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.
Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Isata Kanneh-Mason
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
Frank Bridge: Cello Sonata in D minor H. 125
Benjamin Britten: Tema Sacher
Sergei Rachmaninoff: The Muse, Op.34 no.1
Sergei Rachmaninoff: It cannot be, Op.34 no.7
Frank Bridge: ‘Spring Song’ H. 104 No. 2
Frank Bridge: Melodie for Cello and Piano in C-sharp minor H. 99
Frank Bridge: Scherzo, H. 19a
Benjamin Britten: Cello Sonata in C major, Op.65
Overview
An elegant programme of Britten, Rachmaninoff and Bridge from the immensely talented siblings Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason, part of “Britain’s most musical family”.
Frank Bridge composed his Cello Sonata between 1913 and 1917. The romantic first movement was probably completed before the First World War, and features both yearning and rapture. The slow movement clearly reflects Bridge’s despair at the war, while also pushing at the confines of tonal harmony. One of the cello repertoire’s most important composer-musician relationships is then honoured by Britten’s Cello Sonata and ‘Tema Sacher’, the first and last of the works he wrote for Mstislav Rostropovich. The former dates from 1961, written after the pair met at Rostropovich’s UK premiere of Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 1, also written for him. The gem-sized latter was a 70th birthday tribute in 1976 to their friend, Swiss conductor Paul Sacher. Rachmaninoff’s ‘Muza’ and ‘Ne mozhet byt’!‘ meanwhile are transcriptions from the same song cycle as the famous Élegie.
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: 11:00
Duration: 1h 15min