Lucerne Festival is one of the leading international festivals in the field of classical music. Lucerne Festival was founded in 1938, and the artistic director has been Michael Haefliger since 1999.

«Silk Road»
A sound journey along the Silk Road with traditional Chinese, Arabic, and Persian music, arrangements and original compositions by Daniel Schnyder, as well as Oriental fantasies by Georges Bizet, Manuel de Falla, and Wolfgang Amadé Mozart
In collaboration with the Swiss Music Competition

This concert has no intermission.
Estimated concert end at 9:30 PM

Even though there has been a Mozart monument in the old town of Havana since 2012: Wolfgang Amadé Mozart was never in Cuba. How wonderfully his music harmonizes with Latin American sounds and rhythms has been shown in recent years by Sarah Willis, horn player with the Berlin Philharmonic. Under the motto «Mozart y Mambo», she has teamed up with the Cuban conductor José Antonio Méndez Padrón and the young musicians of the Havana Lyceum Orchestra to combine the best of both worlds on three CDs so far. In Lucerne, she pairs works of the classic - a light Salzburg symphony and Mozart's probably last horn concerto - with Cuban evergreens like Veinte Años or Guantanamera. Edgar Olivero transforms the cheeky final theme from Mozart's horn concerto KV 495 into a heavily grooving rumba, while Ernesto Oliva incorporates traditional Cuban melodies in his orchestral suite - with captivating danceable momentum. It’s no wonder that Sarah Willis and José Antonio Méndez Padrón love to crown their performances with a salsa show!

Lucerne Festival is one of the leading international festivals in the field of classical music. Lucerne Festival was founded in 1938, and the artistic director has been Michael Haefliger since 1999.

Lucerne Festival is one of the leading international festivals in the field of classical music. Lucerne Festival was founded in 1938, and the artistic director has been Michael Haefliger since 1999.

Participants
Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly Conductor
Elīna Garanča Mezzo-soprano
 
Program
6:30 PM
Welcome
Markus Hongler Chairman of the Foundation Board
Michael Haefliger Artistic Director

Winnie Huang
nexus of now for gestural performer (excerpt)
Commissioned work by Lucerne Festival

Greeting
Albert Rösti Federal Councillor

Pierre Boulez (1925–2016)
Mémoriale (… explosante-fixe … Originel) for flute and eight instruments
Gustav Mahler (1860–1911)
Rückert-Lieder
Symphony No. 10 in F-sharp major
(Performance version by Deryck Cooke)

Break at approx. 7:40 PM
Estimated concert end at 9:30 PM

Lucerne Festival is one of the leading international festivals in the field of classical music. Lucerne Festival was founded in 1938, and the artistic director has been Michael Haefliger since 1999.

Lucerne Festival is one of the leading international festivals in the field of classical music. Lucerne Festival was founded in 1938, and the artistic director has been Michael Haefliger since 1999.

Participants
Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Andrés Orozco-Estrada Conductor
Isabelle Faust Violin
 
Program
5:30 PM
Concert Introduction
with Susanne Stähr (KKL Lucerne, Auditorium)

6:30 PM
Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)
The Noon Witch op. 108
Violin Concerto in A minor op. 53
Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881) / Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
Pictures at an Exhibition

Break around 7:30 PM
Estimated concert end at 8:35 PM

Lucerne Festival is one of the leading international festivals in the field of classical music. Lucerne Festival was founded in 1938, and the artistic director has been Michael Haefliger since 1999.

Participants
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim Conductor
Lang Lang Piano
 
Program
6:30 PM

Concert introduction
with Susanne Stähr (KKL Lucerne, Auditorium)

7:30 PM

Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 Eroica Symphony

Break around 8:00 PM
Estimated concert end at 9:20 PM

Contributors
Arditti Quartet:  Irvine Arditti | Ashot Sarkissjan | Ralf Ehlers | Lucas Fels
Marco Stroppa sound direction
 
Program
3:00 PM

Concert introduction
Irvine Arditti and Marco Stroppa in conversation with Mark Sattler (in German and English | KKL Lucerne, Auditorium)

4:00 PM

Marco Stroppa (*1959)
La vita immobile for string quartet
Swiss premiere
Spirali for string quartet projected in the space
Swiss premiere
Pierre Boulez (1925–2016)
Livre pour quatuor
Fourth movement reconstructed by Philippe Manoury and Jean-Louis Leleu on behalf of the Daniel Barenboim Foundation and the Philharmonie de Paris
Swiss premiere of the completed version

Break around 4:45 PM
Estimated concert end at 6:15 PM

Participants
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds Violin and Musical Direction
Dominik Wollenweber English Horn
 
Program
2:30 PM

Wolfgang Amadé Mozart (1756–1791)
Overture to La Finta Giardiniera KV 196
Jean Sibelius (1865–1957)
The Swan of Tuonela op. 22 No. 2, arranged for English Horn, Harp and String Orchestra by David Walter
Wolfgang Amadé Mozart (1756–1791)
Finale in D Major KV 121 (207a)
Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
Symphony in F-sharp Minor Hob. I:45 Farewell Symphony

This concert has no intermission.
Estimated concert end at 3:40 PM

Participants
Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra
Keri-Lynn Wilson Conductor
Rachel Willis-Sørensen Soprano

Program
7:30 PM

Maxim Kolomiiets (*1981)
Suite from The Mothers of Kherson
Swiss Premiere
Richard Strauss (1864–1949)
Four Last Songs
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Symphony No. 5 C Minor Op. 67

Break at around 8:20 PM
Estimated concert end at 9:20 PM

Participants
Soloists of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra
 
Program
6:20 PM

«Kammermusik ohne Ende»

Lucerne Festival is one of the leading international festivals in the field of classical music. Lucerne Festival was founded in 1938, and the artistic director has been Michael Haefliger since 1999.

Lucerne Festival is one of the leading international festivals in the field of classical music. Lucerne Festival was founded in 1938, and the artistic director has been Michael Haefliger since 1999.

Participants
Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly Conductor
Beatrice Rana Piano
 
Program
6:30 PM

Concert Introduction
with Susanne Stähr (KKL Lucerne, Auditorium)

7:30 PM

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)
The Rock op. 7
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini op. 43
Symphony No. 1 in D minor op. 13

Break around 8:20 PM
Expected concert end at 9:35 PM

Lucerne Festival is one of the leading international festivals in the field of classical music. Lucerne Festival was founded in 1938, and the artistic director has been Michael Haefliger since 1999.

Participants
Lang Lang Piano
 
Program
6:30 PM

Concert Introduction
with Susanne Stähr (KKL Lucerne, Auditorium)

7:30 PM

Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)
Pavane in F-sharp minor op. 50
Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
Kreisleriana op. 16
Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)
Mazurka in F minor op. 7 No. 3
Mazurka in B major op. 17 No. 1
Mazurka in E minor op. 17 No. 2
Mazurka in A minor op. 17 No. 4
Mazurka in C major op. 24 No. 2
Mazurka in B minor op. 24 No. 4
Mazurka in D-flat major op. 30 No. 3
Mazurka in C-sharp minor op. 30 No. 4
Mazurka in C major op. 33 No. 3
Mazurka in B minor op. 33 No. 4
Mazurka in D major op. 33 No. 2
Mazurka in F-sharp minor op. 59 No. 3
Polonaise in F-sharp minor op. 44

Break around 8:20 PM
Estimated concert end at 9:40 PM