The Église de Verbier hosts morning, afternoon and evening concerts. It is the Verbier Festival’s primary venue for solo, chamber music and vocal recitals.
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Eglise de Verbier, Verbier, Switzerland
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Important Info
Type: Classical Concert
City: Verbier, Switzerland
Starts at: 19:30
Duration: 1h 30min
Cast
Performers
Piano:
Kirill Gerstein
Cello:
Mischa Maisky
Cello:
Alisa Weilerstein
Violin:
Leonidas Kavakos
Piano:
Yunchan Lim
Viola:
Blythe Teh Engstroem
Violin:
Josef Špaček
Creators
Composer:
Antonín Dvořák
Composer:
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Programme
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Piano Trio no. 2 in C minor, Op.66
Antonín Dvořák: Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op.87
Overview
Mature-career masterpieces for piano and strings by Mendelssohn and Dvořák.
Composed in 1845, Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio No. 2 in dramatic C minor opens not on a melody but a dark, swirling figure, later contrasted by a longer-lined theme. A songlike Andante espressivo follows. Then a Scherzo with a similar fluttering lightness to his Octet. Opening minor-keyed but blossoming later into major-keyed warmth, the triple-time finale has at its centre, strikingly, a noble chorale decorated by fragments of the main theme. Dvořák’s Second Piano Quartet of 1889 is also a mature work. Opening on bold unison strings, its grand Allegro con fuoco constantly shifts between dark and light, urgency and tranquility, muscularity and delicacy. A songlike Lento comes next, built around three themes. Then a Scherzo encasing a merrily racing trio within a Ländler folk waltz. The jubilant Finale also sounds folk-breathed, this time Czech-flavoured, even emulating the dulcimer.
Venue Info
Eglise de Verbier - Verbier
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Chemin de l’Église
Important Info
Type: Classical Concert
City: Verbier, Switzerland
Starts at: 19:30
Duration: 1h 30min