All forces combine on the same stage to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Verbier Festival during a memorable evening at the Gala Concert on 24 July 2023.
Nicolas Altstaedt, Sergei Babayan, Kristóf Baráti, Lisa Batiashvili, Joshua Bell, Nicola Benedetti, Benjamin Bernheim, Marc Bouchkov, Yefim Bronfman, Gautier Capuçon, Renaud Capuçon, Seong-Jin Cho, Alexandra Conunova, Lucas Debargue, Alexandra Dovgan, Christoph Eschenbach, Martin Fröst, Mao Fujita, Kirill Gerstein, Matthias Goerne, Richard Goode, Amihai Grosz, Augustin Hadelich, Thomas Hampson, Håkan Hardenberger, Barbara Hendricks, Mathieu Herzog, Daniel Hope, Isabelle Huppert, Janine Jansen, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Alexandre Kantorow, Leonidas Kavakos, Marthe Keller, Evgeny Kissin, Daniel Lozakovich, Klaus Mäkelä, Mischa Maisky, Alexander Malofeev, Brad Mehldau, Mikhaïl Pletnev, Lawrence Power, Quatuor Ebène, Vadim Repin, Lahav Shani, Antoine Tamestit, Blythe Teh Engstroem, Bryn Terfel, Daniil Trifonov, Alexander Sitkovetsky, Dmitri Sitkovetsky, Gábor Takács-Nagy, Yuja Wang, Eduard Wulfson, Tsotne Zedginidze, Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra…
Programme
FIRST PART
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF (1873-1943)
10 Preludes Op. 23
– Prelude in F-sharp minor Op. 23 No. 1 (Largo) – Alexandre Kantorow
– Prelude in B-Flat Major Op. 23 No. 2 (Maestoso) – Evgeny Kissin
– Prelude in D Minor Op. 23 No. 3 (Tempo di minuetto) – Mao Fujita
– Prelude in D major Op. 23 No. 4 (Andante cantabile) – Mikhaïl Pletnev
– Prelude in G minor Op. 23 No. 5 (Alla marcia) – Yefim Bronfman
– Prelude in E-flat Major Op. 23 No. 6 (Andante) – Kirill Gerstein
– Prelude in C minor Op. 23 No. 7 (Allegro) – Alexander Malofeev
– Prelude in A-flat major Op. 23 No. 8 (Allegro vivace) – Seong-Jin Cho
– Prelude in E-Flat Minor Op. 23 No. 9 (Presto) – Daniil Trifonov
– Prelude in G-Flat Major Op. 23 No. 10 (Largo) – Yuja Wang
Interval
SECOND PART
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750)
Goldberg Variations transcr. by D. Sitkovetsky
(Altstaedt, Babayan, Baráti, Batiashvili, Bell, Benedetti, Blendulf, Bouchkov, G. Capuçon, R. Capuçon, Conunova, Debargue, Dovgan, Dumay, Fröst, Goode, Grosz, Hadelich, Hardenberger, Herzog, Hope, Jansen, S. Kanneh-Mason, Kavakos, Lozakovich, Mäkelä, Maisky, Mehldau, Power, Quatuor Ebène, Repin, Shani, A. Sitkovetsky, D. Sitkovetsky, Tamestit, Teh Engstroem, Wulfson, Zedginidze)
Interval
THIRD PART
GIOACHINO ROSSINI (1792-1868)
Cat Duet
(Hampson, Terfel, Shani)
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS (1835 – 1921)
Carnaval des animaux Valaisans transcr. by M. Herzog
(VFCO, Herzog, Hendricks, Huppert, Keller, Debargue, Kantorow, Hope, R. Capuçon, Hope, G. Capuçon, Fröst)
Text : Antoine Jaccoud
Illustrations and video animation: Sandra Albukrek
Staging: Elsa Rooke
CHRIS HAZELL (1948-)
Medley de 5 chansons populaires
(VFCO, Eschenbach)
– Shenandoah, Traditional, arr. S. White and C. Hazell (Hampson)
– Am Brunnen vor dem Tore, F. Schubert, arr. A. Schmalcz (Goerne)
– Quand on a que l’amour, J. Brel, arr. G.-F. Leuenberger (Bernheim)
– All through the night, Traditional, arr. C. Hazell (Terfel)
– Sometimes I feel like a motherless child, Traditional (Hendricks)
JOHANN STRAUSS II (1825-1899)
Éljen a Magyar! Hungarian Polka Op. 332
(VFCO, Takács-Nagy)
LEONARD BERNSTEIN (1918-1990)
Overture de Candide
(VFCO & Birthday Guests, Mäkelä)
The Gala concert at the Cinéma de Verbier
To provide everyone with the opportunity to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Festival alongside the artists who have made its fame, the Verbier Festival is pleased to announce that the gala concert will be broadcasted live at the Cinéma de Verbier. Secure your seats now!
BUY YOUR TICKETSLast update : 3 July 2023