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.
Kian Soltani and Julien Quentin
Eglise de Verbier,
Verbier, Switzerland
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Important Info
Festival: Verbier Festival 2021
Type: Classical Concert
City: Verbier, Switzerland
Starts at: 11:00
Duration: 1h 15min
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Festival
Verbier Festival 2021
The Verbier Festival, now in its 28th year, announces its return for 17 days of concerts, masterclasses, talks and education events in the picturesque setting of the Swiss Alps.
Programme
Robert Schumann: Adagio and Allegro in A flat major, Op.70
Alfred Schnittke: Cello Sonata no. 1
Helmut Lachenmann : Berliner Kirschblüten
Helmut Lachenmann : Marche fatale
Toshio Hosokawa: Birds Fragments II - III
Péter Eötvös: Secret Kiss
Péter Eötvös: Sonata per sei
Claude Debussy: Cello sonata in D minor
Dmitri Shostakovich: Cello Sonata in D minor, Op.40
Overview
Kian Soltani’s charismatic playing brings a refreshing interpretation to works by Schumann, Debussy, Shostakovich and Schnittke in collaboration with pianist Julien Quentin.
Composed in 1849, Schumann’s two-movement Adagio and Allegro op.70 was originally conceived for horn, but its mellow romance made it also an instant, perfect fit for cello. Schnittke’s Cello Sonata No 1 of 1978 surrounds a racing, Shostakovich-reminiscent Presto with two emotionally searing largos, its harmonic language playing with two of tonal music’s traditional building blocks: the interval of a third, and the perfect cadence. Consisting of a heartfelt Prologue, an elfin Sérénade and a triumphant Finale, Debussy’s Cello Sonata of 1915 was his first chamber work since the String Quartet of 1893, and he proudly described its proportions and form as “almost classical in the good sense of the word”. Shostakovich’s lyrical and unusually conservative-voiced four-movement Cello Sonata also borrows from classical form, and shares its composition year of 1934 with Schnittke’s birth.
Venue Info
Eglise de Verbier - Verbier
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Important Info
Festival: Verbier Festival 2021
Type: Classical Concert
City: Verbier, Switzerland
Starts at: 11:00
Duration: 1h 15min