Dear Amigos all, INVITATIONOne of our most eminent and most faithful pianists asked to celebrate his 75th Birthday with the Amigos Paul Crossleywill be coming out of retirement and play for us a beautifully selected programme of his most famous and favourite works of piano music; on Tuesday, May 21st, 2019 – 19:00 at Os AgostosHow privileged are we […]
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Invitation to Paul Crossley’s Birthday Party
Friday, April 12th, 2019Newsletter, March 2019
Monday, March 25th, 201928 Years of Great Music To all Amigas/os From Helga Hampton NEWSLETTER March 26, 2019 Dear Amigos, This Newsletter will come to you in the form of a “Thank you !” note. I would like to share with you my gratitude for so many wonderful things that have come our way recently. First of all […]
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Tuesday, March 19th, 2019For concert bookings please send an e-mail to Cristina Palma at: reservasconcertos@gmail.com KATYA APEKISHEVA is a renowned Russian born pianist who is in great demand both as a soloist and as a chamber musician. She will give two concerts at Os Agostos during April. The first will be on Tuesday April 16 and Katya will […]
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Saturday, March 2nd, 2019ASSOCIAÇÃO DE AMIGOS DE MUSICA at Os Agostos Dear Amigos, We started the second part of the 2018/19 concert season with a bang ! Steven Vanhauwaert more than lived up to promises of pyrotechnics, tense expectations of contemporary works and accolades of his monster technique. The full-house audiences on both evenings were rapt listeners to […]
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Saturday, December 1st, 2018ASSOCIAÇÃO DE AMIGOS DE MUSICA at Os Agostos 27 Years of Great Music ! To all Amigas/os, from Helga Hampton NEWSLETTER December 1, 2018 Dear Amigos, “Ce qu’on ne peut dire et ce qu’on ne peut taire, la musique l’exprime.” Victor Hugo “Music is what cannot be said – its what cannot be kept […]
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Saturday, November 10th, 2018Dear Amigos, I am surprised that I am able to write this mail to you as my hands are still in applauding mode after last night`s incredible concert with Charles Owen. HOWEVER, this letter has to go out, because the message is Very Important and I shall limit myself to the one subject: […]
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Thursday, October 11th, 201827 Years of Great Music To all Amigos/as From Helga Hampton NEWSLETTER October 12, 2018 Dear Amigos, Invigorated by the precious precipitation from up high – finally !!! – here is some Amigo News: Looking back – “Nocturne” the Lucy Parham Chopin performances, well known to Amigos as more than “just” concert evenings, […]
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Tuesday, September 18th, 201827 Years of Great Music To all Amigos/as From Helga Hampton NEWSLETTER September 17, 2018 Dear Amigos, Are you still bathing in the memories of the Andrey Gugnin concerts ??? Here we had a Russian pianist with very distinguished playing, looking younger than his 31 years and with many international prizes to his credit. How […]
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Sunday, September 2nd, 201827 Years of Great Music To all Amigos/as From Helga Hampton NEWSLETTER September 1, 2018 Dear Amigos, Bye bye summer – welcome new Amigo Season and 2018/19 Membership Year Today is the end of summer, meteorogically speaking, and I can imagine that many of you are glad for the cooler temperatures, […]
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Saturday, August 11th, 20182018 September 11th and 13th, Andrey Gugnin, piano October 2nd and 3rd (!) Lucy Parham, piano, Dame Harriet Walter and Paul Guy, actors – Chopin Portrait November 6th and 8th, Charles Owen, piano December 18th and 20th, Pangea Trio 2019 February 26th and 28th Stephen Vanhauwaert […]
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