Magdalena in Verbier: Rencontres inédites
A real Festival team of superb musicians takes a turn with Strauss waltzes as unexpectedly, but affectionately, rendered by Arnold Schoenberg. Spirited Prokofiev sets the ball rolling, and then the radiant Magdalena Kožená enters for works from the golden sunset of French Romanticism.
Magdalena KOŽENÁ
Pamela FRANK and Leonidas KAVAKOS / violin
Ori KAM / viola
Clemens HAGEN / cello
Mary JAVIAN / double bass
Caroline LOHMANN / flute
Martin FRÖST / clarinet
Yuja WANG / piano
Vincent THÉVENAZ / harmonium
Programme:
Sergueï Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Overture on Hebrew Themes Op. 34
Arnold Schönberg (1874-1951)
Johann Strauss: Rosen aus dem Süden, Op. 388, arranged for piano, harmonium and string quartet
Johann Strauss: Kaiser-Walzer Op. 437, arranged for flute, clarinet, piano and string quartet
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
La Bonne Chanson Op. 61
Ernest Chausson (1855-1899)
Chanson perpétuelle Op.37