval Sintra

The Portuguese Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Joseph Swensen, performs key works of French modernism alongside a Portuguese voice, featuring Debussy's La mer, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, and Ravel's Pavane, in a concert mapping the creative effervescence of early modernism.

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What if, in a single program, one could map the creative effervescence of early modernism, its boundary-breaking, its interartistic dialogues, and its relentless search for a new musical language? The Portuguese Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Joseph Swensen, presents key works of French modernism centered around a Portuguese voice shaped by the same currents. Opening the concert, Debussy's Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1894), a landmark in music history born from Mallarmé's symbolist poetry. By dissolving the boundaries between rhythms, harmony and orchestral color, this work introduced a new conception of musical time, in which atmosphere supersedes argument and the sinuous theme of the flute drifts adrift, like consciousness itself. Luís de Freitas Branco's Violin Concerto (1916), here performed by Carlos Damas (soloist of the work's Parisian premiere), constitutes a singular achievement in Portuguese music. Based on modal exploration and cyclical forms closer to César Franck than to Impressionism, it reveals a composer navigating between the heritage of the past and an unmistakably personal harmonic voice, decades ahead of its wider recognition. Ravel's Pavane pour une infante défunte (1899), a meditation on a Renaissance court dance, brings stillness and luminous orchestral restraint to the program. Closing the evening, Debussy's ambitious La mer (1905): three symphonic sketches in which the sea becomes an inexhaustible source of color, movement and emotional depth; a work in infinite renewal, like the tides it evokes. Four works, three composers, but a shared conviction: that music, when free from convention, becomes something close to nature itself.

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E se, num único programa, se pudesse mapear a efervescência criativa do modernismo inicial, o seu galgar de limites, os seus diálogos interartísticos e a sua busca incansável por uma nova linguagem musical? A Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa, sob a batuta de Joseph Swensen, apresenta obras-chave do modernismo francês em torno de uma voz portuguesa moldada pelas mesmas correntes. A abrir o concerto, o Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (1894) de Debussy, um marco da história da música gerado a partir da poesia simbolista de Mallarmé. Ao dissolver as fronteiras entre ritmos, harmonia e cor orquestral, esta obra introduziu uma nova conceção de tempo musical, na qual a atmosfera suplanta o argumento e o tema sinuoso da flauta flutua à deriva, como a própria consciência. O Concerto para violino e orquestra (1916) de Luís de Freitas Branco, aqui interpretado por Carlos Damas (solista da estreia parisiense da obra), constitui um feito singular na música portuguesa. Baseando-se na exploração modal e de formas cíclicas mais próximas de César Franck do que do Impressionismo, revela um compositor a navegar entre a herança do passado e uma voz harmónica inequivocamente pessoal, décadas à frente do seu reconhecimento mais amplo. A Pavane pour une infante défunte (1899) de Ravel, uma meditação sobre uma dança de corte renascentista, traz quietude e luminosa contenção orquestral ao programa. A fechar o serão, o ambicioso La mer (1905) de Debussy: três esquissos sinfónicos nos quais o mar se converte em fonte inesgotável de cor, movimento e profundidade emocional; uma obra em infinita renovação, como as marés que evoca. Quatro obras, três compositores, mas uma convicção partilhada: a de que a música, quando livre de convenções, se torna algo próximo da própria natureza.

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