Lucerne Festival Strings Concert Season 2015/16 - Brochure

lucerne festival strings

2015/16

concert season 2015/16 www.festivalstringslucerne.org Artistic Director: Daniel Dodds

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Lucerne Festival Strings 1st Violins Daniel Dodds, Leader & Artistic Director Gergana Gergova, Co-Leader Regula Dodds Mia Lindblom Thomas Schrott

2nd Violins Gianluca Febo, Principal Droujelub Ianakiev, Principal Izabela Iwanowska Reiko Koi Erika Schutter

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Violas Dominik Fischer, Principal Katrin Burger Lisa Deutscher Valentine Ruffieux

Cellos Jonas Iten, Principal Alexander Kionke, Principal Regula Maurer

Double Bass Massimo Clavenna

Harpsichord Vital Julian Frey

2016, A DIAMOND JUBILEE The Lucerne Festival Strings started life on 26 August, 1956, with a well-publicized inaugural concert during the “Internationale Musikfestwochen Luzern” (International Music Festival of Lucerne, IMF Lucerne). The initiative stemmed above all from three individuals: Rudolf Baumgartner, who was later artistic director of the ensemble for decades until 1998, the great Austrian violinist Wolfgang Schneiderhan and Walter Strebi, who had smoothed the way for the founding of the Conservatory of Lucerne in 1942 and in the mid-1950s was acting as president of the IMF Lucerne, now the Lucerne Festival.

The inaugural concert in 1956 aroused generally enthu­ siastic response from the press, the Zürcher Woche of 7 September, for example, stating: “We had looked forward to the first performance of the Lucerne Festival Strings with high expectations, but had not thought a

Inaugural concert of the Lucerne Festival Strings at Kunsthaus Lucerne

debut of such high quality to be possible.” That concert led to the ensemble’s busy touring programme, with performances at the Salzburg Festival the following summer and in Berlin later in 1957, at the Musikverein in Vienna in January 1958 and at the Salle Gaveau in Paris that May. In that early phase Wolfgang Schneiderhan, who had already become an ex­clusive artist of Deutsche Gram­ mo­phon, connected the ensemble with the leading recording company, which also established an acclaimed long-term relationship with the orchestra. The earliest recordings were devoted to Johann Sebastian Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, Henry Purcell and Giovanni Battista Pergolesi.

Artistic Directors: Rudolf Baumgartner (1956 – 1998), Achim Fiedler (1998 – 2012) and Daniel Dodds (since 2012).

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Daniel dodds

Leader & Artistic Director

The Australian-Swiss violinist, chamber musician and teacher Daniel Dodds and his family have made Lucerne their adoptive home. He has led the Lucerne Festival Strings since 2000 and additionally became its artistic director in 2012.

He has performed in chamber groupings with Dmitri and Vovka Ashkenazy, Ramin Bahrami, Kolja Blacher, Wolfram Christ, Viviane Hagner, James Galway, Jens Peter Maintz, Alois Posch, Herbert Schuch, Martin Stadtfeld and many others. In addition to his regular engagements as guest leader of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, the Salzburg Camerata, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and the Australian World Orchestra, he is a member of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra.

His solo album “Time Transcending”, recently released

by Oehms Classics has received high praise from music magazines in the United States, Europe, Switzerland and Japan. Upcoming events include chamber music concerts, concerts directing the Lucerne Festival Strings, and performances as soloist including a tour to India in October 2015 with the Australian World Orchestra and Zubin Mehta.

Daniel Dodds plays the Stradivari “ex Baumgartner” from 1717 provided by the the Lucerne Festival Strings Foundation.

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ArabellA steinbacher principal guest artist

mon 28 Sep 2015, 8.00 pm Vaduz (fl), Vaduz concert hall mon 23 Nov 2015, 8.45 pm Trento (IT), Sala Filarmonica WEd 25 Nov 2015, 7.30 pm Olten (CH), Stadttheater Olten Thu 26 Nov 2015, 8.00 pm Ludwigshafen (DE), BASF SUN 29 Nov 2015, 5.30 pm Perugia (IT), Sala dei Notari Mon 30 Nov 2015, 8.30 pm Bologna (IT), Teatro Auditorium Manzoni Mon 14 mar 2016, 8.00 pm Regensburg (DE), AUDIMAX CONCERT HALL ODEON CONCERTS Regensburg Sam 7 May 2016, 8.00 pm Frankfurt am Main (DE), Alte Oper FRANKFURT PRO ARTE CONCERT SERIES THU 12 May 2016, 7.30 pm LUCERNE (CH), KKL GRAND HALL LUCERNE CONCERT SERIES – 3 rd concert Jun 2016 SOUTH AMERICA TOUR 2016

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AT LUCERNE FESTIVAL

AT LUCERNE FESTIVAL FRI 27 NOV 2015 | 7.30 PM

LUCERNE KKL, GRAND HALL LUCERNE FESTIVAL AT THE PIANO

Angela Hewitt PIANO & CONDUCTING Johann Sebastian Bach

Keyboard concerto in D major, BWV 1054 Wolfgang Amadé Mozart

Piano concerto in E-flat major, K. 271 “Jenamy”

INTERMISSION

Wolfgang Amadé Mozart

Piano concerto in E-flat major, K. 449 Johann Sebastian Bach

Keyboard concerto in D minor, BWV 1052 Ticket sale by Lucerne Festival.

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CONDUCTING MASTERCLASS bernard haitink 17 to 19 MAR 2016

LUCERNE KKL, LUCERNE HALL LUCERNE FESTIVAL AT EASTER At their home base of Lucerne, apart from their own series of concerts in the KKL Culture and Convention Centre, the “Strings” play year by year at the Lucerne Festival and are the regular orchestra at Bernard Haitink’s now legendary master class for conductors, staged annually by Lucerne Festival as part of the Easter Festival program. From a large number of applicants from all parts of the world, Bernard Haitink chooses six or seven young orchestra conductors each year as active participants, who take the rostrum in front of the Lucerne Festival Strings to rehearse symphonic repertoire and discuss interpretative approaches and practical questions with the maestro. For the observer, this is more than a fascinating view into the workshop of conducting: it is a unique opportunity to see the Lucerne Festival Strings in a symphonic full-orchestra context!

Ticket sale by Lucerne Festival.

principal funders

PRINCIPAL PARTNER – “LUCERNE CONCERT SERIES“

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LUCERNE CONCERT SERIES

THU 5 Nov 2015 | 7.30 pm

LUCERNE KKL, GRAND HALL LUCERNE CONCERT SERIES – 1st CONCERT Alison Balsom TRUMPET daniel dodds LEADER GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL

Sinfonia “The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba”

from the oratorio “Solomon” HWV 67 Tommaso Albinoni

Oboe concerto in B-flat major, Op. 7 No. 3,

arr. for trumpet and orchestra by A. Balsom Wolfgang Amadé Mozart

Divertimento for strings in F major, K. 138 Joseph Haydn

Trumpet concerto in E-flat major, Hob. VIIe:1

INTERMISSION

Wolfgang Amadé Mozart

Symphony No. 39 in E-flat major, K. 543

Ticket sale by Lucerne KKL.

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LUCERNE CONCERT SERIES

FRI 8 JAN 2016 | 7.30 pm

LUCERNE KKL, GRAND HALL LUCERNE CONCERT SERIES – 2 nd CONCERT Sir James Galway FLUTE Gergana Gergova LEADER

Program to be announced at a later date.

Ticket sale by Lucerne KKL.

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THU 12 MAY 2015 | 7.30 pm

LUCERNE KKL, GRAND HALL LUCERNE CONCERT SERIES – 3 rd CONCERT Arabella Steinbacher VIOLIN daniel dodds LEADER Ludwig van Beethoven

Violin concerto in D major, Op. 61

INTERMISSION

Christian Krebs

Piece commissioned by Lucerne Festival Strings Ludwig van Beethoven

Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21

Ticket sale by Lucerne KKL.

Domestic Tours mon 28 Sep 2015, 8.00 pm Vaduz (FL), Vaduz concert Hall Arabella Steinbacher Violin Daniel Dodds LEADER Benjamin Britten Simple Symphony, Op. 4 Wolfgang AmadĂŠ Mozart Violin concerto in A major, K. 219 Edward Elgar Serenade for strings in E minor, Op. 20 Wolfgang AmadĂŠ Mozart Symphony in G minor, K. 550

Lucerne Festival Strings at the Easter Festival

by Swiss Chamber Music Circle

WED 25 NOV 2015, 7.30 PM Olten, Stadttheater Arabella Steinbacher Violin Daniel Dodds LEADER Igor StraVinsky “Concerto in D” for strings (1946) Wolfgang Amadé Mozart Violin concerto in D major, K. 218 | Violin concerto in A major, K. 219 | Symphony in A major, K. 201

18 WED 20 JAN 2016, 8.00 PM ZUG, THEATER CASINO (GRAND CASINO HALL) Albrecht mayer oboe Daniel Dodds LEADER IGOR STRAVINSKY “Concerto in D” for strings (1946) Franz Anton Hoffmeister Oboe concerto in C major Josef Fiala English horn concerto Wolfgang Amadé Mozart Symphony in B minor, K. 319

FRI 22 JAN 2016, 8.30 PM Lugano, LAC (SALA TEATRO) Lugano Musica daniil Trifonov PIANO Daniel Dodds LEADER Edvard Grieg “From Holberg’s Time” Suite in olden style for strings, Op. 40 Wolfgang Amadé Mozart Piano concerto in E-flat major, K. 271 “Jenamy” | Symphony in G minor, K. 550

FRI 5 FEB 2016, 7.30 PM saanen, église de saanen sommets musicaux gstaad renaud CapuÇon VIOLIN daniel lozakovitj violin (BWV 1043) Daniel Dodds LEADER Johann Seb. Bach Violin concerto in A minor, BWV 1041 | Violin concerto in E major, BWV 1042 | Double concerto for two violins and orchestra in D minor, BWV 1043 PETER I. TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade for strings in C major,

Op. 48

19 SUN 21 FEB 2016, 11.00 AM Basel, stadtcasino Albrecht mayer oboe Daniel Dodds LEADER Franz Anton Hoffmeister Oboe concerto in C major Josef Fiala English horn concerto Wolfgang Amadé Mozart Symphony in G minor,

K. 550

SUN 20 MAR 2016 ANDERMATT, SAINT PETER & PAUL CHURCH EASTER FESTIVAL BY SWISS CHAMBER MUSIC CIRCLE arkadiY shilkloper horn & alphorn Daniel Dodds Leader Program and time to be announced at a later date.

FRI 15 APR 2016, 7.30 PM SCHENKON, CENTRAL HALL SEMPACHERSEE LAKE CONCERTS bernhard Roethlisberger CLARINET Daniel Dodds LEADER Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Sinfonia for strings No. 10 B minor, MWV N 10 (1823) Carl Maria von Weber Quintet for clarinet and strings in B-flat major, Op. 34 Franz Schubert Rondo for violin and strings in A major, D. 438 Jean Sibelius Impromptu for strings Edvard Grieg “From Holberg’s Time” Suite in olden style for strings, Op. 40

Subject to change without notice.

TOURS AROUND THE WORLD MON 23 NOV 2015, 8.45 PM Trento (IT), Sala Filarmonica THU 26 NOV 2015, 8.00 PM LUDWIGSHAFEN AM RHEIN (DE), BASF Arabella Steinbacher VIOLIN Daniel Dodds LEADER IGOR STRAVINSKY “Concerto in D” for strings (1946) Wolfgang Amadé Mozart Violin concerto in D major, K. 218 | Violin concerto in A major, K. 219 PETER I. TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade for strings in C major, Op. 48

On stage at the legendary Grand Hall of Moscow Tchaikovsky conservatory, 10 Oct 2014

SUN 29 NOV 2015, 5.30 PM Perugia (IT), Sala dei Notari Perugia Musica Classica Arabella Steinbacher VIOLIN Daniel Dodds LEADER Edvard Grieg “From Holberg’s time“ Suite in olden style for strings, Op. 40 Wolfgang Amadé Mozart Violin concerto in D major, K. 218 | Violin concerto in A major, K. 219 PETER I. TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade for strings in C major, Op. 48

22 MON 30 NOV 2015, 8.30 PM Bologna (IT), Teatro Auditorium Manzoni Arabella Steinbacher VIOLIN Daniel Dodds LEADER Edvard Grieg “From Holberg’s time“ Suite in olden style for strings, Op. 40 Wolfgang Amadé Mozart Violin concerto in D major K. 218 | Violin concerto in A major K. 219 | Symphony in A major K. 201

March 2016 new ZEAland tour 2016 Program and venues to be announced at a later date.

MON 14 MAR 2016, 8.00 PM Regensburg (DE), Audimax CONCERT HALL ODEON CONCERTS Arabella Steinbacher Violin Daniel Dodds LEADER Edvard Grieg “From Holberg’s time“ Suite in olden style for strings, Op. 40 Wolfgang Amadé Mozart Violin concerto in D major,

K. 218 | Violin concerto in A major, K. 219 PETER I. TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade for strings in C major,

Op. 48

TUE 12 APR 2016, 8.00 PM Stuttgart (DE), Liederhalle Martin Stadtfeld PIANO Daniel Dodds LEADER Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Sinfonia for strings No. 10 B minor, MWV N 10 (1823) Johann Sebastian Bach Keyboard concerto in E major, BWV 1053 | Keyboard concerto in A major, BWV 1055 Josef Suk Meditation on the old Czech Hymn St. Wenceslas, Op. 35a ANTON DVORAK Serenade for strings in E major, Op. 22

23 SAT 30 APR 2016, 7.30 PM Eisenach (DE), WARTBURG PALAS “WARTBURG CONCERTS” by DEUTSCHLANDRADIO KULTUR Program to be announced at a later date.

SAT 7 MAY 2016, 8.00 PM FRANKFURT AM MAIN (DE), ALTE OPER (GRAND HALL) FRANKFURT PRO ARTE CONCERT SERIES Arabella Steinbacher Violin Daniel Dodds LEADER Edvard Grieg “From Holberg’s time“ Suite in olden style for strings, Op. 40 Wolfgang Amadé Mozart Violin concerto in D major, K. 218 | Violin concerto in A major, K. 219 PETER I. TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade for strings in C major, Op. 48

MON 9 MAY 2016, 8.00 PM MUNICH (DE), HERKULESSAAL Akiko Suwanai Violin Daniel Dodds LEADER Edvard Grieg “From Holberg’s time“ Suite in olden style for strings, Op. 40 Wolfgang Amadé Mozart Violin concerto in D major, K. 218 | Violin concerto in A major, K. 219 PETER I. TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade for strings in C major, Op. 48

JUN 2016 SOUTH AMERICA TOUR 2016 Arabella Steinbacher Violin Daniel Dodds LEADER Program and venues to be announced at a later date.

Subject to change without notice.

Featuring Alison Balsom at Lucerne KKL (CH) 5 Nov 2015

Featuring Daniil Trifonov at Lugano LAC (CH) 22 Jan 2016

Featuring Albrecht Mayer in Zug (CH) 20 Jan 2016 and in Basel (CH) 21 Feb 2016

Featuring Renaud Capuรงon at Sommets Musicaux Gstaad in Saanen (CH), 5 Feb 2016

Featuring Martin Stadtfeld at Stuttgart Liederhalle (GER), 12 Apr 2016

Featuring Akiko Suwanai at Munich Herkulessaal (GER), 9 May 2016

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2015 MON 28 SEP VADUZ CONCERT HALL Liechtenstein TAK Theatre Steinbacher, Violin | Dodds, Leader

Vaduz (FL)

THU 5 NOV LUCERNE KKL, GRAND HALL LUCERNE (CH) Lucerne Concert Series, 1st concert Balsom, Trumpet | Dodds, Leader MON 23 NOV Sala Filarmonica Trento (IT) SocietĂ Filarmonica di Trento Steinbacher, Violin | Dodds, Leader WED 25 NOV OLTEN STADTTHEATER Olten (CH) Concert series of Stadttheater Olten Steinbacher, Violin | Dodds, Leader THU 26 NOV BASF LUDWIGSHAFEN AM RHEIN (DE) BASF Concert Series Steinbacher, Violin | Dodds, Leader FRI 27 NOV LUCERNE KKL, GRAND HALL Lucerne Festival at the Piano Hewitt, Piano & Conducting SUN 29 NOV Sala dei Notari Perugia Musica Classica Steinbacher, Violine | Dodds, Leader MON 30 NOV teatro Auditorium Manzoni Concerti di Musica Insieme Steinbacher, Violin | Dodds, Leader

LUCERNE (CH)

Perugia (IT)

Bologna (IT)

LUCERNE FESTIVAL STRINGS FOUNDATION Dr. Patrick Troller, President Hans-Christoph Mauruschat, Managing Director Foundation Board Members Karin Maria Krauer | Patrick Hauser | Michael Kaufmann Prof. Dr. Alois Koch | Dr. Ulrich Niederer | Urs W. Studer Photo credits: Tomasz Trzebiatowski (Pages 1, 6, 12, 32); Private (Pages 7, 14, 16/17, 20/21, 30); Archive of the Lucerne Festival Strings Foundation (Page 4/5); Hugh Carswell/ Warner Classics (Pages 13, 24); Peter Rigaud (Page 15); Peter Hundert (Page 10); Stefan Deuber (Page 11); Dario Acosta/Deutsche Grammophon (Page 25); Ralph Mecke (Page 26); Paolo Roversi/Erato (Page 27); Adrian Bedoy (Page 28); Takaki Kumada (Page 29).

Despite our greatest efforts it was impossible to identify all photographers. Eventual titles have to be addressed to the editor.

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2016 FRI 8 JAN LUCERNE KKL, GRAND HALL LUCERNE (CH) Lucerne Concert Series, 2 nd concert Galway, Flute | Gergova, Leader WED 20 JAN THEATER CASINO, GRAND CASINO HALL Theater Casino Concert Series Mayer, Oboe | Dodds, Leader FRI 22 JAN LAC, Sala teatro Lugano Musica Trifonov, Piano | Dodds, Leader

Zug (CH)

Lugano (CH)

FRI 5 FEB Église de Saanen SAANEN (CH) Sommets Musicaux Gstaad R. Capuçon, Violin | Daniel Lozakovitj, Violin | Dodds, Leader SUN 21 FEB BASEL STADTCASINO Matinée at AMG Allgemeine Musikgesellschaft Basel Mayer, Oboe MAR New Zealand Tour 2016 MON 14 MAR AUDIMAX CONCERT HALL Odeon Concerts Steinbacher, Violin | Dodds, Leader

Basel (CH)

New Zealand Regensburg (DE)

17 TO 19 MAR LUCERNE KKL, LUCERNE HALL LUCERNE (CH) Conducting Masterclass Bernard Haitink at Lucerne Festival SUN 20 MAR SAINT PETER & PAUL CHURCH Andermatt (CH) Easter Festival by Swiss Chamber Music Circle Shilkloper, French Horn & Alphorn | Dodds, Leader TUE 12 APR Liederhalle Konzertdirektion SKS Erwin Russ Stadtfeld, Piano | Dodds,Leader

Stuttgart (DE)

FRI 15 APR SCHENKON CENTRAL HALL Schenkon (CH) Sempachersee Lake Concerts Roethlisberger, Clarinet | Dodds, Leader SAT 30 APR WARTBURG PALAS “Wartburg Concerts” by Deutschlandradio Kultur

Eisenach (DE)

SAT 7 MAY ALTE OPER, GRAND HALL FRANKFURT AM MAIN (DE) Frankfurt Pro Arte Concert Series Steinbacher, Violin | Dodds, Leader MON 9 MAY Herkulessaal Tonicale Musikerlebnis Suwanai, Violin | Dodds, Leader

MUNICH (DE)

THU 12 MAY LUCERNE KKL, GRAND HALL LUCERNE (CH) Lucerne Concert Series, 3 rd concert Steinbacher, Violin | Dodds, Leader Jun SOUTH AMERICA South America Tour 2016 Steinbacher, Violin | Dodds, Leader

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Publisher: Foundation Lucerne Festival Strings | Status: September 2015 Editor: Hans-Christoph Mauruschat, Managing Director Artwork: Klasse 3b, Hamburg | Print: Erni Medien, Littau