Visiting Orchestras in Switzerland Next Season (2013/2014)

Switzerland Visiting Orchestras in Switzerland next season (2013/2014)

Migros Kulturprozent have announced the following details of next season’s orchestral tours in Switzerland:

The Beijing Symphony Orchestra conducted by Tan Lihau will perform contemporary Chinese music in the first half of their programme, then Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition”; Concert date: Berne 10^th September 2013.

The Budapest Festival Orchestra under Ivan Fischer with soloists Maria Joao Pires (piano) and Marysol Schalit (soprano) perform Mozart, Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2 and Brahms Piano Quartet op. 25 (Schoenberg version)(St. Gallen/Zurich)/Dvorak Symphony No. 8 (Geneva/Berne): Concert dates: St. Gallen 25^th October 2013, Zurich 26^th October 2013, Berne 27^th October, Geneva 28^th October 2013.

John Eliot Gardiner brings over the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique and the Monteverdi Choir to perform Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 (Lucerne only) and Beethoven Symphonies 2 and 8 (Zurich, Geneva and Berne). Swiss soprano Rachel Harnisch will start the concerts with some Mozart arias. Concert dates are: Berne 24^th November 2013, Lucerne 25^th November 2013, Zurich 26^th November 2013 and Geneva 28^th November 2013.

Camerata Bern give an extra concert in Geneva on 10^th December 2013 playing a whole programme of Mendelssohn, his “Hebrides” Overture, his Double Concerto for violin, piano and orchestra, his piano concerto No. 1 and his 4^th Symphony “Italian”.

The Kammerorchester Basel under Mario Venzago perform Martinu’s Oboe Concerto (with Swiss oboist Matthias Arter), Elgar’s Cello Concerto with soloist Sol Gabetta and Schubert’s 9^th Symphony. Concert dates: Zurich 14^th January 2014, St. Gallen 15^th January 2014 and Geneva 16^th January 2014.

The Polish Chamber Orchestra under Maxim Vengerov give just one concert, in Geneva. Vengerov, recovered from his hand injury, plays two Mozart violin concertos and works by Tchaikovsky. Geneva: 13^th February 2014.

The Montreal Symphony Orchestra under Kent Nagano perform Wagner’s “Lohengrin” Prelude to Act III, a new composition by Swiss composer David Philip Hefti, Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2 (with Marc-André Hamelin) and Berlioz “Symphonie Fantastique”. Zurich11^th March 2014, Berne 12^th March 2014 and Geneva 13^th March 2014.

The BBC Symphony Orchestra tour Switzerland with Sakari Oramo in April 2014. They perform a short piece by Swiss composer Dieter Ammann entitled “Boost”, then (in Zurich and St. Gallen) Sibelius Violin Concerto (with Leonidas Kavakos) and Mahler’s 4^th Symphony; in Berne and Geneva Elgar’s Enigma Variations. Concert dates are: Zurich26^th April 2014, St. Gallen 27^th April 2014, Berne 28^th April 2014 and Geneva 29^th April 2014.

The Mariinsky Orchestra under Valery Gergiev come to Switzerland in May and perform, after another piece by Dieter Ammann entitled “Core”, Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with Denis Matsuev and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Sheherazade (in St. Gallen and Zurich) and in Lucerne and Geneva Rachmaninov’s 1^st Piano Concerto and Tchaikovsky’s 4^th Symphony. Concert dates are St. Gallen 18^th May 2014, Lucerne 19^th May 2014, Zurich 20^th May 2014 and Geneva 21^st May 2014.

Concerts in St. Gallen are given in the Tonhalle, St. Gallen; concerts in Zurich at the Tonhalle, Zurich; concerts in Berne at the Kulturcasino and in Geneva at Victoria Hall. Concerts in Lucerne are given at the KKL.

For further details and tickets visit Migros’ website: www.migros-kulturprozent-classics.ch

John Rhodes