Music Season opening concert in San Roque cancelled

O opening concert of the Season of Music in São Roque, Lisbon, scheduled for Wednesday in the Church of São Roque, was cancelled due to weather forecasts, today announced the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa.

“The Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa laments the disorders caused and thanks the public for understanding”, adds the institution, in a statement published online.

The Music Season in São Roque continues until the 22nd, with a program that includes absolute premieres of works by Sérgio Azevedo and Pedro Rodrigues, and modern works by Baroque, rescued by the investigation of the interpreters.

The Chapel of São João Batista, located in the Church of São Roque, in Lisbon, classified as a national monument, gives rise to the season.

With the cancellation of the opening concert, the season starts on Friday at the Convent of São Pedro de Alcântara, with the absolute debut of “Canto dos Espíritos sobre a Água”, Francisco Ribeiro, by Vocal Ensemble, in honor of São João Batista.

That same day, the Ludovice Ensemble rediscovers, in the Church of St Roque, “Francesco Grassi, a prominent figure of Baroque Rome today almost forgotten”, in a concert entitled “The new revelations of the orders of D. João V”.

Until November 22, it will be possible to hear works by composers such as Carlos Seixas, Niccolò Jommelli, Alberto José Gomes da Silva, among others, ending the season at the National Museum of Music in Mafra, with the Ensemble Bonne Corde.

The Music Season in São Roque is “a celebration of the beauty of this joanina era”, Lusa told SCML’s Director of Culture, Teresa Nicolau, stressing the identity of more than 500 years of the institution, which also goes through “bringing new music, opening the possibility that contemporary music and new musicians can celebrate its art and its beauty”.