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.
Avi Avital and Ksenija Sidorova
Eglise de Verbier, Verbier, Switzerland
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Important Info
Type: Classical Concert
City: Verbier, Switzerland
Starts at: 19:30
Duration: 2h
Cast
Programme
Fritz Kreisler: Praeludium and Allegro in the Style of Pugnani
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Sonata in E minor, K304 (K300c)
Igor Stravinsky: Pulcinella: Suite
Béla Bartók: 6 Romanian Folk Dances, Sz 56
Manuel de Falla: Canciones populares españolas (selection)
Manuel de Falla: Danse Espagnole from La Vida Breve
Heitor Villa-Lobos: Aria from Bachiana Brasilieras No. 5
Camille Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso for violin and orchestra, Op.28
Overview
Mandolinist Avi Avital and accordionist Ksenija Sidorova present a glittering programme of folk-themed transcriptions.
Fritz Kreisler initially cheekily attributed his pastiche Praeludium and Allegro to the Italian baroque composer he was imitating, Gaetano Pugnani. Published in 1910, its passagework lends itself beautifully to this concert’s transcription. As do the three Russian folk-inspired pieces from the Suite italienne Stravinsky transcribed in 1932 for cellist Gregor Piatigorsky, of themes from his ballet, Pulcinella. Following the bright introduction comes a melancholy Serenata, then a racing Tarantella which in the original featured virtuosic pizzicato. Avid folk song collector Bartók’s Six Romanian Folk Dances, published in 1915, begin with a dignified stick dance for men, then progress through a flirtatious couples’ sash dance, an on-the-spot stamping dance, a sultry horn dance, and two further fast dances, the first a polka. De Falla’s six Spanish folk songs of the previous year imitated the guitar in their original piano accompaniment. Villa Lobos’s famous Bachiana Brasilieras series meanwhile fused his native Brazil’s folk music with the style of Bach, No. 5 scored for soprano and eight cellos. It’s equally Spain being honoured in Saint-Saëns’s Introduction and Rondo capriccioso, composed in 1863 for his virtuoso violinist friend, Pablo de Sarasate.
Venue Info
Eglise de Verbier - Verbier
Chemin de l’Église
Chemin de l’Église
Important Info
Type: Classical Concert
City: Verbier, Switzerland
Starts at: 19:30
Duration: 2h