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.
The Maiskys
Eglise de Verbier,
Verbier, Switzerland
Saturday 3 August 2024
7:30 PM
E-tickets: Print at home or at the box office of the event if so specified. You will find more information in your booking confirmation email.
You can only select the category, and not the exact seats.
If you order 2 or 3 tickets: your seats will be next to each other.
If you order 4 or more tickets: your seats will be next to each other, or, if this is not possible, we will provide a combination of groups of seats (at least in pairs, for example 2+2 or 2+3).
Important Info
Type: Classical Concert
City: Verbier, Switzerland
Starts at: 19:30
E-tickets: Print at home or at the box office of the event if so specified. You will find more information in your booking confirmation email.
You can only select the category, and not the exact seats.
If you order 2 or 3 tickets: your seats will be next to each other.
If you order 4 or more tickets: your seats will be next to each other, or, if this is not possible, we will provide a combination of groups of seats (at least in pairs, for example 2+2 or 2+3).
Programme
Clara Schumann: Three Romances for violin and piano Op.22
Johannes Brahms: Piano Trio no. 1 in B major, Op.8
Robert Schumann: Three Romances, Op.94
Johannes Brahms: Piano Trio no. 3 in C minor, Op.101
Overview
Heavenly trinities: cellist Mischa Maisky, his pianist daughter Sascha Maisky and his violinist son Sascha Maisky, present three chamber works by musical history’s most famous relationship triangle, Clara and Robert Schumann, and Johannes Brahms.
Clara Schumann’s three violin Romances were written in 1853, the year she was introduced to her lifelong friend Johannes Brahms, and the lull before her personal storm of 1854, when her husband and Brahms’s champion, Robert Schumann, attempted suicide. No. 1 is a dreamily lyrical Andante molto. A hint of mystery enters for the Allegretto, before No. 3 presents a wistful, long-breathed violin melody over rippling piano figures. In 1886, after Brahms sought Clara’s opinion on his third and final piano trio, she wrote in her diary of its scherzo, ‘No other work of Johannes has so entirely transported me; so tender is the flow of the second movement which is wonderfully poetic. I am happier tonight than I have been for a long time.’ This scherzo is preceded by a momentum-filled Allegro energico, and followed by a serene Andante grazioso, then a finale whose C minor darkness ultimately transforms to C major light. Robert’s three Romances of 1849 (originally for oboe) all feel pensive and nostalgic, with much minor tonality, and tense bursts of energy.
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