Romantic Melodramas

Bringing together works composed between 1826 and 1899, this recital traverses some of the most fascinating expressions of musical romanticism, simultaneously revealing the signs of a modernity that would transform European artistic language. Between Schubert's melancholy, Schumann's singular conception of melodrama and the harmonic daring of Liszt and Strauss, a universe of intense dramatic force emerges, where word and music unite to explore the territories of dream, restlessness and the supernatural. Inspired by narratives marked by mystery and terror, these works anticipate sonorities and atmospheres that would leave a deep mark on the history of music. From the unsettling chromaticism of O Castelo à Beira-Mar and O Monge Triste to the devastating intensity of Lenora, based on Bürger's famous gothic poem, the program invites the audience to discover a repertoire of extraordinary expressiveness, whose capacity to surprise and disturb remains intact. Concert commented by Nuno Vieira de Almeida. El Corte Inglés supports the CCB's Classical Music Mediation Programme.