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.
Josef Špaček, Gábor Takács-Nagy and the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
Salle des Combins,
Verbier, Switzerland
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6 PM
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Important Info
Type: Classical Concert
City: Verbier, Switzerland
Starts at: 18:00
Duration: 1h 15min
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Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto no. 3 in G major, "Strassburg", K216
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no. 8 in F major, Op.93
Overview
Gábor Takács-Nagy and the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra perform Beethoven's joyful and witty Eighth Symphony—the first of two of the composer’s symphonies performed by the orchestra at this year's Festival. Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major K. 216 will be performed by Josef Špaček, who will make his debut this year at the Verbier Festival.
Mozart wrote his Violin Concerto No 3 of 1775 as the teenage concertmaster of the Salzburg court orchestra, and it’s likely the outer movements owe some of their virtuosic sparkle to the influence of the Italian Baroque virtuoso violinists he’d studied with his violinist father. Its Adagio ingeniously opens with its theme alone, an accompaniment only entering on its sixth, most sighing note. Beethoven’s Symphony No 8 surprised at its 1814 premiere due to its Haydn-esque light textures and concise length, when hitherto his symphonies had been gradually increasing in both size and textural richness. There are also Haydn-esque jokes, such as in the finale when, following a pianissimo opening, the orchestra suddenly lets out a loud honk in an unrelated key.
Venue Info
Salle des Combins - Verbier
Chemin de Plan Pra
Chemin de Plan Pra
Important Info
Type: Classical Concert
City: Verbier, Switzerland
Starts at: 18:00
Duration: 1h 15min