Program

Erik Satie, Gymnopedies

No. 1

Frédéric Chopin, 24 Preludes, Op. 28

No. 4 in E minor

Frédéric Chopin, Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 39

Johann Sebastian Bach, Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068

II. Air

Franz Schubert, Four impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899

No. 3 in G flat major (Andante)

Franz Schubert, Ständchen, D. 889 (Serenade)

Frédéric Chopin, Polonaise No. 6 in A-flat Major, Op. 53, "Heroic"

Frédéric Chopin, Mazurkas, Op. 17

No. 4 in A minor

François Couperin, Les Barricades mystérieuses

Johann Sebastian Bach/Franz Liszt, Prelude and Fugue for organ in A Minor BWV 543

Franz Liszt, Six consolations, S. 172

3. Lento placido

Franz Liszt/Vladimir Horowitz, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C sharp Minor, S. 244/2

Khatia Buniatishvili in recital: Satie, Chopin, Bach, Schubert, Couperin, Liszt

Verbier Festival 2026

Cast

Khatia Buniatishvili — Piano

Program notes

Bold, brilliant pianist Khatia Buniatishvili brings her captivating expressivity and boundless energy to an unmissable program of piano recital favorites at the 2026 Verbier Festival. In a display of keen artistic sensitivity, the Georgian pianist opens with Satie’s introspective Gymnopédie No. 1 and Chopin’s melancholic Prelude in E minor. She continues her journey through centuries of canonic solo piano repertoire with the “Aria” from Bach’s Suite in D major; Schubert’s sumptuous Serenade in D minor; Chopin’s Polonaise in A-flat minor and Mazurka in A minor; Couperin’s melodic tapestry, Les Barricades mystérieuses; and Bach’s soul-stirring Prelude and Fugue in A minor. Buniatishvili rounds out her rich program with Liszt’s heavenly Consolation No. 3 and his flamboyantly virtuosic Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2.