A "peculiar combination" between organ and horn, played respectively by Daniel Nunes and Edgar Barbosa, will mark the next concerts of the Algarve Organ Festival, which will take place on Friday and Saturday, 9th and 10th November, in the Igreja Matriz in Portimão and in the Igreja do Carmo, in Faro, at 21 pm. This will be the first time, in 30 years of the festival, that the horn is joined to that of the organ.
In the concerts they will star in, Daniel Nunes and Edgar Barbosa will interpret "works by various composers that span the XNUMXth to XNUMXth centuries", from Manuel Rodrigues Coelho to Camille Saint-Saens, according to Associação Música XXI, which organizes the festival (see full program below).
Daniel Nunes began studying organ at the Instituto Gregoriano de Lisboa and attended a degree in Organ at the Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa. In 2012 he went to the Netherlands to continue his studies. He is currently attending a master's degree in performance with professors Pieter van Dijk and Mathias Havinga, having as guest professor Louis Robilliard. Both in Portugal and in the Netherlands, he has participated in several projects, competitions and concerts.
Edgar Barbosa began his musical studies at Associação Filarmónica União Lapense. He entered the Superior National Academy of Orchestra, where he finished his degree with horn players Abel Pereira and Nuno Vaz. He is a guest and full member of several orchestras: Lisbon Film Orchestra, West European Symphony Orchestra, Cascais and Oeiras Orchestra, Orquestra Clássica de Fátima. Performs the functions of Band Conductor of Associação Filarmónica União Lapense.
The 2018 Algarve Organ Festival is organized by Associação Cultural Música XXI, with the support of the Regional Directorate of Culture of the Algarve and the Municipalities of Faro, Loulé, Tavira and Portimão, with support for the dissemination of the Algarve Tourism Region, with communication partners Antena 2, Sul Informação and RUA FM and with the accommodation partner Hotel Faro. It also has a partnership with the Ordem do Carmo de Faro, of the Chapter of the Cathedral of Faro, of the Parishes of Portimão, Boliqueime and Tavira and of the Misericórdia of Tavira.
Program:
Parish Church of Portimão, 9th of November:
– Manuel Rodrigues Coelho (1555-1635): First goal of the first tone – solo organ
– Samuel Wesley (1766-1837): Voluntary in D minor – solo organ
– Johann Jacob Froberger (1616-1667): Canzona in F major, Fbwv 303 – solo organ
– George Frederic Handel (1685-1759): Suite no.2 in D major (Water Music)
– Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921): Novel
– Joseph Haydn (1732-1809): Concerto no.1 for Horn
Carmo Church (Faro), November 10:
– Manuel Rodrigues Coelho (1555-1635): First goal of the first tone – solo organ
– Francisco Correa de Arauxo (1584-1654): Tiento sobre la batalla de Morales – solo organ
– Johann Jacob Froberger (1616-1667): Canzona in F major, Fbwv 303 – solo organ
– George Frederic Handel (1685-1759): Suite no.2 in D major (Water Music)
– Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921): Novel
– Joseph Haydn (1732-1809): Concerto no.1 for Horn
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