Coro de Câmara de Lisboa

Orient Tour
17th July 2011

The LCC will tour the Orient between 21st July and 4th August. The countries visited will be Malaysia (concerts in Malacca, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh and Penang) and Indonesia (concert in Borobudur). The repertoire includes songs from the brand new CD, Asian Songs, as well as Portuguese music.

New album Asian Songs
3rd July 2011

The latest CD by the Lisbon Chamber Choir, entitled Asian Songs, is in its final production stages. It includes popular songs from some of the countries with which the Portuguese established contact since the 16^th century, namely Malaysia, Indonesia, Timor Lorosae, Thailand, Philippines, Japan and China. The Lisbon Chamber Choir’s objective is to strengthen ties and create bridges, embracing the oriental music culture and, significantly, incorporating it in the group’s repertoire. The present CD symbolically represents a gesture of friendship towards those peoples. This gesture naturally extends to the Portuguese public since it will acquaint it to the music of cultures that permeate its collective psyche, imbued with the varied influences that our epic historic legacy naturally assimilated over the centuries. Besides popular oriental songs sung in their original language, popular songs in papiá kristang and patuá macaense are also included. These Portuguese-influenced creole languages are still spoken in Malacca and Macau, respectively.

The CD will become available during the current month of July.

The official release will take place on the 15^th of July at the National Library of Portugal. Starting at 6 p.m., the event will include a live performance by the Lisbon Chamber Choir (free admission).

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New album presentation — Missa Grande by Marcos Portugal
30th November 2009

The presentation of the album Missa Grande by Marcos Portugal, recorded in 2009 by the Lisbon Chamber Choir and released by Numérica Multimédia, will take place on 5th December at 16h00, at the National Library’s Auditorium (free admission).

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