Concert Calendar

Maestro Gábor Takács-Nagy and cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason present you a concert full of emotion, starting with Brahms' Tragic Overture, followed by Elgar's Cello Concerto in E minor and ending with Schumann's optimistic and warm Rhenish.

Written for Martin Fröst, Anna Clyne’s new five-movement clarinet concerto has a dual meaning bound up in its title, Weathered. Exploring five elements – Metal, Heart, Stone, Wood, and Earth – it touches both on our collective experience of being weathered by the pandemic, and on the alarm of global warming.

From Brahms to Barber and Colpand, the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra conducted by Kent Nagano and the violinist Leonidas Kavakos take you on a musical journey beyond the constraints of time and borders.

Shindig, palooza, big bash, knees-up, pick your term, preface it with ‘Classical,’ and you’ve got what tonight is all about as we celebrate the Verbier Festival’s 30th anniversary.

Conducted by Mikhail Pletnev, the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra the story of Mozart's famous Don Juan, followed by the composer's Symphony No. 40 in the first half of this programme. After the interval, Mr Pletnev takes to the piano with James Gaffigan at the podium for a performance of Rachmaninoff's Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1.

The gentle Schumann Piano Concerto dedicated to his wife and by Brahms' sunny second symphony, 'Pastoral' are the two compositions chosen for a mellow evening.

The Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra has taken up residence at the magnificent Schloss Elmau every year since 2008. The orchestra is joined by outstanding young artists on the cusp of their professional careers and established stars of the concert stage for this yearly pilgrimage to the Bavarian retreat.