ALGARVE CAMERATA, with João Pedro Cunha & Vox Arade

July 12 | 9:30 PM

Location: Igreja de São Sebastião Org.: Algarve Camerata Age classification: M6 Free entry

Conductor: João Miguel Cunha Soloists: João Pedro Cunha Choir: Vox Arade (artistic direction - Valter Fralda)

This concert combines romantic lyricism, virtuosity, and moments of great choral elevation, in a program designed to touch both the emotion and the beauty of the melodies. It opens with Tchaikovsky's Andante cantabile, a page of serenity and warmth, where the string writing creates an intimate and deeply singable atmosphere.

Next is the Violin Concerto in G minor by Max Bruch, one of the most emblematic works of the romantic violin repertoire, performed by soloist João Pedro Cunha. In this page of great expressive intensity, the violin alternates moments of deep lyricism with passages of virtuosic brilliance, leading the orchestra in a passionate, noble, and engaging discourse.

At the heart of the concert, Schubert's Mass in G Major, presented with the Vox Arade Choir — artistic direction by Valter Fralda — brings a spiritual and luminous dimension, marked by generous melodies and a very characteristic sense of hope from the composer.

The closing with Mozart's Ave Verum offers a brief and moving farewell, of pure simplicity and timeless beauty, leaving in the end a silence full of meaning.