Verbier Festival Orchestra

Program and cast

20 July 2026

Programme

GYÖRGY LIGETI (1923-2006)
Atmosphères

RICHARD WAGNER (1813-1883)
Prelude to Lohengrin

SERGEI RACHMANINOFF (1873-1943)
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor Op. 30

Interval

RICHARD STRAUSS (1864-1949)
Ein Heldenleben Op. 40

Cast

Verbier Festival Orchestra

Simon Rattle direction 

Kirill Gerstein piano

23 July 2026

Programme

THOMAS DE HARTMANN (1884-1956)
Violin Concerto Op. 66

JERRY BOCK (1928-2010) & SHELDON HARNICK (1924-2021)
Excerpts from Fiddler on the Roof including “If I were a rich man”

Interval

SERGEI RACHMANINOFF (1873-1943)
Symphony No. 2 in E minor Op. 27

Verbier Festival Orchestra

Daniel Harding Conductor 

Joshua Bell violin 

Bryn Terfel bass-baritone

26 July 2026

Programme

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791)
Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra in E-flat major K. 365

Interval

ANTON BRUCKNER (1824-1896)
Symphony No. 7 in E major WAB 107

Verbier Festival Orchestra

Lahav Shani conductor 

Yunchan Lim piano 

Minsoo Sohn piano

30 July 2026

Programme

FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN (1810-1849)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor Op. 21

Interval

GUSTAV MAHLER (1860-1911)
Symphony No. 6 in A minor “Tragic”

Verbier Festival Orchestra

Gianandrea Noseda conductor 

Mikhaïl Pletnev piano

2 August 2026

Programme

ALEXEY SHOR (1970-)
Suite after Crystal Palace

PIOTR ILYITCH TCHAÏKOVSKI (1840-1893)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major Op. 44

Interval

SERGEI PROKOFIEV (1891-1953)
Romeo and Juliet, excerpts from Suites No. 1 and 2 Op. 64

Verbier Festival Orchestra

Vasily Petrenko conductor 

Alexandre Kantorow piano