5th Concert Cycle MUSICAL-MENTE

5th MUSICAL-MENTE Concert Cycle
Teatro Nacional São João, Porto, 2025-2026

Curated by Filipe Pinto-Ribeiro
Co-organized by DSCH – Associação Musical, Teatro Nacional São João

Teatro Nacional São João hosts the fith edition of MUSICAL-MENTE, curated by Filipe Pinto-Ribeiro, inspired by the connections between music and humor. Music’s ability to integrate, illustrate or induce humoristic elements (from laughter to the burlesque and satire) is extensively explored in the works and composers chosen

Concerts:

18 December 2025
Thu 19:00
THE GREAT FANTASY

Camille Saint-Saëns – Tarantella, opus 6
Joseph Haydn – String Quartet op. 33 no. 2, The Joke
Srul Irving Glick – The Klezmer’s Wedding
Camille Saint-Saëns – The Carnival of the Animals: Grand Zoological Fantasy

DSCH Shostakovich Ensemble 

Piano: Filipe Pinto-Ribeiro, Rosa Maria Barrantes

Violin: Tatiana Samouil, Alfonso Pinto-Ribeiro

Viola: Lars Anders Tomter

Cello: Justus Grimm

Double Bass: Tiago Pinto-Ribeiro

Percussion: Sofia Costa

Clarinet: Pascal Moraguès

Flute: Sónia Pais

Narrator: Maria Rueff

7 May 2026

Thu 19:00

CHAMBER HUMORS

Rodion Shchedrin – Three Funny Pieces

Joseph Haydn – Piano Trio n. 44, Hob. XV/28

Erik Satie – Trois Morceaux en forme de poire*

[*premiere of the new version for Piano Trio (2026), by Carlos Azevedo]

Felix Mendelssohn – Piano Trio n. 1, op. 49

Piano: Filipe Pinto-Ribeiro

Violin: Diana Tishchenko

Cello: Kyril Zlotnikov

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More information: https://www.tnsj.pt/en/espetaculos/7159/musical-mente/