Beethoven

“WIENERABEND MIT BEETHOVEN”Saturday 28 December 2019 | St.Niklauskapelle, Gstaad

Paul Gulda, Fortepiano, Agnes Palmisano, Sängerin, Dudelns (Jodel in Wienersprache)In dieser Partnerschaft kann sich Paul Gulda zwei lang-gehegte Wünsche erfüllen: in Konzerten auch selbst zu singen – meist im Duett mit Agnes Palmisano – und das auch noch im heimatlichen Dialekt. Geboren in Wien, aufgewachsen mit und in diesem Tonfall, ist die Hinwen-dung zur Wiener Volkstradition eine logische und lang gewünschte Ergänzung in Guldas musikalischer Vielfalt.Paul Gulda, FortepianoPaul Gulda was born in 1961 in Vienna. He took up playing the piano aged eight. «My first teachers were two Jazzers: Fritz Pauer and Roland Batik. My father, Friedrich Gulda, taught me absolute devotion to music, Leonid Brumberg taught me the basics of the Russian School. Rudolf Serkin gave me the gift of true kindness and support. To total this, better still to exceed this and to pass this one – this is what I consider my calling”, says Gulda. Since 1982 he has performed at interna-tional concerts and performed as a soloist, chamber musician, improviser, conductor and composer and produced literary/musical evenings. Agnes Palmisano ist in Wien geboren und wuchs in Wöllersdorf und Moskau auf. Nach der Matura in Wie-ner Neustadt absolvierte sie vorerst die Ausbildung zur Sonderschullehrerin. 2002 erste Begegnung mit dem „Wiener Dudler“ (seines Zeichens immaterielles Kul-turerbe der UNESCO), einer im 19. Jahrhundert ents-tandenen Mischform von Jodler und Koloraturgesang, als dessen führende Interpretin und Expertin sie heute gilt. Intensive Auseinandersetzung mit „Wiener Musik“ im Grenzbereich zwischen „Kunst“ und „Unterhaltung“ der letzten Jahrhunderte. Zusammenarbeit unter ande-rem mit Gerhard Bronner, Karl Hodina, Walther Soyka, Peter Havlicek, etc. Agnes Palmisano ist regelmässig in Radio oder Fernsehen präsent, unter anderem in ORF, Servus TV, Arte, BBC, WDR, ARD etc.

“BREUGHEL’S ART WITH MUSIC”Sunday 29 December 2019 | The Park Gstaad

Flemish Art & Music - BreughelEn balade avec Brueghel l’AncienBrueghel, sans nul doute le peintre de paysage le plus ac-compli de son temps, passe l’essentiel de sa vie en Flandre. Il commence sa carrière à Malines, et, après un séjour de trois ans en Italie durant lequel il fait escale à Naples, Mes-sine, Rome et Venise, il s’installe à Anvers. Après son ma-riage, il déménage à Bruxelles, et c’est là qu’il mourra.Avec ce programme éclectique, la soprano Lieselot De Wilde et la luthiste Sofie Vanden Eynde vous invitent à découvrir la musique instrumentale et^vocale qui ré-sonnait dans toutes ces villes du vivant de Brueghel.D’Italie, vous entendrez des pièces pour luth de Giulio Abondante et de Giovanni Maria da Crema, des madri-gaux de Philippe Verdelot et des canzone villanesche alla napolitana d’Adrian Willaert. Vous vous régalerez des danses et des chansons d’amour ou des airs à boire néerlandais tirés du Recueil de chansons d’Anvers (Antwerps liedboek), ou encore des musyck boexkens de Tielman Susato. Les éditions musicales de l’impri-meur Pierre Phalèse regorgent elles aussi de magni-fiques airs néerlandais. Des souterliedekens typique-ment flamandes proposeront leur équivalent religieux.Mais la chanson française, largement répandue dans l’Europe du XVIe siècle, ne sera pas en reste. Nous avons fouillé dans les recueils de Pierre Attaignant pour vous proposer plusieurs succès de la Renaissance.La musique de l’époque de Breughel se révélera tout aus-si haute en couleur et expressive que ses tableaux sans pareil et aussi appétissante qu’un festin brueghélien

“BEETHOVEN IN HAVANA”Friday 27 December 2019 | Eglise de Rougemont

Joachim Horsley Quartetpiano, percussions, batterie et contrebasseAvec 10 millions de vues sur le web pour son phénomé-nal “Beethoven in Havana”, le talentueux pianiste hors-normes a su produire un subtil mélange entre la puis-sance du classique et l’authenticité de la rumba cubaine.Avec un solide background classique Horsley a com-posé une musique extraordinaire et enthousiasmante à partir de themes de Beethoven. C’est un monde so-nore nouveau que vous allez découvrir avec bonheur durant ce concert! Viva la rumba beethovienne.

Joachim Horsley Quartet

Paul Gulda, Fortepiano

Agnes Palmisano, Sängerin, Dudelns

Lieselot De Wilde

Sofie Vanden Eynde

“VERSAILLES IN ROUGEMONT”Monday 30 December 2019 | Eglise de Rougemont

Versailles Chapelle - Orgue & ChantGaétan Jarry, Grand Orgue, Cécile Achille, Virginie Thomas, sopranosChapelle Royale and Opera Royale of Versailles Artists in Residence.Pachelbel’s Aria Quinta, Mein junges leben hat ein endSchütz: Habe deine Lust an dem Herren Buxtehude: Prélude en ut Majeur Bux WV 137J.S. Bach: Concerto en ré min d’après Vivaldi BWV 596allegro - grave - fuga, largo e spiccato, finale allegroJ.S. Bach: An Wasserflüssen Babylon BWV 653Händel’s No di voi non vo’fidarmi, HWV 189 Caro autor HWV 183C.P.E. Bach: Sonate en Fa M Wq.70 n°3 Largo et AllegroDaquin: Une jeune pucelle, Quand Dieu Naquit à NoëlAlain: LitaniesGaétan Jarry French conductor and organist Gaétan Jarry founded the ensemble Marguerite Louise.After being awarded numerous first prize awards at the conservatoires in Versailles and Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Gaétan Jarry re-fined his musical training at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, where he received hisd egree in organ performance, studying with Olivier La-try and Michel Bouvard. He is now organist at Sainte Jeanne d’Arc inVersailles and in 2016 became co-Chair of the Grandes Orgues Historiques (Great Historic Or-gans) at the Saint Gervais church in Paris.

Cécile Achille, Virginie Thomas, sopranosMarguerite Louise trouve son inspiration dans une voix mythique, celle de Marguerite Louise, la vraie, chan-teuse adulée en son temps et cousine de François Couperin, choisie par l’organiste Gaétan Jarry, son fon-dateur et chef, comme figure égérique de l’ensemble. Naturellement tourné vers le baroque français, réper-toire privilégié de cette muse qui y brillait « avec une grande légèreté et un goût merveilleux » (Titon du Til-let), l’Ensemble Marguerite Louise fait une entrée re-marquée dans le monde du disque en 2015 avec son premier enregistrement, “Motets pour une Princesse” (chez L’Encelade), dédié à Charpentier ; un disque sa-lué par la critique qui a permis à l’ensemble d’imprimer sa marque: une intensité émotionnelle unique et une empreinte sonore riche, généreuse, personnelle. De-puis 2016, Marguerite Louise a le plaisir de collaborer régulièrement avec le Château de Versailles, à l’opéra royal dans des productions lyriques, ou à la chapelle dans des programmes sacrés, là-même où Marguerite Louise Couperin se produisait, étant l’une des pre-mières femmes à y avoir été admise. En 2017, Margue-rite Louise y interprète l’emblématique opéra de Char-pentier Les Arts Florissans, objet d’un enregistrement paru sous le label Château de Versailles Spectacles en septembre 2018 et unanimement reconnu comme une référence (5 Diapasons, 5 étoiles Classica et Diamant d’Opéra Magazine).

PERGOLESI - STABAT MATERTuesday 31 December 2019 | StJosefkirche, Gstaad

Traditional Concert with Beatrice Villiger & Corinne Page Solistes de l’Orchestre des Variations Symphoniques Direction Luc Baghdassarian

Gaétan Jarry, Grand Orgue

Cécile Achille, soprano

Virginie Thomas, soprano

BEETHOVEN 2020 Beethoven’s 5th Symphony (quintet arrangement) & 4th Concerto (string quartet)Wednesday 1 January 2020 | Eglise de Rougemont

Concerto N°4 - string quintet and piano solo Szymon Nehring is one of the most gifted and promi-sing pianists of the younger generation in Poland. He is the only Pole to win the First Prize at the Arthur Rubins-tein International Piano Master Competition in Tel Aviv.Symphony N°5 - quintet (2 violins - 2 violas - cello) Il Giardino d’Amore BeethovenStefan Plewniak, violin and direction, Natalia Mozu-manska, violin Katarzyna Litwiniuk, viola, Katarzyna Cichon, cello, Lu-kas Madej, double bass

THE FESTIVAL PROUDLY PRESENTS THE EXCEPTIONAL SOPRANO: LISETTE OROPESAThursday 2 January 2020 | Eglise de Rougemont

Opera FavouritesLisette Oropesa, soprano - Natalia Morozova, piano

Lisette Oropesa was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Cu-ban parents, and played the flute for 12 years before she began her studies in vocal performance at Louisiana State University. After winning the Met Opera National Council Auditions, she entered the Lindemann Young Artist Deve-lopment Program and moved to New York City. She sang her first major role, Susanna, in Le nozze di Figaro, at the Met at the age of 22, and has sung there in over 100 perfor-mances in many different roles since. She has appeared in concert halls and opera stages all over the world since gra-duating from the young artist program in 2008, and has be-come one of the most celebrated singers of her generation.

In the fall of 2018, Ms. Oropesa starred as Marguerite de Valois in a new production of Les Huguenots at the Opéra National de Paris, and sang Adina in L’elisir d’amore imme-diately after. She then sang Gilda in a new production of Rigoletto at the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, and made role and house debuts as Rodelinda at the Gran Teatre del Li-ceu and Isabelle in Robert le Diable at La Monnaie. In the United States she revisited the role of Norina in Don Pas-quale in Pittsburgh. Next, she made her debut at Teatro alla Scala, as Amalia in a new production of Verdi’s I masna-dieri. The production toured to the Savonlinna Festival over the summer. Immediately following, Ms. Oropesa sings the title role in La traviata in both Athens and Verona.

“GRIGORY SOKOLOV, A GOD AMONG THE PIANISTS, ENDORSES PRODIGY ALEXANDRA DOVGAN”Friday 3 January 2020

Alexandra Dovgan, piano12-year-old Alexandra received the grand prix at the 2018 International Grand Piano Competition and has taken part in various international festivals as well as touring in Russia and abroad. Studying at the Moscow Central Music School she has already won a series of prizes and awards, since she was 7 years old. In January 2019, Alexandra performed at the opening ceremony of the international cultural project Russian Seasons with the Berliner Philharmonie. Royal Concertgebouw, Amsterdam - An evening to remember.

Grigory Sokolov introduces the 11-year-old Alexan-dra Dovgan before his recital. Just like a little fairy in white, Alexandra Dovgan floats down the stairs of the Great Hall and starts her concert. It is instant magic, the concentration is total, her playing is spellbound and brilliant. At the end, it is a standing ovation!

Lisette Oropesa, soprano

Alexandra Dovgan

Szymon Nehring

Stefan Plewniak

“OPERA FAVOURITES”Saturday 4 January 2020 | Eglise de Rougemont

Alexandros Stavrakakis, bassWinner of the Voice Competition at the prestigious International Tschaikovsky Competition in July, 2019, Alexandros Stavrakakis is a member of Semperoper Dresden, where this season his roles include Colline (La bohème), Commendatore (Don Giovanni), Curio (Giulio Cesare in Egitto), Graf Lamoral (Arabella), Reinmar von Zeter (Tannhäuser), High Priest of Baal (Nabucco), and Sprecher (Die Zauberflöte).

Alexandros has performed Verdi’s Messa da Requiem at Deutsche Oper Berlin and will make his debut at Kultur Palast Dresden with Dresdner Philarmonie, conducted by Marek Janowski, in a new production of Il tabarro.

As a soloist, he has appeared in opera productions with Greek National Opera and Megaron Athens Concert Hall, and has appeared in numerous radio broadcasts and recitals in Athens, Thessaloniki, Dresden, Berlin, Baden-Baden, Kaiserslautern, Landau, Bad Elster, col-laborating with orchestras such as the Greek Sympho-ny Orchestra of ERT, Deutsche Philarmonie Orchester SWR, Staatskapelle Dresden. He has worked with re-nowned conductors such as Christian Thielemann, Ivan Repušić, Omer Meir Wellber, Andres Orozco-Estrada, Nikolaj Znaider, Justin Brown, Jonathan Darlington and Mark Wigglesworth.

“UNE SOIRÉE CHEZ BEETHOVEN”Sunday 5 January 2020 | Gstaad Yacht Club

Edwin Crossley Mercer, bass-baritoneCaroline Haffner, pianoClotilde Courau, narratorProgramme:Beethoven: “An die ferne Geliebte” le cycle fantastiqueAdélaïdeÉlégie auf den Tod eines PudelsIrish-Scottish SongsAgnus Dei de la Missa SolemnisHat man nicht auch Gold beineben.

Clotilde Courau lira en francais: Extraits du testament d‘Heiligenstadt a ses frères et soeurs et sa bien aimée, Goethe, Schiller sans oublier Hölderlin dont elle lira le poème, der Frieden, et Nietzsche.

Mid day Orthodox celebration:Ayvazov Yaroslav Ensemble RusseIrina Solomatina Tissot - sopranoGabriela Rösch - altoSergey Yelizarov - tenorYaroslav Ayvazov - basseDimitri Tikhonov - basse

Edwin Crossley Mercer, bass-baritoneAfter studying the clarinet and church music in Ver-sailles then Opera in the Hanns Eisler Hochschule in

Berlin, Edwin Crossley Mercer made his opera debut as Mozart’s Don Giovanni in Berlin in 2006, reprising the eponymous role in 2013 in Dijon. He made his US debut in 2013 as Figaro at the LA Philharmonic with Gustavo Dudamel. He also appeared as Jupiter in Pla-tée at the Lincoln Centre, Theater an der Wien, and the Opéra Comique, and created title role in Fénelon’s biographical opera of Jean-Jacques Rousseau in Ge-nève in a production of Robert Carsen. Leporello at the 2014 Glyndebourne Festival marked his UK debut. An experienced recitalist, he has performed at Moscow’s Dom Musiki, Carnegie Hall, Aix-en-Provence, Opéra de Lille, Musée d’Orsay (Die Winterreise, Die Schöne Ma-gelone), St Petersburg, Bayreuth, the Louvre, Bad Kis-singen and the Festival de Colmar. Next season begins with his return to l’Opéra Bastille for Les Indes Galantes (Osman) under Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, directed by Clément Cogitore.http://edwincrossleymercer.com/

Clotilde Courau, narratorClotilde Courau est une actrice française et par son mariage avec Emmanuel-Philibert de Savoie, elle est devenue la princesse Clotilde de Savoie, princesse de Venise et de Piémont. Nominated for a César, Clotilde won a European Film Award for Best Actress and the Prix Suzanne Bianchetti at the SACD Awards and na-med one of European cinema’s «Shooting Stars» by European Film Promotion she became a Dame of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in France. Her most re-cent film (Une fille facile, 2019) is French comedy film directed by Rebecca Zlotowski set on the French Rivie-ra. It was screened in the Directors’ Fortnight section at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the SACD Award for Best French-language Film.

Alexandros Stavrakakis, bass Clotilde Courau

Edwin Crossley Mercer

Choeur Yaroslavl

BEETHOVEN’S “EROICA”Monday 6 January 2020 | Lauenenkirche

The Menuhin Academy Artistic Director Maxim VengerovBeethoven’s 3rd Symphony “Eroica”In the year of Beethoven, an arrangement of Beethoven’sSymphony No.3 In E major «Eroica» for string orchestramade especially for the Menuhin Academy:Maestro Oleg Kaskiv Orchestre Résident du RoseyConcert HallSymphony No.3 In E major «Eroica» I. Allegro con brioII. Marcia funebre. Adagio assaiIII. Scherzo. Allegro vivace - TrioIV. Finale. Allegro molto - Poco Andante - PrestoConcerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043 (DoubleViolin Concerto)

Soloists: Oleg Kaskiv, Kasmir Uusitupa, Alice Lee, Chao-fan Wang (Violins)La Menuhin Academy a été fondée en 1977 en Suisse, à Gstaad par Lord Yehudi Menuhin.

Elle accueille des violonistes, des altistes et des violon-cellistes au talent exceptionnel, venus du monde entier, sélectionnés sur de stricts critères d’excellence, sou-vent lauréats de concours internationaux, et leur per-met de parfaire leur éducation musicale avec les plus grands maîtres.

City of Bonn’s Beethoven 2020 Celebrations & Beethoven Pastoral Project

The New Year Music Festival is an official partner and participant in Beethoven 2020 and the Beetho-ven Pastoral Project: In 2020, the world will celebrate Beethoven’s 250th birthday. No other composer has left behind a legacy greater than Beethoven, who is considered the best-known composer of all time. His signature piece, the 9th Symphony, appears on UNES-CO’sWorld Heritage List. Beethoven is an international cultural treasure.

As a ‘Beethoven discovery year’, BTHVN2020 mobilises people and opens up diverse perspectives - on Bee-thoven and on topics related with his personality. The Jubilee offers outstanding opportunities for great mu-sical experiences and for understanding social identity and future issues at home and abroad.

The New Year Music Festival in Gstaad takes place in some of the most natural, spectacular and delicate countryside of the Swiss Alps. Throughout our events, we aim to bring together music, environmental and hu-manitarian causes. Beethoven loved nature - so brin-ging our music into the celebration of the great com-poser’s 250th anniversary and the Beethoven Pastoral Project is an act of dedication and intent for the future of our planet.