Verbier regulars sow musical joy at Tsinandali Festival

By James Imam, 12 September 2019

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“the batonless Takács-Nagy, wiry and ninja-like, extracting gorgeous melodic strands”

Reviewed at House Museum of Alexander Chavchavadze, Tsinandali on 9 September 2019

Beethoven, Piano Concerto no. 4 in G major, Op.58

Beethoven, Symphony no. 2 in D major, Op.36

Sir András Schiff, Piano

Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra

Gábor Takács-Nagy, Conductor

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

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

Grandiose Künstlerparade zum 30. Geburtstag des Verbier Festivals

Thomas Schacher, 24th July

Nicht weniger als sechzig grössere und kleinere Stars der klassischen Musikszene gaben sich beim Galakonzert in Verbier die Ehre. Ein grosser Erfolg für den Intendanten Martin Engstroem.

*****

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James Imam

James Imam is an arts journalist writing for publications including The Financial Times, The Times, Musical America and Opera magazine. He grew up in Manchester, read anthropology at Cambridge and has since lived in Milan. As a once-aspiring countertenor he has an abiding interest in Baroque music.