The Reformed Lukaskirche (Church of St. Luke) is but a few minutes’ walk from the main train station, right next to the popular Lucerne park known as the Vögeligärtli. The building, which features an imposing outside staircase and a stunning tower, was designed between 1933 and 1935 by the Lucerne-based architects Alfred Möri and Karl-Friedrich Krebs. Shortly before they had created the Villa Senar in Hertenstein for the Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff – another example of early Modernism. Dominating the interior of the Lukaskirche are the colorful stained-glass windows that Eduard Renggli executed from the designs of Louis Moillet.
Connaught Brass
Church of St. Luke,
Lucerne, Switzerland
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Festival: Lucerne Summer Festival 2021
Type: Classical Concert
City: Lucerne, Switzerland
Starts at: 12:15
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Festival
Lucerne Summer Festival 2021
Four weeks of more than 100 concerts: International classical music stars in the heart of Switzerland.
Programme
Jan Bach: Rounds and Dances
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber: Excerpts from the Battalia in D major arranged by William Foster
Richard Strauss: Salome, Op.54: Dance of the seven veils
Kurt Weill: Die Dreigroschenoper (Threepenny Opera): Kleine Droschenmusic (suite)
Overview
In 2019, the Philip Jones International Brass Competition took place for the first time. Ursula Jones, member of the Lucerne Festival Board of Trustees, created the competition in memory of her husband, the trumpeter Philip Jones. With his Brass Ensemble, which was founded in 1951, he became something like the forefather of all brass formations, which since then have attracted an ever-growing fan base. The jury, which is chaired by Reinhold Friedrich, chose the British quintet Connaught Brass – whose members met at the Royal Academy of Music in London in 2016 – as the winner of the first competition. For their Debut concert in Lucerne, the five devised a program inspired by the Festival theme of “crazy.” Jan Bach’s Rounds and Dances offers a quirky mixture of canons and dances from different countries, while Kurt Weill’s Threepenny Opera bridges the gap with jazz and Mack the Knife’s ballad. Biber’s Battalia is a humorous work evoking battle music, and Strauss’s Dance of the Seven Veils, in which the protagonist Salome has to dance stark naked, was considered a scandal at the opera’s premiere in 1905.
Venue Info
Church of St. Luke - Lucerne
Morgartenstrasse 16
Morgartenstrasse 16
Important Info
Festival: Lucerne Summer Festival 2021
Type: Classical Concert
City: Lucerne, Switzerland
Starts at: 12:15