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Portuguese Symphonic Band performs New Year's Concert in Aliados

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Miguel Nogueira

As is tradition, the first day of 2017 will be celebrated with the traditional New Year's Concert, organised by Porto City Hall. With Blind Zero and Os Azeitonas bands performing in Aliados for the end of the year party, Avenida dos Aliados is the best place to continue celebrating the New Year with the concert by the Portuguese Symphonic Band featuring 70 instrumental performers, directed by Francisco Ferreira.

On a festive note, the holiday feeling will continue to the beat of the best in classical music in a free access concert, which will begin at 4:00 pm on January 1 and will last for about one hour.

New Year's Concert - Alignment:

- "Candide Overture", by Leonard Bernstein (4');

- "Cappriccio Espagnol", by Rimsky Korsakov (16');

- "Yiddish Dances", by Adam Gorb (16');

- "Suite Alentejana nr 1 - Finale", by Luís de Freitas Branco;

- "Danse Diabolique", by Joseph Hellmesberger;

- "The Blue Danube", by Johann Strauss (10').