Adriano Jordao isn’t really a Monday night pianist. He’s more of a Friday and Saturday night performer. Or maybe even Thursday if you’re really daring.

Nevertheless, Jordao performed Monday night as part of the Arcady Music Festival winter concert series at Bangor Theological Seminary, but every note he hit with his expressive, lively style inspired a weekend state of mind.

The joy of the Arcady concerts, of course, is the intimacy. Sitting a mere 10 feet from such an excellent pianist as Jordao gives you the full experience and skill of both the composer and the musician. You see the smile, the wince, the jerk of the head and wave of the hand that larger venues blur.

Jordao, who is casual, personable and virtuosic, is the perfect performer for this type of event.

The highlight of last evening, which consisted primarily of solo piano music, was his reading of three sonatas by Carlos de Seixas, an 18th century composer from the musician’s native Portugal. Jordao alternated playing three of Seixas’ sonatas with two by Domenico Scarlatti. The mix was a fascinating study in both the composers’ styles and Jordao’s loyalties. Jordao played all of the five pieces with panache and intelligence, but the Seixas was clearly closest to his heart.

Jordao capably carried the solo concert with Haydn’s Sonata No. 48 in C Major, intermezzi by Brahms and selected preludes by Debussy. He passed smoothly through the dynamic range of moods and was as deft with the tenderness of a Brahms lullaby as with the pyrotechnics of Debussy’s nationalistic “Fireworks.” He showed particular adeptness for finding the humor of the works, and his enjoyment in doing so was amusing and contagious. He was by no means one-dimensional in this respect, but rather was quite refreshing with his varied and effervescent shadings.

For Jules Massenet’s gently sentimental “Meditation from Thais,” Jordao accompanied Arcady Youth Competition winner Johanna Conterio, a violinist and ninth-grader from Blue Hill. The collaboration was a lovely conversation between string instruments. Conterio, who performed the entire piece with her eyes closed, was unpretentious and direct with a love song that could have easily slipped into sappiness.

The next local Arcady Music Festival concert, the last in the winter series, is April 25.