Verbier Music Festival 25th Anniversary Concert

In 2018, the Verbier International Music Festival celebrated its 25th anniversary. The concert dedicated to this date brought together the best musicians in the world: Evgeny Kissin, Mikhail Pletnev, Daniil Trofimov, Seong-Jin Cho, Yuja Wang, Rodion Shchedrin, Andreas Schiff, Gabor Takacs-Nagy, Valery Gergiev, musicians of the Verbier Festival Orchestra and others.

IN THE PROGRAM:

1. J.S. Bach. Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, op. 1048

Performers: musicians of the Verbier Festival Orchestra

2. P. Sarasate/D. Sitkovetsky. Navarrese Fantasy

Performers: musicians of the Verbier Festival Orchestra

3. P. Heydrich. Happy Birthday, variations

Theme

Variation 2 (J. Haydn)

Variation 4 (L.v. Beethoven)

Variation 6 (J. Brahms)

Variation 10 (Viennese style)

Variation 13 (tango)

Variation 14 (Hungarian style)

Performers: musicians of the Verbier Festival Orchestra

4. B. Smetana. Sonata for two pianos, eight hands in E minor

Performers: Andras Schiff, Seong-Jin Cho, Evgeny Kissin, Yuja Wang

5. J. Brahms. Russian Souvenir for piano, four hands, on Russian and divine themes Nos. 2, 3, 4

Performers: Seong-Jin Cho, Richard Goode

6. J.S. Bach/M. Pletnev. Jesus, Joy of Human Desire, op. 147

Performers: M. Pletnev, D. Trofimov

7. S. Rachmaninov. Romance for piano six hands

Performers: E. Kissin, D. Trofimov, R. Shchedrin

8. A. Dvorak. Slavonic Dances for piano four hands, second book, op. 72 No. 2

Performers: Andras Schiff, Yuja Wang

9. S. Rachmaninov. Italian Polka for two pianos in E-flat minor

Performers: E. Kissin, D. Trofimov

10. S. Rachmaninov. Suite No. 1 in G minor for two pianos, op. 5

Performers: D. Trofimov, S. Babayan

11. V. Lutoslawski. Variation on a Theme of Paganini for Two Pianos

Performers: D. Kozhukhin, Yuja Wang

12. D. Rossini. Wilhelm Tell. Overture to the Opera

Performers: Verbier Festival Orchestra

13. W. Mozart. Hail, True Body in D major, op. 618

Performers: Verbier Festival Orchestra, RIAS Chamber Choir, conductor Gabor Takacs-Nagy

14. J. Strauss. Polka, op. 332

Performers: Verbier Festival Orchestra

15. J. Strauss. The Bat. Champagne Fireworks

Performers: Emily Edmonds, Martin Frost, Thomas Quasthoff, Verbier Festival Orchestra

16. J. Strauss. The Bat. Overture

Performers: Verbier Festival Orchestra, conductor - Valery Gergiev

17. G. Rossini. Overture to the opera "Wilhelm Tell"

Performers: Festival Orchestra and all musicians who took part in the concert, conductor - Valery Gergiev

Switzerland. Verbier, 2018