Bach-Beethoven-Brahms – Trans-Mission III
Chamber Music
Sunday, 11 August 2024
6 pm, Saanen Church
For more than two decades, Hélène Grimaud has been a regular guest at Gstaad Festival & Academy – yet, there’s a special excitement for her visit this year. The French pianist, who calls Switzerland her home, is set to dazzle in three concerts, each with a new lineup. Before taking the stage in a duo and with orchestral backing, Grimaud, a former student of Pierre Barbizet and Jacques Rouvier, embarks on a recital dedicated to the three major “B”s ... with a fourth, Ferruccio Busoni, joining the group. Busoni is renowned for his breathtaking transcription of Bach’s Chaconne from the Partita No. 2 for Solo Violin. The evening commences with compositions by Beethoven and Brahms, hailing from the late periods of both composers and marked by a heightened musical expression. Reflecting on Brahms’s Intermezzi, Op. 117 in a diary entry from 1892, Clara Schumann exclaimed that they are “a true source of delight, encompassing everything – poetry, passion, enthusiasm, intimacy – filled with the most wonderful sonic effects ...”
Patronage:
STIFTUNG ZUR FÖRDERUNG DES GSTAAD MENUHIN FESTIVAL
Hélène Grimaud, Piano
| Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) | |
| Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109 | 20' |
| Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) | |
| 3 Intermezzi, Op. 117 | 15' |
| 7 Fantasias, Op. 116 | 23' |
| Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) / Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) | |
| Chaconne from the Partita for Solo Violin No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004 | 15' |
| 80' | |
| CHF 170/145/95/40 |
