Music in the form of a river

Directed and presented by Martim Sousa Tavares, this is a unique and unmissable concert where the orchestra takes the form of a river, through the national premiere of two scores by a duet of major composers of our time. From John Luther Adams, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and ecologist, author of a catalog where music and nature merge on the same palette, the premiere of Become River, part of the Become trilogy, with its sister works entitled Become Ocean and Become Desert, will be presented. An evocative piece that, from a simple descending melodic line, like a spring, branches out into a whole network of tributaries of a great musical river. From Philip Glass, master of detailed and pulsating minimalism, the Algarve Orchestra will present the fascinating score of Waters of the Amazon, where the first eight movements represent eight rivers that cross the world's largest rainforest, with the ninth and final movement being that of the Amazon River, a glorious source of life on the planet and a core inspiration for the composer. In this unique concert, the orchestra creates a symbiosis between music and the life found in the rivers, reminding us that what is beautiful and precious, like nature, should be loved and preserved by us.