The concerts we will hear during our visit to the Lucerne Festival are mostly in the impressive new Konzertsaal. The programmes are as follows:-
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas conductor Susan Graham mezzo soprano
Berlioz: "Carnival romain" op9
"Les Nuits d'Eté" op7
Ravel: "Valses nobles et sentimentales"
Second Suite from "Daphnis and Chloé"
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David Pia cello Gérard Wyss piano
Schumann: Adagio and Allegro in Ab major op70
Brahms: Cello Sonata no2 in F major op99
Debussy:Cello Sonata Stravinsky: "Suite Italienne"
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Optional performance of:
Schoenberg: "Gurre-Lieder"
(Ticket prices €38-150)
Tonhalle-Orchester Zurich Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
NDR Chor Choeur du Théatre de Genève David Zinman conductor
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Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
Concert performance
Dmitri Jurowski conductor
State Academic Bolshoi Theatre
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Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Nikolaus Harnoncourt conductor Lang Lang piano
Beethoven: Piano Concerto no1 in C major op15
Beethoven: Symphony no7 in A major op92
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Staying in the delightful 4* Wilden Mann Hotel in the centre of Lucerne. There will be a guided walking tour of this beautiful city on the banks of Lake Lucerne, surrounded by the Alps. The famous wooden bridges and finely painted historic buildings are a feature of the city.
