'Nobody's Nothings' - music for radio play - Dai Fujikura (Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt, cello)
WOLFGANG EMANUEL SCHMIDT
Reflections in Sound
A debut in candlelight. Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt brings the cello to the heart of the chapel with two world premieres and a programme of lyrical intensity. From Bach to contemporary voices, this is a chance to experience the full expressive range of one of today’s great cellists—up close, surrounded by flickering light.
Programme
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685–1750)
Suite No. 3 for solo cello
DAI FUJIKURA (b. 1977)
Nobody’s Nothings (written for Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt) – world premiere
CHRISTIAN JOST (b. 1963)
Der schreiende Vogel
from ‘Jahreszeiten’ for cello and string orchestra – world premiere
SERGEI PROKOFIEV (1891–1953)
March from ‘Music for Children’ (transcribed by G. Piatigorsky)
MIECZYSŁAW WEINBERG (1919–1996)
Prelude No. 21
GREGOR PIATIGORSKY (1903–1976)
Prokofiev meets Shostakovich
PABLO CASALS (1876–1973)
Song of the Birds
MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH (1927–2007)
Etude (Moderato)
Distribution
- Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt cello
The glow of candlelight, two world premieres, and the many voices of the cello. In his Verbier Festival debut, Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt explores the full expressive range of his instrument—from the depth of Bach’s Suite No. 3 to new works by Dai Fujikura and Christian Jost, both written especially for him. Fujikura paints with sound, pushing the cello’s boundaries, while Jost unveils a solo piece that distills the essence of his forthcoming concerto Die Jahreszeiten. The programme also features vivid miniatures: Prokofiev’s playful March, a Prelude by Weinberg, Piatigorsky’s witty Prokofiev meets Shostakovich… and a final moment of stillness with Casals’ Song of the Birds, in the flickering light of La Chapelle.
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