Concerts
Order Subscription: Whole season
You can attend all 18 concerts in the season (excluding the Family Concert and the concert “Welcome and Dialogue”) at a preferential price, and won’t miss any of the many programme highpoints in the Andermatt Concert Hall.
Everyone resident in Canton Uri and the owners of an apartment in Andermatt Reuss, The Chedi Andermatt, the Interessengemeinschaft Urserental (owners of secondary residences) and the IG Tujetsch will be given 20% discount on all subscriptions. The discount will be applied and confirmed to you after receipt of your order.
Concerts included in the subscription:
A LIEDER RECITAL AT THE 2ND ANDERMATT GOETHE DAYS
Julian Prégardien, tenor
Daniel Heide, piano
In a lieder recital whose programme has been especially devised for the Andermatt Goethe Days, Julian Prégardien will sing heroic tales by Schiller and Goethe as set by Schubert and Liszt.
SYMPHONY CONCERT
Swiss Orchestra
Lena-Lisa Wüstendörfer, conductor
Magda Amara, piano
The Swiss Orchestra under the baton of Lena-Lisa Wüstendörfer will open the new season of ANDERMATT MUSIC, with Magda Amara as the soloist in Liszt’s 2nd Piano Concerto.
NEW FOLK MUSIC
Gläuffig:
Mathias Landtwing, clarinet
Fränggi Gehrig, accordion
Pirmin Huber, double bass
Lukas V. Gernet, piano
Exclusively in Canton Uri: To close the season’s opening weekend, the well-known ensemble with Andermatt roots will launch their new CD ”Momentum”. Don’t miss it!
SYMPHONY CONCERT
Swiss Orchestra
Lena-Lisa Wüstendörfer, conductor
Raphaela Gromes, cello
The top soloist Raphaela Gromes is coming to Andermatt to play no less than two cello concertos. Also on the programme: the 1st Symphony of the Lucerne Classical composer Schnyder von Wartensee, which is being revived by the Swiss Orchestra especially for this concert.
IRISH FOLK
Cottage:
Susan Bossart, tin whistle, vocals
Maria Gehrig, violin
Micha Nussbaumer, percussion
Pia Rubi, accordion
Nathalie Ulrich, cello
Fredi Bossart, guitar
The six musicians from Uri and Schwyz play Irish Folk and take you on a musical journey from Andermatt to Ireland.
SYMPHONY CONCERT
Musikkollegium Winterthur
Thierry Fischer, conductor
Gabriela Montero, piano
The Musikkollegium Winterthur is an orchestra steeped in tradition, with a history of some 400 years behind it. Thierry Fischer will conduct a programme including Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto, with Gabriela Montero as soloist.
CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Swiss Orchestra
Voces Suaves, choir and soli
Lena-Lisa Wüstendörfer, conductor
Under the direction of Lena-Lisa Wüstendörfer, the Swiss Orchestra and the crystal-clear voices of the Voces Suaves ensemble will be performing festive cantatas from J. S. Bach’s “Christmas Oratorio”. Afterwards, ANDERMATT MUSIC invites its audience to enjoy mulled wine on the piazza in front of the Concert Hall.
NEW FOLK MUSIC
Duo Albin Brun & Kristina Brunner:
Albin Brun, schwyzerörgeli, soprano saxophone
Kristina Brunner, cello, schwyzerörgeli accordion
Evelyn Brunner (guest), double bass
Gabriel Nietlispach Pupato Trio:
Andreas Gabriel, violin
Jürg Nietlispach, neck zither, guitar
Andi Pupato, percussion
This concert in Andermatt offers not one, but two exceptional ensembles from the folk-music scene of Central Switzerland: the Albin Brun & Kristina Brunner Duo with Evelyn Brunner as their guest, and the Gabriel Nietlispach Pupato Trio.
NEW YEAR’S CONCERT
Kammerorchester Basel
Basler Madrigalisten
Pierre Bleuse, conductor
Ute Lemper, vocals and speaking voice
Ute Lemper, the grande dame of the chanson, will ring in the New Year together with the Basel Chamber Orchestra and the Basler Madrigalisten under the baton of Pierre Bleuse. With music by Kurt Weill and others, they will bring the golden age of the ballad to life once more.
NEW FOLK MUSIC
Simone Felber’s iheimisch:
Simone Felber, vocals
Adrian Würsch, schwyzerörgeli accordion
Pirmin Huber, double bass
Lukas V. Gernet (guest), piano
What does one’s “home country” sound like? The musicians of the trio “Simone Felber’s iheimisch” and Lukas V. Gernet (guest) will take us on a musical journey to foreign parts – but they’ve always got a piece of home tucked away in their rucksack. Come and join them on their journey: with Simone Felber (vocals), Adrian Würsch (schwyzerörgeli accordion) and Pirmin Huber (double bass).
GALA CONCERT
Swiss Orchestra
Lena-Lisa Wüstendörfer, conductor
Rolando Villazón, tenor
The star tenor Rolando Villazón sings works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giuseppe Verdi, Francesco Paolo Tosti and others. He will be accompanied by the Swiss Orchestra.
WIND ENSEMBLE
Swiss Orchestra Wind Soloists:
Anne-Lise Teruel & Frederic Sánchez, flute
Kelsey Maiorano & Yuta Onouchi, oboe
Lionel Andrey & Gabor Horvath, clarinet
Oscar Souto Salgado & Alejandro Cela Camba, horn
José Javier Romero & Daniel Mota, bassoon
Come and experience Beethoven as you’ve never heard him before! Ten wind soloists from the Swiss Orchestra present Beethoven’s 1st Symphony alongside works by Gounod and Raff, plus an exclusive first performance: “Souvenir d’Andermatt” by the flautist Frederic Sánchez.
SYMPHONY CONCERT
Swiss Orchestra
Lena-Lisa Wüstendörfer, conductor
Noldi Alder, dulcimer, violin, vocals
Sherniyaz Mussakhan, violin
Maria Gehrig, violin
Dominik Flückiger, schwyzerörgeli accordion
Popular classical music by Vivaldi and Jenkins meets the schwyzerörgeli accordion and the dulcimer. Sit back and enjoy the Swiss Orchestra and the folk music rebel Noldi Alder together with Sherniyaz Mussakhan and Maria Gehrig (violins), plus Dominik Flückiger on the schwyzerörgeli.
BEETHOVEN PIANO RECITAL
Rudolf Buchbinder, piano
The “Appassionata”, “Pathétique” and “Moonlight” sonatas: These highpoints in Beethoven’s oeuvre for piano here stand alongside the more rarely played Piano Sonata op. 14/2 in G major. At the piano: the Beethoven specialist and piano legend Rudolf Buchbinder.
SYMPHONY CONCERT
Swiss Orchestra
Lena-Lisa Wüstendörfer, conductor
Masato Suzuki, harpsichord
The harpsichord isn’t often heard as a solo instrument. Masato Suzuki will provide a virtuoso rendition of the newly rediscovered Concertino for Harpsichord and Orchestra by Marguerite Roesgen-Champion. This programme also features orchestral music by August Walter and Johannes Brahms.
CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
LGT Young Soloists
The highly talented young musicians of the LGT Young Soloists are drawn from over 15 different nations. These young stars, aged between 14 and 23, are at home in the great concert halls of the world and here offer a lively potpourri from Beethoven to Piazzolla.
SYMPHONY CONCERT
Swiss Orchestra
Lena-Lisa Wüstendörfer, conductor
Sebastian Bohren, violin
The spectrum of music offered here by the Swiss Orchestra under the baton of Lena-Lisa Wüstendörfer ranges from Tartini’s “Devil’s Trill” Sonata to Kreisler’s “Liebesfreud”. The soloist is the violin virtuoso Sebastian Bohren. Come and enjoy the multifarious sound of orchestral and solo strings.
CHAMBER MUSIC
Borromeo Music Festival Players
Andreas Haefliger, piano
For our season finale, the Borromeo Music Festival is coming as a guest to Andermatt for a gala performance. Together with the pianist Andreas Haefliger, the Borromeo Music Festival Players offer top-class chamber music by Schoeck, Brahms and Turina Pérez.
