The Verbier Festival on tour
Julius Baer Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra China Tour 2013
Photographer (c) Thomas Straub
The Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra sets out on its first visit to China, from 28 February to 3 March 2013. Thanks to the generous support of leading Swiss private banking group, Bank Julius Baer, audiences in Beijing (28 February), Shanghai (1 March), Guangzhou (2 March), Shenzhen (3 March) and Hong Kong (private concert, 4 March) will be able to enjoy performances by this renowned chamber ensemble.
The leading soloist of the tour will be renowned Russian violinist Kirill Troussov. This gifted virtuoso and former pupil of Zakhar Bron and Yehudi Menuhin has performed with some of the world’s most famous orchestras, such as the Staatskapelle Berlin, the Gewandhausorchester in Leipzig and the Orchestre de Paris, under the direction of such conductors as Sir Neville Marriner, Daniele Gatti and Lawrence Foster.
For this first tour to China, Kirill Troussov and the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra have a very special repertoire in store. Mozart’s Divertimento in B-flat major, K 137 will be followed by the “Eight Seasons”, an astonishing programme which alternates the pieces of Antonio Vivaldi’s Violin Concerto The Four Seasons and Astor Piazzolla’s Four Seasons of Buenos Aires. By contrasting European baroque music with Argentinian tango compositions, it offers a unique and rich musical approach the universal topic of the “seasons”.
Public performances:
28 February 2013, 7.30pm: National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing Go to website
1 March 2013, 7.30pm: Shanghai Concert Hall Go to website
2 March 2013, 8pm: Guangzhou Xinghai Concert Hall Go to website
3 March 2013, 8pm: Shenzhen Concert Hall Go to website
Asia Cruise 2013: The VFCO on board the MS Columbus 2
Following the Julius Baer Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra China Tour 2013, the VFCO will perform on Hapag Lloyd Cruise MS Columbus 2, travelling from Hong Kong to Singapore, with stops in Taiwan, Vietnam and Thailand. On board, the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra will perform under its Music Director Gábor Takács-Nagy and with soloists Martin Fröst and Joshua Bell.
Photos (c) Hapag Llyod, Thomas Straub, Matt Bäcker, Bill Phelps
7 March 2013
Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra, Gábor Takács-Nagy, Martin Fröst
Göran Fröst, Klezmer Dances No 2
Brahms, Hungarian Dances No 1 in G minor
Brahms, String Sextet No. 1 in B flat major
Brahms, Hungarian Dances No 21 in E minor
Göran Fröst, Klezmer Dances No 3
9 March 2013
Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra, Gábor Takács-Nagy
Dvorak, String Serenade
Britten, Simple Symphony
11 March 2913
Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra, Gábor Takács-Nagy, Martin Fröst
Grieg, Holberg Suite
Weber, Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F minor
13 March 2013
Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra, Gábor Takács-Nagy, 4 VFCO soloists
Vivaldi, Concerto for four violins in B minor
Grieg, String Quartet g-minor
14 March 2013
Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra, Joshua Bell
Mozart, Divertimento K137
Vivaldi, 4 Seasons for violin and string orchestra
17 March 2013
Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra, Joshua Bell
Bach, Violin Concerto in Double Concerto d-minor
Tchaikovsky, Serenade for Strings in C major
4th Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau 2012
25 November 2012
6.30pm
Itamar Zorman (violin), Julien Quentin (piano)
Prokofiev, Sonata no. 1 in F minor, op. 80
Tchaikovsky, Melodie op. 42 no.3, Valse Sentimentale op. 51 no. 6, Valse Scherzo op. 34
Brahms, Sonata no. 3 in D minor, op. 108
26 November 2012
11am
Denis Kozhukin (piano)
Haydn, Sonata N.59 in E flat
Franck, Prelude Choral and Fugue
Prokofiev, Sonata N.8
6.30pm
Simone Lamsma (violin), Itamar Zorman (violin), Lawrence Power (viola), Jakob Koranyi (violoncello), Martin Fröst (clarinet), Julien Quentin (piano)
Poulenc, Sonata
Mozart, Clarinet Quintet
27 November 2012
11am
Lawrence Power (viola), Julien Quentin (piano)
Recital
6.30pm
Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra, Gabor Takacs-Nagy (conductor), Martin Fröst (clarinet)
Grieg, String Quartet g-minor
Copland, Clarinet Concert
28 November 2012
11am
Simone Lamsma (violin), Jakob Koranyi (violoncello), Denis Kozhukin (piano)
Glinka, Piano Trio d-minor
Mendelssohn, Piano Trio c-minor op. 66
6.30pm
Adam Laloum (piano)
Mozart, Fantasy K475
Schubert, Sonata D959
29 November 2012
11am
Jakob Koranyi (cello), Denis Kozhukin (piano)
Brahms, Sonata in E minor op 38
Shostakovich, Sonata in D minor op 40
6.30pm
Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra, Gabor Takacs-Nagy (conductor), Daniil Trifonov (piano)
Chopin, Piano Concerto No. 2 f-minor
Brahms, String Sextet op. 18
30 November 2012
11am
Kirill Troussov (violin), Julien Quentin (piano)
Brahms, Scherzo in C Minor
Beethoven, Violon Sonata No. 5 in F major, op. 24 "Spring"
Wieniawski, "Légende", op.17
Wieniawski, Fantasie brillante on themes from Gounod's Faust, op.20
6.30pm
Itamar Zorman (violin), Simone Lamsma (violin), Lawrence Power (viola), Jakob Koranyi (violoncello), Adam Laloum (piano)
Smetana, Piano Trio g-minor
Dvorak, Quintet
1 December 2012
11am
Daniil Trifonov (piano)
Scriabin, Sonata n. 2
Chopin, 24 Preludes op. 28
6.30pm
Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra, Kirill Troussov (violin)
Piazzola, Four Seasons
Vivaldi, Four Seasons
