VFCO / LAHAV SHANI / RENÉE FLEMING
Superstar Renée Fleming returns to Verbier! She offers an immersive experience, blending her voice with stunning imagery from the National Geographic Society.
Through romantic and contemporary works accompanied by film, this programme explores the beauty and fragility of nature while highlighting humanity’s impact on the environment.
In the second half, Lahav Shani conducts Brahms’s final symphony, arguably the German composer’s most accomplished work.
Programme
“Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene”
Renée Fleming offers an immersive experience, blending her voice with striking imagery from the National Geographic Society.
Through romantic and contemporary works, accompanied by film, this program explores the beauty and fragility of nature while highlighting humanity’s impact on the environment.
Interval
JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833-1897)
Symphony No. 4 in E minor Op. 98
Artist(s)
- Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
- Lahav Shani conductor
- Renée Fleming soprano
Lahav Shani conducts Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73: I. Allegro non troppo (VFCO)
With four Grammy Awards, dozens of recital and opera recordings, as well as jazz, folk, and Oscar-winning film soundtrack projects like The Lord of the Rings and The Shape of Water, Renée Fleming has not said her last word. Beyond her eagerly awaited appearances in the world’s greatest concert halls, the soprano is also a leading advocate for research at the intersection of the arts and neuroscience. The program of her album Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene brings together Fauré, Hahn, Liszt, Grieg, and Americans Kevin Puts, Caroline Shaw, and Nico Muhly, in a program that invites reflection on our relationship with nature.
Brahms’ Fourth Symphony, the last of his symphonies, is also the most accomplished in its proportions: Brahms builds on the canons established by Beethoven, with originality emerging from a constantly evolving rhythmic energy. In the end, much like this nature that both Brahms and Renée Fleming so deeply appreciate, it serves as a source of inspiration for both. A major work in the repertoire and a particular favorite for Lahav Shani and the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra.