ANNA-LENA ELBERT / NICOLAS ALTSTAEDT
In the candlelit stone chapel of Verbier Village, soprano Anna-Lena Elbert and cellist Nicolas Altstaedt weave music spanning seven centuries — where voice and cello intertwine in dialogue, echo and silence.
Program
HILDEGARD VON BINGEN (1098–1179)
Spiritus Sanctus Vivicans
GUILLAUME DE MACHAUT (v.1300–1377)
Je ne cuit pas qu’oncques à creature
HARRISON BIRTWISTLE (1934–2022)
9 Settings of Lorine Niedecker
- There‘s a Better Shine
- My Friend Tree
- Along the River
- Hear Where Her Snowgrave Is
- How the White Gulls
- My Life
- Paul
- O Late Fall
- Sleep‘s Dream
GYÖRGY KURTÁG (1926–)
excerpts from József Attila – Töredékek op.20
Fragment for soprano solo
BENJAMIN BRITTEN (1913–1976)
Cello Suite Nᵒ 3 op. 87
Lesz lágy hús…
I. Introduzione. Lento
II. Marcia. Allegro
Kasasodik a viz
Szólj hát…
III. Canto. Con moto
IV. Barcarola. Lento
V. Dialogo. Allegretto
VI. Fuga. Andante espressivo
Az idö futva terem…
VII. Recitativo. Fantastico
VIII. Moto perpetuo. Presto
Sokan voltak és körülvettek…
IX. Passacaglia. Lento solenne.
Oly lágy az este…
Kasasodik a viz
IXb. Mournful Song
IXc. Autumn
IXd. Street Song
IXe. Grant Repose
DMITRI CHOSTAKOVITCH(1906–1975)
From op. 127
Ophelia’s Song
InWeave traces the evolving conversation between voice and cello across seven centuries — from Hildegard von Bingen’s radiant chant to Bach’s meditations, from folk fragments to contemporary works that dissolve melody into texture and sound.
Anna-Lena Elbert’s crystalline soprano and Nicolas Altstaedt’s expressive cello draw these threads together in a programme that feels timeless yet alive, uncovering how emotion, colour and breath have resonated through generations of music.
Performed by candlelight in the historic stone chapel of Verbier Village, this intimate concert transforms space and stillness into part of the music itself.