Ouvir Duas Vezes – A Sinfonia – Auditório da Reitoria da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Lisbon

About this event

This production is part of Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa’s educational series “Ouvir Duas Vezes” (Listen Twice), designed for families and school audiences. The concept is to hear the music twice: first with analytical commentary that reveals structure, themes, and historical context, and then again as a complete, uninterrupted performance. For “A Sinfonia,” the orchestra creates a “Frankenstein Symphony” — a composite symphony assembled from four movements taken from four different symphonies by four composers. This lets the audience grasp the internal architecture of the classical symphony by experiencing its four characteristic movements as distinct units from the core repertoire. The concert is presented in collaboration with ANSO’s Orchestral Conducting program: each movement is conducted by a different student, offering four conducting styles within one program. Presenter Rui Campos Leitão guides the analytical first half in Portuguese.