Music
From piano recitals to choral and symphony concerts, this year the Zermatt Festival offers a particularly varied programme.
Performances by the Scharoun Ensemble Berlin, Basel Chamber Orchestra, Vocalconsort Berlin, the mezzo-soprano Vesselina Kasarova, pianists Joseph Moog and Michel Dalberto along with other renowned artists will make for some moving highlights with works such as Mozart's "Coronation Mass", Mendelssohn's "Italian Symphony" and Frank Martin’s “Le vin herbé”.
Friday, Sep 3 - 7:30pm
St. Mauritius-Pfarrkirche
Basel Chamber Orchestra
Julia Schröder Concert master and Conductor
Vesselina Kasarova Mezzo-soprano
George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
Concerto Grosso op. 3 No. 2 in B major
Alcina HWV 34 / "Mi lusinga il dolce affetto" – Ruggiero, Act II / Scene 3 / No. 20/ Aria – Andante larghetto
Il pastor fido HWV 8c / "Balo di pastori e pastorelle" – Finale act I
"Sento brillar nel sen" – Mirtillo, Act I / Scene 4 / No. 3b/ Aria – Presto
Concerto grosso op. 3 No. 4 in F major
Ariodante HWV 33 / "E vivo ancora ?" – Ariodante, Act II / Scene 3/ Recitative
"Scherza, infida, in grembo al drudo" – Ariodante, Act II / Scene 3 / No. 23/ Aria
Ballet suite
"Dopo notte, atra e funesta" – Ariodante, Act III / Scene 8 / No. 47/ Aria – Andante
Saturday, Sep 4 - 7:30pm
St. Mauritius-Pfarrkirche
Joseph Moog Piano
Joseph Haydn (1732 – 1809)
Sonata in B minor Hob. XVI: 32
Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)
Nocturne Nr. 6 in Des-Dur op. 63
Leopold Godowsky (1870–1938)
Aus den «Studien nach Chopin-Etüden»
Nr. 12 in Ges-Dur
Nr. 17 in cis-Moll
Nr. 33 in e-Moll
Nr. 48 in F-Dur
Alexander Skrjabin (1871–1915)
Sonate Nr. 7 op. 64 «Weisse Messe»
Frederic Chopin (1810–1849)
Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor Op. 35
Sunday, Sep 5 - 11:00am
Riffelalp Kapelle
Michel Dalberto Piano
Franz Liszt (1811–1886)
"Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude" from the cycle "Harmonies poétiques et religieuses"
Franz Liszt (1811–1886)
"Études d'éxecution transcendante"
No. 10 in F minor No. 11 in D-flat major "Harmonies du Soir"
No. 12 in B-flat minor "Chasse-neige"
Claude Debussy (1862–1918)
from the cycle "Images"
"Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut" – "Cloches à travers les feuilles" from Set 1
"Hommage à Rameau" – "Reflets dans l’eau" from Set 2
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
"Carnaval" Op. 9
Friday, Sep 10 - 7:30pm
St. Mauritius-Pfarrkirche
Scharoun Ensemble Berlin
Marcus Creed, Conductor
Christina Landshamer, Soprano
Timothy Robinson, Tenor
Vocalconsort Berlin
Richard Wagner (1813–1883)
"Siegfried Idyll" in E major WWV 103
Frank Martin (1890–1974)
"Le vin herbé" - Profane Oratorio after the novel "Tristan and Isolde" by Joseph Bédier
Saturday, Sep 11 - 7:30pm
St. Mauritius-Pfarrkirche
Scharoun Ensemble Berlin
Zermatt Festival Orchestra
Marcus Creed, Conductor
Christina Landshamer, Soprano
ULRIKE BARTSCH, Alto
TIMOTHY ROBINSON, Tenor
CLEMENS HEIDRICH, Bass
VOCALCONSORT BERLIN
OBERWALLISER VOKALENSEMBLE
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Serenade No.12 in C minor KV 388
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Sinfonia Concertante in E flat major KV 297b
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Mass in C major KV 317 ("Coronation Mass")
Sunday, Sep 12 - 11:00am
Riffelalp Kapelle
Scharoun Ensemble Berlin
Jonathan Kelly, Oboe
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Oboe Quartet in F major KV 370
Heinz Holliger (*1939)
"Songs without words" (1982/83) Four pieces for violin and piano
Heinz Holliger
Sonata for Oboe (1956/57)
Heinz Holliger
"Elis" (1961)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Divertimento in D major KV 251 "Nannerl-Septett"
Friday, Sep 17 - 7:30pm
St. Mauritius-Pfarrkirche
Scharoun Ensemble Berlin
Zermatt Festival Orchestra
Heinz Holliger, Composer in Residence, Oboe, Conductor
Jonathan Kelly, Oboe
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Serenade No. 11 in E-flat major KV 375
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Oboe Concerto in C major KV 314
Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Symphony No. 4 in C minor D 417 (Tragic)
Saturday, Sep 18 - 7:30pm
St. Mauritius-Pfarrkirche
Scharoun Ensemble Berlin
Zermatt Festival Chamber Orchestra
Heinz Holliger, Composer in Residence, Oboe, Conductor
Anton Dvořák (1841-1904)
Serenade for Wind Instruments in D minor Op. 44
Heinz Holliger (*1939)
"COncErto? Certo! cOn soli pEr tutti (...perduti?...)!" (2000/01)
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809 – 1847)
Symphony No. 4 in A major (the "Italian") revised version
Sunday, Sep 19 - 11:00am
Riffelalp Kapelle
Zermatt Festival Academy
Final Concert of Zermatt Festival Academy with highlights of the Academy concerts. The programme will be announced during the Festival.
