Grandiose Künstlerparade zum 30. Geburtstag des Verbier Festivals

Daniil Trifonov

Janine Jansen, Gautier Capuçon und Martin Fröst

Thomas Hampson

Der Karneval der Tiere mit dem Verbier Festival Orchestra

Martin T:son Engstroem

By Thomas Schacher, 26 July 2023

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Reviewed at Salle des Combins, Verbier on 24 July 2023

Rachmaninov, 10 Preludes, Op.23

Bach, Goldberg Variations, BWV988 (transcr. by D. Sitkovetsky)

Rossini, Duetto buffo di due gatti (Cat Duet)

Saint-Saëns, Carnival of the Animals (transcr. by M. Herzog)

Hazell, Medley de 5 chansons populaires

Strauss II, Eljen a Magyar, (Hail to Hungary) polka schnell, Op.332

Bernstein, Candide: Overture

Alexandre Kantorow, Piano

Evgeny Kissin, Piano

Mao Fujita, Piano

Mikhail Pletnev, Piano

Yefim Bronfman, Piano

Kirill Gerstein, Piano

Alexander Malofeev, Piano

Seong-Jin Cho, Piano

Daniil Trifonov, Piano

Yuja Wang, Piano

Nicolas Altstaedt, Cello

Sergei Babayan, Piano

Kristóf Baráti, Violin

Lisa Batiashvili, Violin

Joshua Bell, Violin

Nicola Benedetti, Violin

Daniel Blendulf, Cello

Marc Bouchkov, Violin

Renaud Capuçon, Violin

Gautier Capuçon, Cello

Alexandra Conunova, Violin

Lucas Debargue, Piano

Alexandra Dovgan, Piano

Augustin Dumay, Violin

Martin Fröst, Clarinet

Richard Goode, Piano

Amihai Grosz, Viola

Augustin Hadelich, Violin

Håkan Hardenberger, Trumpet

Janine Jansen, Violin

Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Cello

Leonidas Kavakos, Violin

Daniel Lozakovich, Violin

Klaus Mäkelä, Cello, Conductor

Mischa Maisky, Cello

Brad Mehldau, Piano

Lawrence Power, Viola

Quatuor Ébène

Vadim Repin, Violin

Lahav Shani, Piano

Alexander Sitkovetsky, Violin

Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Violin

Antoine Tamestit, Viola

Blythe Teh Engstroem, Viola

Eduard Wulfson, Violin

Tsotne Zedginidze, Piano

Thomas Hampson, Baritone

Sir Bryn Terfel, Bass-baritone

Christoph Eschenbach, Conductor

Gábor Takács-Nagy, Conductor

Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra

Bell, Isserlis and Harding ignite orchestral fireworks in Verbier

Linda Holt, 29th July

On the surface, this Verbier Festival program looked mild (Brahms and Beethoven), but in performance, it had the effect of dropping a lit match into a crate full of fireworks.

*****

A battle of the concertos at the Verbier Festival

Alexander Hall, 27th July

Age sometimes brings compensations: Mischa Maisky's total commitment to the Schumann concerto left Daniel Lozakovich out in the cold with Brahms. Meanwhile Klaus Mäkelä with the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra reins back Romantic feeling in Schumann's Second Symphony.

****1

Verbier regulars sow musical joy at Tsinandali Festival

James Imam, 9th September

Playing under its music director Gábor Takács-Nagy, the VFCO radiated joy for music-making; the very thing Verbier – and now Tsinandali – is all about.

****1

The complete Brandenburg Concertos at the Verbier Festival

Simon Thompson, 23rd July

Bach on modern instruments: superbly played but inconsistent

***11

Civilised classics in the Alps

Mark Pullinger, 28th July

There cannot be many more spectacular views enjoyed during a concert interval than that from the terrace of the Salle des Combins, the main venue for the Verbier Festival.

***11

Weder Fisch noch Vogel: Bachs h-Moll-Messe am Verbier Festival

Thomas Schacher, 26th July

Unter der Leitung des Dirigenten Leonardo García-Alarcón präsentieren der Chœur de chambre de Namur, das Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra und ein buntes Solistenquintett eine uneinheitliche Deutung von Bachs Sakralwerk.

***11

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Thomas Schacher

Thomas Schacher hat an den Universitäten Zürich und Hamburg Musikwissenschaft und Germanistik studiert. Seine Dissertation behandelt die Idee des Dramatischen bei Hector Berlioz. Zudem absolvierte er an der Musikhochschule Zürich eine Ausbildung in Orgel, Klavier und Chorleitung. Er hat im künstlerischen, wissenschaftlichen, journalistischen und pädagogischen Sektor gearbeitet. Während sieben Jahren war er Assistent am Musikwissenschaftlichen Institut der Uni Bern. Während 25 Jahren, bis zum Sommer 2022, hat er als freier journalistischer Mitarbeiter für das Feuilleton der Neuen Zürcher Zeitung geschrieben. Parallel dazu kam die Arbeit mit einem Kirchen- und einem Konzertchor.