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.
Simon Rattle, Magdalena Kožená, Gerald Finley and Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
Salle des Combins,
Verbier, Switzerland
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6:30 PM
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Important Info
Type: Classical Concert
City: Verbier, Switzerland
Starts at: 18:30
Duration: 2h
E-tickets: Print at home or at the box office of the event if so specified. You will find more information in your booking confirmation email.
You can only select the category, and not the exact seats.
If you order 2 or 3 tickets: your seats will be next to each other.
If you order 4 or more tickets: your seats will be next to each other, or, if this is not possible, we will provide a combination of groups of seats (at least in pairs, for example 2+2 or 2+3).
Cast
Performers
Conductor:
Sir Simon Rattle
Mezzo-Soprano:
Magdalena Kožená
Baritone:
Gerald Finley
Orchestra:
Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
Creators
Composer:
Béla Bartók
Composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no. 38 in D major, K504 "Prague”
Béla Bartók: Bluebeard’s Castle, Sz 48 (Concert Performance)
Overview
The second concert conducted by the fascinating Simon Rattle, this time leading the Verbier Festival Orchestra, featuring one of his favorite repertoires, Bartók, with Bluebeard’s Castle. A powerful and magnificent work performed by two outstanding singers: Magdalena Kožená and Gerald Finley.
The action is condensed into an hour, but there are a dozen different sets; a huge orchestra, but only two singers. ‘Bluebeard’s Castle’ is a UFO of musical creation, in which Bartók wields a most enlightened art of orchestration, and draws inspiration from the natural inflections of the text to compose. The action, too, avoids any impression of déjà-vu: Bluebeard gradually unveils the different rooms of his castle, in a psychoanalytical thrust reminiscent of Schoenberg’s Erwartung. Under the baton of the fabulous Simon Rattle, Gerald Finley – singing at Verbier for the first time – and Magdalena Kožená – renowned for her interpretations of Janáček and Mahler – are the ideal artists to convey the depth of this libretto, deeply rooted in its century.
A miracle of lyricism, Mozart’s Symphony No. 38 ‘Prague’ opens with Masonic pomp. After the slow, mysterious introduction, the work unfolds, sometimes with vivacity, sometimes with a tormented spirit reminiscent of Beethoven.
Venue Info
Salle des Combins - Verbier
Chemin de Plan Pra
Chemin de Plan Pra
Important Info
Type: Classical Concert
City: Verbier, Switzerland
Starts at: 18:30
Duration: 2h