VILDE FRANG / MARC BOUCHKOV / ANTOINE TAMESTIT...

Written in 1886, César Franck’s Sonata for Violin and Piano dazzles with its fervour, its romanticism and its intensity. This chamber music summit will be a fitting conclusion to a high-flying recital led by two magnetic soloists: violinist Marc Bouchkov and pianist Mikhaïl Pletnev.

All the colours of the clarinet brought together in one concert. Martin Fröst reveals the extraordinary potential of his instrument in a concert by turns tender, poetic and festive. Brahms’s admirable late Trio concludes a sumptuous programme.

One of the most moving evenings of the Verbier Festival 2027. Two overwhelming works: Styx by the Georgian Giya Kancheli, illuminated by Antoine Tamestit’s incandescent viola, and Tchaikovsky’s unforgettable Symphony No. 6 ‘Pathétique’ whose extraordinary intensity is unleashed by the great Greek conductor Teodor Currentzis.

At the Verbier Festival, Brahms is loved with a passion. In this second Rencontre Inédite, an assembly of outstanding soloists (Bouchkov, Repin, Preucil, Ridout, Tamestit, Teh Engstroem, Ferrández, Mørk) pays tribute to the German composer’s quintets, which rank among his most exhilarating and joyful works.

Talent knows no age, as the saying goes. In 1932, Benjamin Britten was 19 (barely older than the musicians of the Verbier Festival Junior Orchestra) but the British composer was already wholly himself in his Double Concerto, brought to life this afternoon by violinist Vilde Frang and violist Timothy Ridout. In the second part, conductor James Gaffigan leads one of the most popular masterpieces of the repertoire: Tchaikovsky’s irresistible Symphony No. 5.

One of the finest line-ups of the Verbier Festival 2027. For the fifth and final Rencontre Inédite, an assembly of exceptional soloists performs a daring programme, highlighting in particular Fanny Mendelssohn’s marvellous Trio and Tchaikovsky’s expansive tribute to Rubinstein.

For this concert, conductor Daniel Harding offers a superb farewell to Romanticism. Whether in Korngold’s Concerto (championed by the loyal Norwegian violinist Vilde Frang) or Strauss’s An Alpine Symphony, the programme unfolds all the orchestral splendour of the early twentieth century. A concert that moves mountains.