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.
Rencontres Inédites III
Eglise de Verbier,
Verbier, Switzerland
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Important Info
Festival: Verbier Festival 2021
Type: Classical Concert
City: Verbier, Switzerland
Starts at: 20:00
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
Franz Schubert: String Quintet in C major, D.956
Robert Schumann: Piano Quartet in E flat Major, Op.47
Overview
Some of the world’s most acclaimed soloists come together on stage for this Rencontre Inédite — a trademark of the Verbier Festival — featuring Antonio Pappano as pianist for this unforgettable event.
Schubert’s String Quintet, with its warm two-cellos sound, was completed just two months before his death in 1828, aged 31. A constant succession of changing textures, harmonies and melodic directions, it spans the emotional gamut from last rites to almost barn dance. His trademark smiling through tears quality is also ever-present, beginning with the first movement’s constant flits between major and minor, and climaxing when the fourth and final movement’s apparently triumphant concluding shout is snatched away by a grim, darkening of its final chord. Schumann’s Piano Quartet of 1842 begins with a slow introduction which later gets reprised at its original tempo, creating reflective interludes within the movement’s forwards pulse. After the Scherzo, a tender slow movement ends with a coda where the cello’s bottom string is tuned down a tone, to play a drone over which the others sing a meditative pre-echo of the finale’s three energetic opening chords.
Venue Info
Eglise de Verbier - Verbier
Chemin de l’Église
Chemin de l’Église
Important Info
Festival: Verbier Festival 2021
Type: Classical Concert
City: Verbier, Switzerland
Starts at: 20:00
Duration: 1h 15min