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A day with Thomas Quasthoff II: Verbier Festival Essentials

Verbier Festival 2007-2018

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Thomas Quasthoff — Baritone

Emanuel Ax — Pianist

Hélène Grimaud — Pianist

Khatia Buniatishvili — Pianist

Leonidas Kavakos — Violinist

Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra

Manfred Honeck — Conductor

Miah Persson — Soprano

Verbier Festival Orchestra

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Martin Fröst — Clarinetist

Emily Edmonds — Mezzo-soprano

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Generously supported by Madame Aline Foriel-Destezet

The Verbier Festival has long delighted in the vocal versatility of Thomas Quasthoff, traveling effortlessly between lieder, sacred music, and jazz—his distinctive, exquisite baritone has enchanted festival attendees across a wide variety of repertoire. This evening, sit back and marvel at the depth and power of one of the most unique and multifaceted voices the festival has known!

First up, Quasthoff performs Schubert's gorgeous song cycle Die schöne Müllerin (The Lovely Maid of the Mill), an achievement on par with the Winterreise, followed by other melodies like Brahms's Lieder und Gesänge and Schumann's Schön Hedwig. The program continues with the Bach cantata Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen and more sacred music favorites, including the opening aria from Brahms's A German Requiem. Finally, witness a benchmark moment in Quasthoff's illustrious career—his exceptional conducting debut in Bach's Saint Matthew Passion—and discover his skill as a teacher in a master class with two young, up-and-coming singers.

Photo © Aline Paley

Thomas Quasthoff appears courtesy of Deutsche Grammophon.

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