Program

Johann Sebastian Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048

1. [Allegro]

Pablo de Sarasate/Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Navarra Fantasy

Peter Heidrich, "Happy Birthday" Variations

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ave verum corpus, K. 618

George Frideric Handel, Messiah

44. Hallelujah (chorus)

Johann Strauss II, Éljen a Magyár!, Fast Polka, Op.332

Stephan Koncz/Johann Strauss II/Cole Porter/Göran Fröst, Verbier Mix

Johann Strauss II, Die Fledermaus

Overture

The Verbier Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary (II/II)

Verbier Festival 2018

Subscribers

Cast

Kristóf Baráti — Violin

Lisa Batiashvili — Violin

Renaud Capuçon — Violin

Alexandra Conunova — Violin

Vilde Frang — Violin

Ilya Gringolts — Violin

Leonidas Kavakos — Violin

Daniel Lozakovich — Violin

Program notes

In the summer of 2018, the Verbier Festival celebrated its first quarter of a century, inviting some of the world’s greatest string players to an exceptional gala concert! Violinists, violists, and cellists of all ages were brought together on one stage to perform works by Bach, Sarasate, Mozart, Handel, and Strauss II, not to mention a very special version of “Happy Birthday”!

Photo: © Aline Paley

A closer look: featured composers

Johann Strauss II

Antonín Dvořák

George Frideric Handel

Johann Sebastian Bach

Further listening: featured works

Die Fledermaus

Johann Strauss II (Composer)

Slavonic Dances, Op. 46

Antonín Dvořák (Composer)

Messiah

George Frideric Handel (Composer)

Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048

Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer)

Variations on a Theme by Paganini, for Two Pianos

Witold Lutosławski (Composer)

Slavonic Dances, Op. 72

Antonín Dvořák (Composer)