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.
Anastasia Kobekina 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: 16:00
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
Igor Stravinsky: Suite italienne
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G Minor, Op. 19
Rodion Shchedrin: In the style of Albéniz
Overview
Showcasing works inspired by ballet, tango and folk, cellist Anastasia Kobekina and pianist Julien Quentin celebrate the Russian masters through a different perspective.
Penned in 1932 for Russian cellist Gregor Piatigorsky, Stravinsky’s ‘Suite italienne’ is a transcription of themes from his ballet Pulcinella, based on themes by Pergolesi. Consisting of an intraduzione, a serenata, an aria, a Tarantella (featuring virtuosic pizzicato), and an intriguing Minuetto which runs straight into the merry finale, the suite may be Italian-inspired, but its sound world is pure Stravinskian Russian folk. It’s then whispers of Russian Orthodox bells and chant you hear most strongly in Rachmaninoff’s four-movement Cello Sonata of 1901. Intensely passionate, it was written shortly after his recovery from the mental breakdown precipitated by the failure of his First Symphony. It’s then back to Southern European influence for the sultry rhythms of Shchedrin’s 1973 piece, ‘In the Style of Albéniz’.
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: 16:00
Duration: 1h 15min