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The Gstaad New Year Music Festival
The Gstaad New Year Music Festival is held under the patronage of H.S.H. Prince Albert II de Monaco. Over the last twelve years it has hosted over 300 concerts and events featuring more than 1000 artists ranging from the age of 3 to 80. Artists come from Switzerland, Europe and beyond to perform and spend quality time with their audiences in Gstaad and its surroundings during the holiday season.
Our Festival needs to be different in order to arouse the interest of our audiences. Thanks to our faithful contributors and partners we are able to share a variety of musical genres and introduce young upcoming artists. All our performers understand the special quality of the Festival and they enjoy sharing in its warm and familial atmosphere.
13th New Year Music Festival in Gstaad
PROGRAM 2018 / 2019
27.12.2018 – 06.01.2019
CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Thursday, December 27, 2018 – 6:30 pm
Location: Eglise de Château d’Oex
Duo Tchiki, Jacques Hostettler & Nicolas Suter, marimbas
Benjamin Righetti, organ
Beatrice Villiger, soprano
Choeur de poche Saanen
THE BEAUTIES OF BACH PART I
CONFERENCE
Friday, December 28, 2018 – 5:30 pm
Location: St. Niklaus Kapelle, Gstaad Promenade
The Well-Tempered Clavier by J.S. Bach explained by Paul Gulda
(german spoken – auf Deutsch)
CONCERT
Friday, December 28, 2018 – 6:30 pm
Location: St. Niklaus Kapelle, Gstaad Promenade
Paul Gulda, harpsichord
The Well-Tempered Clavier, BWV 846-893 – 48 Preludes and Fugues, J.S. Bach
CONFERENCE I
Saturday, 29 December 28, 2018 – 4:30 pm
Location: Grand Hotel Park, Gstaad
“Franz Schubert” presented by Dominique Pagnier
(french spoken – en français)
CONFERENCE II
Saturday, 29 December 28, 2018 – 5:30 pm
Location: Hotel Wildhorn, Lauenen
“Franz Schubert : Eine literarisch-musikalische Durchdringung”
by Christine Mondon
(german spoken – auf Deutsch)
TRIBUTE TO THE BARITONE DMITRI HVOROSTOVSKY (1962 – 2017)
Saturday, December 29, 2018 – 6:30 pm
Location: Lauenenkirche
Edwin Crossley-Mercer, bass-baritone
Michel Dalberto, piano
“Die Winterreise” D911, Op 89 – 24 songs for voice & piano, F. Schubert
TRIBUTE TO CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862-1918)
Sunday, December 30, 2018 – 5:00 pm
Location: Grand Hotel Park Gstaad
Rosemary Forbes-Butler, soprano
Sherniyaz Mussakhan, violin
Emily Hoile, harp
Zofia Neugebauer, flute
Caroline Haffner, piano
Clair de lune (excerpt), Syrinx, Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune, Rêverie, L’Ile joyeuse,
Sonate pour violon et piano, Ariettes oubliées I-II-III-IV, Nuit d’Etoiles
NEW YEAR’S EVE CANDLELIGHT CONCERT
Monday, December 31, 2018 – 7:30 pm
Location: St. Josef Kirche, Gstaad Promenade
DUO CANT’ARPA
Béatrice Villiger, soprano
Diane Pauvert, harp
Arias from Rossini, Caldara, Fauré, Mozart, Bochsa, Doret, Händel, Bellini, Paisiello
TRADITIONAL NEW YEAR’S DAY FREE CONCERT
TRIBUTE TO YEHUDI MENUHIN (1916-1999)
Tuesday, January 1, 2019 – 6:30 pm
Location: Eglise de Rougemont
Christoph Croisé, cello
Otto Antikainen, violin
Laureate of the Gstaad New Year Music Festival Prize
during the Menuhin Competition, Geneva, April 2018
Alexander Panfilov, piano
Anton Arensky, Piano Trio No.1, Op.32 – E. Grieg, Violin Sonata No.3 in C minor, Op.45
Brahms, Cello Sonata No.2 in F major, Op.99
CONCERT
Wednesday, January 2, 2019 – 6:30 pm
Location: Eglise de Rougemont
Angel Blue, soprano
Natalia Morozova, piano
Arias from Mozart, Richard Strauss, Sergueï Rachmaninov, etc.
Zarzuelas, songs and spirituals
TRIBUTE TO RICHARD STRAUSS (1864-1949)
CONCERT “CLUB DES AMIS DU FESTIVAL”
Thursday, January 3, 2019 – 6:30 pm
Location: Grand Hotel Park, Gstaad
Sasha Rozhdestvensky, violin
Viktoria Postnikova, piano
F. Schubert, Violin Sonata in A major
R. Strauss, Violin Sonata in E flat major
THE BEAUTIES OF BACH PART II
Bach in Contralto and Bass Voice!
Friday, January 4, 2019 – 6:30 pm
Location: Eglise de Rougemont
Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor, contralto
Leon Kosavic, bass
Orfeo 55 Chamber orchestra
Cantata excerpts
Ich habe genug, BWV 82
Geist und Seele wird verwirret, MWV 35
THE BEAUTIES OF BACH PART III
Saturday, January 5, 2019 – 6:30 pm
Location: Lauenenkirche
Alexandros Kapelis, piano
Berliner Barok Solisten
Integral of the concerti for keyboard and strings, J.S. Bach
CLOSING CONCERT
VOICES MASTERCLASSES
Sunday, January 6, 2019 – 12:00 am
Location: Saanen Landhaus Theater
Students
Genc Tukici, piano
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