The Creation - Portal do Município de Vila Nova de Famalicão - Portugal

Casa das Artes | Grand Auditorium - 18h00

Admission: €4. Students, Cultural Quadrilateral Card holders, and seniors (aged 65 and over): €2 | Rating: M/6 | Running time: 60 min | Artistic direction: ArtEduca - Vila Nova de Famalicão Music Conservatory | Performers: Margarida Gomes - Violin; Elisabete Gomes - Violin; Natália Gomes - Viola; Fernando Gomes - Cello; Pedro Gomes - Piano; Bruno Ferreira - Piano; Jordi Pons - Clarinet; ArtEduca Choir; ArtEduca Teachers' Ensemble

In 2025, ArtEduca – Conservatório de Música de Vila Nova de Famalicão celebrates  20 years of dedication, excellence, and commitment to musical and cultural education in the city. To mark this milestone, the concert “A Criação” (The Creation) will be presented, a living metaphor for the institution's journey: from a small seed that germinated in 2005 to the solid cultural pillar it is today.

The show unfolds like a crescendo. It begins with a musician on stage, evolves into various chamber music formations, and reaches a high point with the Piano Quintet formed by the five co-founding brothers of Arteduca – all natives of Vila Nova de Famalicão, with international careers and a notable presence in solo recitals at Casa das Artes. The concert culminates in a small orchestra, also bringing together the ArtEduca Choir and the Teachers' Ensemble, in a living symbol of the school's growth over its two decades.
The program covers different eras and styles, in a musical journey that combines tradition and innovation. Works by Debussy, Tchaikovsky, and Schumann meet the choral sounds of Vitorino Salomé, Eric Whitacre, and Karl Jenkins, providing the audience with a rich, diverse, and deeply inspiring experience.

Programme

Claude Debussy Suite bergamasque, L. 75: III. Claire de lune
Pedro Gomes, piano

Pyotr Tchaikovsky Suite from The Nutcracker ballet | arr. for 2 pianos by Nicolas Economou
I. Miniature Overture
II. March
III. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
IV. Russian Dance (Trepak)
Bruno Gomes Ferreira, piano
Pedro Gomes, piano

Max Bruch 8 pieces for clarinet, viola, and piano, op.83
I. Andante
VI. Nachtgesang: Andante con moto
VII. Allegro vivace, ma non troppo
TrioLogic:
Natália Gomes, viola
Jordi Pons, clarinet
Bruno Gomes Ferreira, piano

Robert Schumann Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44
I. Allegro Brillante
Gomes Quintet:
Margarida Gomes, violin
Elisabete Gomes, violin
Natália Gomes, viola
Fernando Gomes, cello
Pedro Gomes, piano

Eric Whitacre The Seal Lullaby
Vitorino Salomé Fall of the Empire
Karl Jenkins Adiemus
Arteduca Choir