Salle des Combins is the Verbier Festival’s main concert hall. It normally seats 1,419. Each row is on a separate tier, which guarantees an excellent view of the stage. Improvements to the soundproofing and heat insulation make this a very high-quality non-permanent venue. All of the Festival’s symphonic concerts, operas, large world music, jazz, dance events and some recitals are presented here.
Mao Fujita, the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra and Gábor Takács-Nagy
Salle des Combins,
Verbier, Switzerland
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8:15 PM
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Important Info
Type: Classical Concert
City: Verbier, Switzerland
Starts at: 20:15
Duration: 1h 15min
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Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 20 in D minor, K466
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no. 8 in F major, Op.93
Overview
Rising star Mao Fujita is already renowned for his sparkling interpretations of Mozart. Here he makes his debut with the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra and Music Director Gábor Takács-Nagy with the majestic Piano Concerto No. 20. A trademark VFCO Beethoven Eighth Symphony follows.
Mozart D minor Piano Concerto is one of only two among 27 he cast in a minor key, so its initial dramatic impact must have been immense. It opens quietly with tensely swirling, stabbing strings alone, making for maximum impact when the rest of the orchestra thunders in. The central Romance’s major-keyed serenity also contains a minor-tonality shock. Still, although the finale opens in D minor angst, major-key sunlight eventually triumphs. The shock of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 8 of 1814 was that, after the increasing lengths and rich textures of his previous symphonies, not only did it revert to a more Haydn-esque length and lightness, but even swapped back from the now-established scherzo to a menuet for its third movement. Yet other surprises were modern in their boldness, such as replacing the slow movement with a quirky Allegretto scherzando just four minutes long.
Venue Info
Salle des Combins - Verbier
Chemin de Plan Pra
Chemin de Plan Pra
Important Info
Type: Classical Concert
City: Verbier, Switzerland
Starts at: 20:15
Duration: 1h 15min