LUCERNE FESTIVAL | Summer-Festival Preview & Subscription Series 2019

16 August – 15 September 2019

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hile a major Summer Festival is now behind us, many of you are surely already curious about what the coming year will bring. With this preview, we would like to offer you an overview of upcoming events, including not only the concerts in the “Cathedral of Sound,” KKL Luzern’s “Salle blanche” so famed for its unique acoustics, but also events that will take place at various other venues and that will appeal to the curious and adventurous.

Friends and supporters of LUCERNE FESTIVAL have access to purchase tickets for the summer of 2019 before official sales begin and can place orders already starting now. So it’s worth becoming a member of our Circle of Friends. Our attractive subscriptions can already be booked starting now. You can choose from a variety of themes or opt for a weekend subscription. In this way, you can make sure that you have tickets for the most sought-after concerts early on.

So what lies in store? You can look forward to four exquisite performances by the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA under Maestro Riccardo Chailly, who will also be conducting the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY for the first time, featuring music of the 20th century; to the marvelous violinist Leonidas Kavakos as our “artiste étoile”; to the Swiss Thomas Kessler as composer-in-residence; to Igor Levit, who will launch his Beethoven cycle of all 32 piano sonatas; and, of course, to all of the first-rate orchestras and conductors and star virtuosos from around the globe who will perform on the stage of the KKL Luzern day after day. A very special event will be the Mozart-Da Ponte Cycle, which will be conducted by the charismatic Teodor Currentzis. The theme of the Summer Festival will be “Power” – a theme Mozart illuminates in so many ways with his Figaro, Don Giovanni, and Così fan tutte, in the process providing it with the most wonderful music!

I hope you enjoy reading this preview – and hope to see you again in Lucerne soon.

Yours,

Michael Haefliger Executive and Artistic Director LUCERNE FESTIVAL

Contents

1 Editorial 3 LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA 4 LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY 5 Leonidas Kavakos

6 Thomas Kessler

7 Mozart’s Da Ponte Operas

“Artiste étoile”

Composer-in-Residence with Teodor Currentzis

10 In the Cathedral of Sound Concerts in the KKL Luzern’s “Salle blanche” LUCERNE FESTIVAL 18 for the Adventurous Concerts Throughout the City 20 Partners 24 Foundation Friends of LUCERNE FESTIVAL

28 The 2019 Subscription Series 37 Ticketing Information 38 Seating Maps 43 Supporting Organizations 44 Addresses | Publishing Credits

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LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA

16 August | 18.30 Opening Concert KKL Luzern, Concert Hall

LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA | Riccardo Chailly conductor | Denis Matsuev piano

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imply listen to this orchestra and the unique sound it produces, and it becomes clear that you’re experiencing something different from all the rest. Each summer, some 100 or so internationally renowned musicians gather in Lucerne to form a top-class ensemble de luxe. In “normal” life, these are sought-after soloists and chamber musicians, music professors, or members of other famous orchestras. But over the summer, during their holiday, they dedicate themselves collectively to the great orchestral repertoire, which they study to perfection and work through from scratch, inspired by the pure joy of making music together.

Claudio Abbado and Michael Haefliger founded the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA in 2003, taking up an idea that the legendary Arturo Toscanini had implemented at a “Concert de Gala” in 1938 during the Festival’s founding. In 2019, the Italian maestro Riccardo Chailly, who has helmed the orchestra for three seasons, will devote himself to Russian symphonic music, with works by Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, and Stravinsky.

Also on the agenda is Gustav Mahler’s shattering Sixth Symphony. A work known as the Tragic that depicts the power of fate with spectacular hammer blows, it is close to the heart of Chailly, an avowed Mahlerian.

Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 | Vocalise Op. 34, no. 14 (orchestral version) | Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 44 17 August | 18.30 Symphony Concert 1 KKL Luzern, Concert Hall

LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA | Riccardo Chailly conductor | Denis Matsuev piano

Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 | Vocalise Op. 34, no. 14 (orchestral version) | Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 44 22 August | 19.30 Symphony Concert 4 KKL Luzern, Concert Hall

LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA | Riccardo Chailly conductor | Leonidas Kavakos violin Tchaikovsky Fantasy Overture Romeo and Juliet | Stravinsky Violin Concerto | Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36 24 August | 18.30 Symphony Concert 6 KKL Luzern, Concert Hall

LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA | Riccardo Chailly conductor |

Mahler Symphony No. 6 in A minor

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LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY

24 August | 21.00 Late Night 2 KKL Luzern, Lucerne Hall

Orchestra of the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY | TBA conductor | Saul Williams speaker

Kessler Utopia III for orchestra (in five groups) and multiple live electronics | said the shotgun to the head for poetry slammer, slam choir, and orchestra 25 August | 15.00 Modern 2 KKL Luzern, Lucerne Hall

Ensemble of the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY | Sir George Benjamin conductor

Benjamin At First Light for chamber orchestra | Rihm Jagden und Formen for orchestra 1 September | 19.30 Symphony Concert 14 KKL Luzern, Concert Hall

Orchestra of the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY | Ruth Reinhardt, David Fulmer, and Sir George Benjamin conductors new works by Marianna Liik and Josep Planells Schiaffino (“Roche Young Commissions”) | Rihm Marsyas. Rhapsody for trumpet with percussion and orchestra | Benjamin Palimpsests | Ammann glut

8 September | 18.30 Symphony Concert 21 KKL Luzern, Concert Hall

Orchestra of the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY and of the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ALUMNI | Riccardo Chailly conductor

Mosolov The Iron Foundry, Op. 19 | Schoenberg Five Orchestra Pieces, Op. 16 | Maderna Grande Aulodia for flute and oboe solo with orchestra | Rihm Dis-Kontur for large orchestra

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hat concentrated expertise in contemporary music! Every summer, about 100 young, talented musicians travel to Lucerne to devote themselves exclusively to works of the 20th and 21st centuries: music about which they are passionate and to which they are entirely dedicated. The LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY is a master school at the highest level, a place for creative exchange, a musical think tank. Nowhere else is there anything comparable. Under the guidance of renowned new music specialists, the participants rehearse orchestral, ensemble, and chamber concerts.

The program also offers a master class in conducting and the Composer Seminar with Wolfgang Rihm, the Academy’s Artistic Director. In the summer of 2019, the Academy students will encounter composer-in-residence Thomas Kessler; work with composer and conductor Sir George Benjamin, and, for the first time, with Riccardo Chailly; and unveil two brand-new orchestral pieces by Marianna Liik and Josep Planells Schiaffino. They will also look back to the beginnings of the avant-garde with music by Schoenberg and Mosolov, and they will focus as well on works by Rihm, Benjamin, and Dieter Ammann.

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“Artiste étoile”

19 August | 19.30 Recital 1 – Violin KKL Luzern, Concert Hall

Leonidas Kavakos violin | Yuja Wang piano

Mozart Violin Sonata in B-flat major, K. 454 | Prokofiev Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80 | Bartók Rhapsody No. 1 for Violin and Piano, Sz 86 | Strauss Violin Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 18

Leonidas Kavakos “Artiste étoile”

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he purpose of art is not “relaxation or entertainment.” It should “form the soul.” Such an artistic credo reveals a tremendous aspiration, which makes it a typical Kavakos dictum. Leonidas Kavakos, Greece’s most important classical music export since Maria Callas, may well be a violinist of unlimited possibilities who commands technique, temperament, and a versatile sound. And yet his immense virtuosity is never in itself a goal but is always at the service of the musical message. “In Greek there is a wonderful word for performance: ‘ermenia,’” says Kavakos.

“Hermes, the messenger of the gods, is contained therein. For the essential thing is not the performer but the message of the composer.” Born in 1967, Kavakos caused a sensation early on by winning the Sibelius and Paganini Competitions. But he wasn’t looking for rapid success because – in his view – an artist needs time and should acquire experience. So it’s hardly surprising that Kavakos will not just show off his skills with the usual war horses of the violin repertoire in Lucerne but has selected works by Chausson, Ravel, Sibelius, Stravinsky, and Korngold that are particularly close to his heart, as well as chamber music that he will perform with his long-standing duo partner Yuja Wang.

22 August | 19.30 Symphony Concert 4 KKL Luzern, Concert Hall

LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA | Riccardo Chailly conductor | Leonidas Kavakos violin Tchaikovsky Fantasy Overture Romeo and Juliet | Stravinsky Violin Concerto | Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36 31 August | 18.30 Symphony Concert 13 KKL Luzern, Concert Hall

Mariinsky Orchestra | Valery Gergiev conductor | Leonidas Kavakos violin

Sibelius Serenade in G minor, Op. 69, no. 2 | Chausson Poème, Op. 25 | Ravel Tzigane | Shostakovich Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93 5 September | 19.30 Symphony Concert 18 KKL Luzern, Concert Hall

Vienna Philharmonic | Andrés Orozco-Estrada conductor | Leonidas Kavakos violin Dvořák The Noonday Witch, Op. 108 | Korngold Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 | Dvořák Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 From the New World

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Composer-in-Residence

17 August | 21.00 Late Night 1 KKL Luzern, Lucerne Hall

Mivos Quartet | Saul Williams speaker | Thomas Kessler sound design

Kessler String quartet with live electronics | NGH WHT for speaker and string quartet | Williams solo performance 24 August | 15.00 Modern 1 Kirchensaal MaiHof

Heinz Holliger oboe | Jon Roskilly trombone | Gilles Grimaître piano | Students of the Lucerne University of Music

Thomas Kessler

24 August | 21.00 Late Night 2 KKL Luzern, Lucerne Hall

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Kessler Control Cycle. Works for solo instruments and live electronics

Orchestra of the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY | TBA conductor | Saul Williams speaker

Kessler Utopia III for orchestra (in five groups) and multiple live electronics | said the shotgun to the head for poetry slammer, slam choir, and orchestra 31 August | 11.00 Modern 3 Lukaskirche

Yuko Kakuta soprano | Yukiko Sugawara piano

Lachenmann Got Lost. Music for high soprano and piano | Andre and Kessler new works for soprano and piano (world premieres)

Composer-in-Residence

homas Kessler, who was born in Zurich in 1937 and was awarded the Swiss Music Prize this autumn, is an extraordinarily original and boundlessly curious composer. A pioneer of electronic music, he headed the Electronic Beat Studio in Berlin and later established the Basel Studio for Electronic Music. He taught for many years at the Basel Music Academy and founded such initiatives as the Tage für Neue Musik in Zurich. In addition to his groundbreaking Control Cycle, the retrospective in Lucerne will especially focus on more recent works. In his large orchestral piece Utopia III, for example, Kessler equips all of the musicians with iPods, microphones, and loudspeakers. This frees them from being dependent on a sound designer; instead, they can control the live electronic modulation of their playing themselves – a fascinating spatial music and at the same time a reflection on musical power relations. In said the shotgun to the head and NGH WHT, Kessler fuses rap and contemporary music not by conventionally “setting to music” the poems of the slam poet Saul Williams but by deriving musical events from the speech melody and the breathless rhythm of Williams’s powerfully eloquent delivery.

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Summer Focus: “Power”

12 September | 18.30 Symphony Concert 25 – Mozart-Da Ponte Cycle 1 KKL Luzern, Concert Hall

musicAeterna orchestra and chorus of Perm Opera | Teodor Currentzis conductor | with Kate Royal, Olga Kulchynska, Paula Murrihy, and additional soloists Mozart Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 14 September | 18.30 Symphony Concert 27 – Mozart-Da Ponte Cycle 2 KKL Luzern, Concert Hall

musicAeterna orchestra and chorus of Perm Opera | Teodor Currentzis conductor | with Dimitris Tiliakos, Nadezhda Pavlova, Christina Gansch,

Mozart’s Da Ponte Operas with Teodor Currentzis

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t is an existential human topic that shapes everyday life around the globe: “Power” is the theme of Lucerne’s Summer Festival in 2019. That power must be exercised is simply a necessity, but it rarely seems to be fair – all too often, the law of might makes right holds sway, leading to hierarchies and subjection. In his famous operas to librettos by Lorenzo Da Ponte, Wolfgang Amadé Mozart has illuminated three varieties of power. Le nozze di Figaro depicts the servant rising up against his master, the Count. Don Giovanni shows the power of Eros as pursued by the title hero, who all the same goes to hell because he does not recognize the greater power of the divine order. In Così fan tutte, the philosopher Don Alfonso conducts an insidious psychological experiment, turning two young couples into the playthings of his test design. But all three operas emphasize the matchless power of music, which can bring us euphoric pleasure, making us laugh and cry.

Teodor Currentzis, a conductor who avidly searches for meaning, will perform these master pieces with his ensemble musicAeterna and prominent soloists. Among them is Cecilia Bartoli, with whom he will be collaborating for the first time, as Despina and in another all-Mozart program.

and additional soloists Mozart Don Giovanni, K. 527 15 September | 16.00 Symphony Concert 28 – Mozart-Da Ponte Cycle 3 KKL Luzern, Concert Hall

musicAeterna orchestra and chorus of Perm Opera | Teodor Currentzis conductor | with Nicole Chevalier, Paula Murrihy, Cecilia Bartoli, Florian Boesch, and additional soloists Mozart Così fan tutte, K. 588

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13 September | 19.30 Symphony Concert 26 KKL Luzern, Concert Hall

musicAeterna orchestra of Perm Opera | Teodor Currentzis conductor | Cecilia Bartoli mezzo-soprano

Mozart selected arias and orchestral pieces

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In the Cathedral of Sound Concerts in the KKL Luzern’s “Salle blanche” Fri 16 August

Sat 17 August

LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA | Riccardo Chailly conductor | Denis Matsuev piano

LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA | Riccardo Chailly conductor | Denis Matsuev piano

Opening Concert 18.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall

Symphony Concert 1 18.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall

Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 | Vocalise, Op. 34, no. 14 (orchestral version) | Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 44

Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 | Vocalise, Op. 34, no. 14 (orchestral version) | Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 44

Ticket prices CHF 350/300/240/170/100/50 Seating map 1, p. 36 Event no. 19301 Nestlé S.A. – Main Sponsor

Ticket prices CHF 320/270/220/150/80/40 Seating map 1, p. 36 Event no. 19305 Nestlé S.A. – Main Sponsor

Sat 17 August

Sun 18 August

Orchestra and Chorus of the LUCERNE FESTIVAL Music Camp | Gerald Wirth conductor

West-Eastern Divan Orchestra | Daniel Barenboim conductor | Anne-Sophie Mutter violin

Family Concert 11.00 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall

Symphony Concert 2 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall

Traditional music from the Alps and Andes for chorus and orchestra

Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 | Beethoven Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92

In cooperation with Superar Suisse

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Thu 22 August

Symphony Concert 4 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall

LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA | Riccardo Chailly conductor | Leonidas Kavakos violin

Anne-Sophie Mutter | 18.8.

Mon 19 August

Recital 1 – Violin 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall

Leonidas Kavakos violin | Yuja Wang piano

Mozart Violin Sonata in B-flat major, K. 454 | Prokofiev Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80 | Bartók Rhapsody No. 1 for Violin and Piano, Sz 86 | Strauss Violin Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 18 Ticket prices CHF 90/60/30 Seating map 5, p. 38 Event no. 19307

Tue 20 August

Tchaikovsky Fantasy Overture Romeo and Juliet | Stravinsky Violin Concerto | Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36 Ticket prices CHF 320/270/220/150/80/40 Seating map 1, p. 36 Event no. 19315 Nestlé S.A. – Main Sponsor

Fri 23 August

Symphony Concert 5 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall

Shanghai Symphony Orchestra | Long Yu conductor | Frank Peter Zimmermann violin Qigang Chen Wu Xing (The Five Elements) | Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 19 | Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 Ticket prices CHF 170/150/110/90/60/30 Seating map 3, p. 37 Event no. 19314

Symphony Concert 3 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall

Chamber Orchestra of Europe | Bernard Haitink conductor | Anna Lucia Richter soprano Schubert Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, D 485 | Mahler Symphony No. 4 in G major Ticket prices CHF 240/200/150/100/60/30 Seating map 2, p. 36 Event no. 19311

Wed 21 August

Recital 2 – Piano 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall

Igor Levit piano

Beethoven Piano Sonata in G major, Op. 79 | Piano Sonata in A-flat major, Op. 26 | Piano Sonata in F minor, Op. 2, no. 1 | Piano Sonata in C major, Op. 53 Waldstein Sonata Ticket prices CHF 120/100/80/70/50/30 Seating map 4, p. 37 Event no. 19312

11 Leonidas Kavakos | 19., 22., 31.8. & 5.9.

Sun 25 August

Symphony Concert 7 18.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall

Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra | Andris Nelsons conductor Igor Levit | 21. & 25.8.

Bruckner Symphony No. 8 in C minor, WAB 108 Ticket prices CHF 240/200/150/100/60/30 Seating map 2, p. 36 Event no. 19323 Clariant – Theme Sponsor

Sat 24 August

Symphony Concert 6 18.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall

LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA | Riccardo Chailly conductor

Andris Nelsons | 25. & 26.8.

Mahler Symphony No. 6 in A minor Ticket prices CHF 320/270/220/150/80/40 Seating map 1, p. 36 Event no. 19319 Nestlé S.A. – Main Sponsor

Sun 25 August

Recital 3 – Piano 11.00 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall

Igor Levit piano

Beethoven Piano Sonata in F-sharp major, Op. 78 | Piano Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 7 | Piano Sonata in E major Op. 14, no. 1 | Piano Sonata in G major, Op. 14, no. 2 | Piano Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 81a Les Adieux Ticket prices CHF 120/100/80/70/50/30 Seating map 4, p. 37 Event no. 19321

Kirill Petrenko | 28. & 29.8.

Mon 26 August

Symphony Concert 8 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall

Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra | Andris Nelsons conductor | Sir András Schiff piano Bartók Piano Concerto No. 3, Sz 119 | Debussy La Mer | Stravinsky Concert Suite from the fairy-tale ballet The Firebird (1919 version) Ticket prices CHF 240/200/150/100/60/30 Seating map 2, p. 36 Event no. 19324

Tue 27 August

Symphony Concert 9 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall

Mahler Chamber Orchestra | Jakub Hrůša conductor | Emmanuel Pahud flute Mozart Flute Concerto in G major, K. 313 (285c) | Schumann Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61 Ticket prices CHF 170/150/110/90/60/30 Seating map 3, p. 37 Event no. 19326

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Wed 28 August

Symphony Concert 10 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall

Berlin Philharmonic | Berlin Radio Choir | Kirill Petrenko conductor | Marlis Petersen soprano | Elisabeth Kulman alto | Benjamin Bruns tenor | Kwangchul Youn bass Berg Symphonic Pieces from the opera Lulu | Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 Ticket prices CHF 320/270/220/150/80/40 Seating map 1, p. 36 Event no. 19327 The Adecco Group – Main Sponsor

Patricia Kopatchinskaja | 29.8.

Valery Gergiev | 30. & 31.8.

Fri 30 August

Symphony Concert 12 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall

Mariinsky Orchestra | Valery Gergiev conductor | Behzod Abduraimov piano

Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 | Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 Pathétique Ticket prices CHF 290/240/190/130/70/40 Seating map 2, p. 36 Event no. 19330 Franke – Concert Sponsor

Sat 31 August

Symphony Concert 13 18.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall

Mariinsky Orchestra | Valery Gergiev conductor | Leonidas Kavakos violin

Thu 29 August

Symphony Concert 11 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall

Berlin Philharmonic | Kirill Petrenko conductor | Patricia Kopatchinskaja violin Schoenberg Violin Concerto, Op. 36 | Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 Ticket prices CHF 320/270/220/150/80/40 Seating map 1, p. 36 Event no. 19329 Zurich Insurance Company Ltd – Main Sponsor

Sibelius Serenade in G minor, Op. 69, no. 2 | Chausson Poème, Op. 25 | Ravel Tzigane | Shostakovich Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93 Ticket prices CHF 290/240/190/130/70/40 Seating map 2, p. 36 Event no. 19333 Clariant – Theme Sponsor

Sun 1 September

Special Event Day throughout the entire KKL Luzern Program details will be announced in February 2019.

Dr. Christoph M. Müller and Sibylla M. Müller – Partner Special Event Day

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Sun 1 September

Symphony Concert 14 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall

Orchestra of the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY | Ruth Reinhardt (Liik), David Fulmer (Planells Schiaffino), and Sir George Benjamin conductors new works by Marianna Liik und Josep Planells Schiaffino (“Roche Young Commissions”) | Rihm Marsyas. Rhapsody for trumpet with percussion and orchestra | Benjamin Palimpsests | Ammann glut Ticket prices CHF 120/100/80/70/50/30 Seating map 4, p. 37 Event no. 19721 Roche – Main Sponsor

Zubin Mehta | 2.9.

Tabea Zimmermann | 3.9.

Tue 3 September

Symphony Concert 16 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam | TBA conductor | Tabea Zimmermann viola Brahms Variations on a Theme of Joseph Haydn, Op. 56a | Bartók Viola Concerto, Sz 120 | Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 13 Winter Dreams Ticket prices CHF 320/270/220/150/80/40 Seating map 3, p. 37 Event no. 19338 Credit Suisse – Main Sponsor

Wed 4 September

Symphony Concert 17 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam | Daniel Harding conductor | Stuart Skelton tenor | Christine Goerke soprano | additional soloists Wagner Tristan und Isolde.

Concert performance of Act Two Ticket prices CHF 320/270/220/150/80/40 Seating map 3, p. 37 Event no. 19339

Mon 2 September

Symphony Concert 15 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra | Zubin Mehta conductor Pártos Concertino for strings | Schubert Symphony No. 3 in D major, D 200 | Berlioz Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 Ticket prices CHF 290/240/190/130/70/40 Seating map 2, p. 36 Event no. 19336

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Vilde Frang | 7.9.

Thu 5 September

Symphony Concert 18 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall

Vienna Philharmonic | Andrés Orozco-Estrada conductor | Leonidas Kavakos violin Dvořák The Noonday Witch, Op. 108 | Korngold Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 | Dvořák Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 From the New World Ticket prices CHF 320/270/220/150/80/40 Seating map 1, p. 36 Event no. 19341 Credit Suisse – Main Sponsor

Murray Perahia | 6.9.

Andrés Orozco-Estrada | 5.9.

Sat 7 September

Symphony Concert 20 18.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra | Lahav Shani conductor | Vilde Frang violin Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 | Bruckner Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, WAB 105 Ticket prices CHF 220/190/150/110/70/30 Seating map 2, p. 36 Event no. 19344 This concert is under the auspices of the Friends of LUCERNE FESTIVAL

Sun 8 September

Recital 4 – Piano 11.00 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall

Maurizio Pollini piano

Brahms Three Intermezzi, Op. 117 | Nono … sofferte onde serene … | Beethoven Piano Sonata in B-flat major, Op. 106 Hammerklavier Sonata Ticket prices CHF 170/150/110/90/60/30 Seating map 4, p. 37 Event no. 19345

Fri 6 September

Symphony Concert 19 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall

Bernard Haitink | 20.8. & 6.9.

Vienna Philharmonic | Bernard Haitink conductor | Murray Perahia piano Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58 | Bruckner Symphony No. 7 in E major, WAB 107 Ticket prices CHF 320/270/220/150/80/40 Seating map 1, p. 36 Event no. 19342 Credit Suisse – Main Sponsor

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Evgeny Kissin | 11.9.

Sun 8 September

Symphony Concert 21 18.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall

Orchestra of the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY and the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ALUMNI | Riccardo Chailly conductor Mosolov The Iron Foundry Op. 19 | Schoenberg Five Orchestra Pieces, Op. 16 | Maderna Grande Aulodia for flute and oboe solo with orchestra | Rihm Dis-Kontur for large orchestra Ticket prices CHF 120/100/80/70/50/30 Seating map 4, p. 37 Event no. 19346 Swiss Re – Partner LUCERNE FESTIVAL ALUMNI

Mon 9 September

Symphony Concert 22 – räsonanz Donor Concert 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall

London Symphony Orchestra | Sir Simon Rattle conductor | Barbara Hannigan soprano Abrahamsen let me tell you for soprano and orchestra | Messiaen Éclairs sur l’Au-Delà …

Ticket prices CHF 120/100/80/70/50/30 Seating map 4, p. 37 Event no. 19350

Barbara Hannigan | 9.9.

Tue 10 September

Symphony Concert 23 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall

London Symphony Orchestra | Sir Simon Rattle conductor Haydn Symphony in D major, Hob. I:70 | Britten The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 | Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27 Ticket prices CHF 290/240/190/130/70/40 Seating map 2, p. 36 Event no. 19351

Wed 11 September

Symphony Concert 24 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall

Orchestre National de France | Emmanuel Krivine conductor | Evgeny Kissin piano Liszt Mazeppa, S 100 | Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major, S 125 | Mussorgsky/Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition Ticket prices CHF 220/190/150/110/70/30 Seating map 2, p. 36 Event no. 19348 marmite verlags AG – Concert Sponsor

Thu 12 September

Symphony Concert 25 – Mozart-Da Ponte Cycle 1 18.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall

musicAeterna orchestra and chorus of Perm Opera | Teodor Currentzis conductor | Kate Royal Contessa | Olga Kulchynska Susanna | Paula Murrihy Cherubino | additional soloists Mozart Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 Ticket prices CHF 240/200/150/100/60/30 Seating map 2, p. 36 Event no. 19353

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Cecilia Bartoli | 13. & 15.9.

Fri 13 September

Symphony Concert 26 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall

musicAeterna orchestra of Perm Opera | Teodor Currentzis conductor | Cecilia Bartoli mezzo-soprano Mozart selected arias and orchestral pieces Ticket prices CHF 290/240/190/130/70/40 Seating map 1, p. 38 Event no. 19354 KPMG AG – Concert Sponsor

Teodor Currentzis | 12., 13., 14. & 15.9.

Sun 15 September

Symphony Concert 28 – Mozart-Da Ponte Cycle 3 16.00 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall

musicAeterna orchestra and chorus of Perm Opera | Teodor Currentzis conductor | Nicole Chevalier Fiordiligi | Paula Murrihy Dorabella | Cecilia Bartoli Despina | Nahuel Di Piero Guglielmo | Florian Boesch Don Alfonso Mozart Così fan tutte, K. 588 Ticket prices CHF 240/200/150/100/60/30 Seating map 2, p. 36 Event no. 19357

Sat 14 September

Symphony Concert 27 – Mozart-Da Ponte Cycle 2 18.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall

Sir Simon Rattle | 9. & 10.9.

musicAeterna orchestra and chorus of Perm Opera | Teodor Currentzis conductor | Dimitris Tiliakos Don Giovanni | Nadezhda Pavlova Donna Anna | Christina Gansch Zerlina et al.

Mozart Don Giovanni, K. 527 Ticket prices CHF 240/200/150/100/60/30 Seating map 2, p. 36 Event no. 19356 Viking – Concert Sponsor

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Summer Festival 2019

LUCERNE FESTIVAL for the Adventurous Concerts Throughout the City

Sat 17 August

Thu 22 August

Sat 24 August

Mivos Quartet | Saul Williams speaker | Thomas Kessler sound design

Winner of the “Prix Credit Suisse Jeunes Solistes”

Heinz Holliger oboe | Jon Roskilly trombone | Gilles Grimaître piano | Students of the Lucerne University of Music | Erik Borgir and Thomas Kessler production

Late Night 1 21.00 | KKL Luzern, Lucerne Hall

Kessler String quartet with live electronics | Williams solo performance | Kessler NGH WHT for speaker and string quartet

Debut 1 12.15 | Lukaskirche

The winner will be determined in December 2018, after which program details will be announced.

Ticket price CHF 30 Event 19313

Ticket price CHF 50 Event 19723

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Modern 1 15.00 | Kirchensaal MaiHof

Kessler Control Cycle. Works for solo instruments and live electronics Ticket price CHF 50 Event 19316

Sat 24 August

Sat 31 August

Sat 7 September

Orchestra of the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY | TBA conductor | Saul Williams speaker

Yuko Kakuta soprano | Yukiko Sugawara piano

Heinz Holliger English horn and oboe | Marie-Lise Schüpbach oboe | TBA soprano | JACK Quartet

Late Night 2 21.00 | KKL Luzern, Lucerne Hall

Kessler Utopia III for large orchestra and multiple live electronics | said the shotgun to the head for slammer, slam choir, and orchestra Ticket price CHF 50 Event 19320

Sun 25 August

Modern 2 15.00 | KKL Luzern, Lucerne Hall

Ensemble of the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY | Sir George Benjamin conductor Benjamin At First Light for chamber orchestra | Rihm Jagden und Formen for orchestra Ticket price CHF 50 Event 19722

Tue 27 August Debut 2 12.15 | Lukaskirche

Jess Gillam saxophone | Zeynep Özsuca piano works by Bartók, Marcello, Britten, Milhaud, Poulenc, Weill, et al.

Ticket price CHF 30 Event 19325

Thu 29 August Debut 3 12.15 | Lukaskirche

Trio Eclipse

Beethoven Trio in B-flat major for piano, clarinet, and cello, Op. 11 Gassenhauer Trio | Brahms Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op. 114 | Demenga new work | Gershwin An American in Paris (arranged for piano, clarinet, and cello by Stefan Schröter) Ticket price CHF 30 Event 19328

Modern 3 11.00 | Lukaskirche

Lachenmann Got Lost. Music for high soprano and piano | Andre and Kessler new works for soprano and piano (world premieres) Ticket price CHF 50 Event 19331

Sat 31 August

Late Night 3 21.00 | KKL Luzern, Lucerne Hall

JACK Quartet | TBA percussion new works for string quartet and percussion (world premieres) Ticket price CHF 50 Event 19332

Anniversary concert celebrating Heinz Holliger’s 80th birthday Holliger Not I. Monodrama for soprano, live electronics, and video on a text by Samuel Beckett | String Quartet No. 2 | solo works for oboe and pieces for two oboes by Rudolf Kelterborn, Younghi Pagh-Pan, and György Kurtág Ticket price CHF 50 Event 19343

Tue 10 September Debut 6 12.15 | Lukaskirche

Tue 3 September Debut 4 12.15 | Lukaskirche

Daniel Lebhardt piano J.S. Bach Partita in E minor, BWV 830 | Bartók Out of Doors, Sz 81 | Brahms Piano Pieces, Op. 119 Ticket price CHF 30 Event 19337

Bomsori Kim violin | Michail Lifits piano Schumann Violin Sonata in A minor, Op. 105 | Sibelius Three Pieces from Op. 79 | Prokofiev Violin Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 94b | Waxman Carmen Fantasy Ticket price CHF 30 Event 19349

Thu 12 September

Thu 5 September Debut 5 12.15 | Lukaskirche

Pablo Ferrández cello | TBA piano Bruch Kol Nidrei, Op. 47 | Shostakovich Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40 | Franck Sonata in A major, arranged for cello and piano Ticket price CHF 30 Event 19340

Modern 4 16.00 | Südpol

Debut 7 12.15 | Lukaskirche

Esmé Quartet

Mendelssohn String Quartet in F minor, Op. 80 | Schubert String Quartet in G major, D 887 Ticket price CHF 30 Event 19352

Sat 14 September Music Theater 16.00 | Südpol

ensemble ascolta Adámek/Smolka Damit die Zeit nicht stehen bleibt (So That Time Does Not Stand Still) (Swiss premiere) Ticket price CHF 50 Event 19355

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The Partners of LUCERNE FESTIVAL Main Sponsors Developing content-rich projects in collaboration with leading partners from the business world is a special goal of LUCERNE FESTIVAL. As Main Sponsors, these companies enter into a long-term partnership with the Festival in order to promote the development and implementation of individual artistic concepts.

Credit Suisse makes the annual orchestral residency of the Vienna Philharmonic possible. In addition, the Credit Suisse Foundation is dedicated to supporting emerging artists through two awards devoted to the next generation. These are granted annually on an al20 LUCERNE FESTIVAL | PREVIEW & SUBSCRIPTION SERIES: SUMMER 2019

ternating basis: the “Prix Credit Suisse Jeunes Solistes” and the “Credit Suisse Young Artist Award.”

Nestlé S.A. is committed to the ambitious idea of a unique Festival orchestra and makes the annual residency of the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA possible through its contributions.

Roche is a committed partner of the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY and grants composition commissions in alternating years as part of the “Roche Commissions” and the “Roche Young Commissions.” The resulting new works are given their premieres as part of the Summer Festival.

LUCERNE FESTIVAL thanks its Partners for their valued commitment to the 2019 Summer Festival.

Main Sponsors

The Adecco Group supports the increase in the Festival’s international presence, especially the activities of the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA in Asia, thus enhancing the worldwide reputation of the Festival.

Zurich Insurance Company Ltd (Zurich) has made it a primary goal to enable access to classical music for a broad public. The free “40min” concert series underscores this commitment with numerous events in Lucerne Hall.

Theme Sponsor Every summer, LUCERNE FESTIVAL is traditionally organized around a general theme that serves as a leitmotif for the concert programming. “Power” is the theme of the 2019 Summer Festival – which may well be the most controversial theme for humanity in general. On the one hand, the programming will include works that explore the phenomenon of power in terms of their content; on the other, we will investigate music’s own power to have an impact. And of course we will also draw attention to power structures as these have shaped and continue to shape the world of music.

Clariant supports LUCERNE FESTIVAL in these endeavors as Theme Sponsor.

Theme Sponsor

Concert Sponsors Dr. Christoph M. Müller and Sibylla M. Müller | Franke | KPMG AG | marmite verlags AG | Viking Co-Sponsors Andermatt Swiss Alps AG | B. Braun Medical AG | Bucherer AG | la Mobilière | Schindler Elevator Ltd | Swiss Life | Swiss Re | Zuger Kantonalbank Foundations Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation – Partner Donor Concert Fritz Gerber Foundation – Partner Fritz Gerber Award Hilti Foundation – Partner Music Camp Ernst Göhner Foundation | Karitative Stiftung Dr. Gerber-ten Bosch | Landis & Gyr Foundation | Max Kohler Stiftung | René und Susanne Braginsky Stiftung | Stiftung Musikpädagogisches Forschungszentrum Vitznau | Strebi-Stiftung Luzern Grants and Subsidies Kanton Luzern | Stadt Luzern LUCERNE FESTIVAL | PREVIEW & SUBSCRIPTION SERIES: SUMMER 2019 21

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Musical experiences that linger on long afterward: Riccardo Chailly and the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA inspire with Gustav Mahler’s Symphony of a Thousand

Foundation Friends of LUCERNE FESTIVAL Since its founding in 1966, the Foundation Friends of LUCERNE FESTIVAL has made supporting the work of one of the world’s most renowned classical music festivals its goal.

The moral and financial support that is obtained through this non-profit organization is invaluable for LUCERNE FESTIVAL. The Friends’ contributions, about eight percent of the total budget, are a significant contribution to the Festival’s financial security and sustainability.

Aside from this funding source, LUCERNE FESTIVAL is mainly supported by private and corporate sponsors and receives only a small contribution in the form of subsidy from the public sector. The Friends have thus become an indispensable partner of the Festival. But not only is supporting the Festival of today a matter of central concern: they also hope to create a sustainable basis for the artistic activity of tomorrow by fostering such important projects as the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY and LUCERNE FESTIVAL YOUNG. The circle of the Friends of LUCERNE FESTIVAL offers an opportunity to share in the experience of the Festival in all its variety and to deepen your musical experience through such exclusive events as artist meetand-greets and visits to rehearsals; through the Friends you can moreover make contact with an interesting and international group of like-minded peers.

LUCERNE FESTIVAL is grateful to all of its Friends for their long-standing and loyal support.

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We would especially like to thank our following patrons: Thomas Abegg | Nachlass Ernest I. Ascher | Dr. Dr. Prof. H. Batliner | Albert Behler | Jörg G. Bucherer | Coralma Stiftung, Meggen | Oswald J. Grübel | Yann and Sabine Guyonvarc’h | Happel Foundation, Luzern | Dr. Klaus Jenny | Josef Müller Foundation Muri | Dr. Christoph M. Müller and Sibylla M. Müller | Michael Pieper | Dr. Max J. Scheidegger and Charlotte ScheideggerVonlanthen | Thomas Schmidheiny | Carla Schwöbel-Braun Contact Valentina Rota | Executive Director Foundation Friends of LUCERNE FESTIVAL International Private Fundraising Hirschmattstrasse 13 | P.O. Box | CH–6002 Luzern t +41 (0)41 226 44 52 | f +41 (0)41 226 44 60 v.rota@lucernefestival.ch

Sharing the Concert Experience The Young Friends of LUCERNE FESTIVAL Do you want to immerse yourself more thoroughly in the world of classical music and share your impressions with other people? The Young Friends is a network of young adults up to age 39 who are interested in music and culture.

We organize shared trips to the concert hall at reduced ticket prices, which are supplemented with a varied program of related events. You can obtain more information by writing jungefreunde@lucernefestival.ch.

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SUBSCRIP TIONS & INFORMATION 27

The 2019 Subscription Series

Looking Forward to a Summer of Music

LUCERNE FESTIVAL means unforgettable concert experiences in a unique Festival atmosphere. We have redesigned and expanded our subscription series for the 2019 Summer Festival. Meet the global stars of classical music and enjoy concert highlights one after another!

COMPLETE LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA SERIES | p. 29 Three top-class concerts with Maestro Riccardo Chailly and his ensemble de luxe

YOUR BENEFITS AS A SUBSCRIBER: ●

MOZART-DA PONTE CYCLE | p. 29 Explosive: Teodor Currentzis conducts Mozart LEONIDAS KAVAKOS | p. 30 Experience all four concerts by our “artiste étoile”

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TCHAIKOVSKY TRILOGY | p. 30 The last three symphonies ●

THE FINEST SYMPHONIC WORKS | p. 31 From Beethoven’s Ode to Joy to Mahler’s tragic masterpiece WORLD-FAMOUS ORCHESTRAS | p. 31 Four top international ensembles in one of the finest concert halls in the world RUSSIAN MASTER PIANISTS | p. 32 Great art from the keyboard VIOLINISSIMO | p. 32 Heaven sings with the sound of violins

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Long-range planning: You can plan the details for your trip to Lucerne well ahead of time and find the hotel of your choice.

Program booklets free of charge: By choosing any of the subscriptions and concert series, you will also receive complimentary copies of the concert program booklets for your events.

Loyalty bonus: For each CHF 100 of the total value of your subscription, you will receive a LUCERNE FESTIVAL voucher worth CHF 10, which may be used for an additional single-ticket purchase or to purchase CDs, DVDs, and other items in our Web Shop.

WEEKEND PACKAGES | p. 33 Four weekends full of music WEEKLONG SERIES | p. 34 Experience a seven-day stretch of the Festival

Information on ordering: The Summer Subscriptions are only for individual customers and may be purchased exclusively for the price categories I–IV. These may be ordered in writing starting now until 6 February 2019 at the latest; the order forms for these can be found in the center of the Summer Preview or online at lucernefestival.ch/abos. Orders will then be processed as of the beginning of December 2018 in the order in which they are received. Orders that are received by us no later than 7 December and that are paid by credit card can be processed in time to be sent for the Christmas holidays. Categories are subject to availability.

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Complete LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA Series Three top-class concerts with Riccardo Chailly and his ensemble de luxe

Categories | Ticket Prices (CHF)

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990

840

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Variant 2 (with Symphony Concerts 1, 4, and 6)

960

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No.

Date | Time

Event

19301

Fri, 16.08. | 18.30

Opening Concert LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA | Riccardo Chailly | Denis Matsuev (includes ceremony for the official Festival Opening)

Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 | Vocalise, Op. 34, no. 14 (orchestral version) | Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 44

19305

Sat, 17.08. | 18.30

Symphony Concert 1 LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA | Riccardo Chailly | Denis Matsuev

Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 | Vocalise, Op. 34, no. 14 (orchestral version) | Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 44

19315

Thu, 22.08. | 19.30

Symphony Concert 4 LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA | Riccardo Chailly | Leonidas Kavakos

Tchaikovsky Fantasy Overture Romeo and Juliet | Stravinsky Violin Concerto | Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36

19319

Sat, 24.08. | 18.30

Symphony Concert 6 LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA | Riccardo Chailly

Mahler Symphony No. 6 in A minor

Mozart-Da Ponte Cycle

Explosive: Teodor Currentzis conducts Mozart No.

Date | Time

Event

19353

Thu, 12.09. | 18.30

Symphony Concert 25 – Mozart-Da Ponte Cycle 1 musicAeterna orchestra and chorus of Perm Opera | Teodor Currentzis | soloists

Mozart Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492

19356

Sat, 14.09. | 18.30

Symphony Concert 27 – Mozart-Da Ponte Cycle 2 musicAeterna orchestra and chorus of Perm Opera | Teodor Currentzis | soloists

Mozart Don Giovanni, K. 527

19357

Sun, 15.09. | 16.00

Symphony Concert 28 – Mozart-Da Ponte Cycle 3 musicAeterna orchestra and chorus of Perm Opera | Teodor Currentzis | soloists

Mozart Così fan tutte, K. 588

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The 2019 Subscription Series

Leonidas Kavakos

Experience all four concerts by our “artiste étoile” No.

Date | Time

Event

19307

Mon, 19.08. | 19.30

Recital 1 – Violin Leonidas Kavakos | Yuja Wang Please note: Since no Category IV tickets will be offered for this concert, Category IV subscribers will receive seats in Category III.

Mozart Violin Sonata in B-flat major, K. 454 | Prokofiev Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80 | Bartók Rhapsody No. 1 for Violin and Piano, Sz 86 | Strauss Violin Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 18

19315

Thu, 22.08. | 19.30

Symphony Concert 4 LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA | Riccardo Chailly | Leonidas Kavakos

Tchaikovsky Fantasy Overture Romeo and Juliet | Stravinsky Violin Concerto | Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36

19333

Sat, 31.08. | 18.30

Symphony Concert 13 Mariinsky Orchestra | Valery Gergiev | Leonidas Kavakos

Sibelius Serenade in G major, Op. 69 No. 2 | Chausson Poème, Op. 25 | Ravel Tzigane | Shostakovich Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93

19341

Thu, 05.09. | 19.30

Symphony Concert 18 Vienna Philharmonic | Andrés Orozco-Estrada | Leonidas Kavakos

Dvořák The Noonday Witch, Op. 108 | Korngold Violin Concerto D major, Op. 35 | Dvořák Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 From the New World

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Tchaikovsky Trilogy The last three symphonies

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Event

19315

Thu, 22.08. | 19.30

Symphony Concert 4 LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA | Riccardo Chailly | Leonidas Kavakos

Tchaikovsky Fantasy Overture Romeo and Juliet | Stravinsky Violin Concerto | Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36

19329

Thu, 29.08. | 19.30

Symphony Concert 11 Berlin Philharmonic | Kirill Petrenko | Patricia Kopatchinskaja

Schoenberg Violin Concerto, Op. 36 | Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64

19330

Fri, 30.08. | 19.30

Symphony Concert 12 Mariinsky Orchestra | Valery Gergiev | Behzod Abduraimov

Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 | Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 Pathétique

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430

The Finest Symphonic Works From Beethoven’s Ode to Joy to Mahler’s tragic masterpiece

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Date | Time

Event

19319

Sat, 24.08. | 18.30

Symphony Concert 6 LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA | Riccardo Chailly

Mahler Symphony No. 6 in A minor

19323

Sun, 25.08. | 18.30

Symphony Concert 7 Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra | Andris Nelsons

Bruckner Symphony No. 8 in C minor, WAB 108

19327

Wed, 28.08. | 19.30

Symphony Concert 10 Berlin Philharmonic | Berlin Radio Choir | Kirill Petrenko | soloists

Berg Symphonic Pieces from the opera Lulu | Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125

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590

400

World-Famous Orchestras

Four top international ensembles in one of the finest concert halls in the world No.

Date | Time

Event

19324

Mon, 26.08. | 19.30

Symphony Concert 8 Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra | Andris Nelsons | Sir András Schiff

Bartók Piano Concerto No. 3, Sz 119 | Debussy La Mer | Stravinsky Concert Suite from the fairy-tale ballet The Firebird (1919 version)

19338

Tue, 03.09. | 19.30

Symphony Concert 16 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam | TBA | Tabea Zimmermann

Brahms Variations on a Theme of Joseph Haydn, Op. 56a | Bartók Concerto for Viola and Orchestra, Sz 120 | Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 1 in G major, Op. 13 Winter Dreams

19342

Fri, 06.09. | 19.30

Symphony Concert 19 Vienna Philharmonic | Bernard Haitink | Murray Perahia

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58 | Bruckner Symphony No. 7 in E major, WAB 107

19351

Tue, 10.09. | 19.30

Symphony Concert 23 London Symphony Orchestra | Sir Simon Rattle

Haydn Symphony in D major, Hob. I:70 | Britten The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 | Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27

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980

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530

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The 2019 Subscription Series

Russian Master Pianists Great art from the keyboard

Categories | Ticket Prices (CHF)

No.

Date | Time

Event

19305

Sat, 17.08. | 18.30

Symphony Concert 1 LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA | Riccardo Chailly | Denis Matsuev

Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 | Vocalise, Op. 34, no. 14 (orchestral version) | Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 44

19330

Fri, 30.08. | 19.30

Symphony Concert 12 Mariinsky Orchestra | Valery Gergiev | Bezhod Abduraimov

Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 | Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 Pathétique

19348

Wed, 11.09. | 19.30

Symphony Concert 24 Orchestre National de France | Emmanuel Krivine | Evgeny Kissin

Liszt Mazeppa, S 100 | Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major, S 125 | Mussorgsky/Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition

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390

Violinissimo

Heaven sings with the sound of violins No.

Date | Time

Event

19309

Sun, 18.08. | 19.30

Symphony Concert 2 West-Eastern Divan Orchestra | Daniel Barenboim | Anne-Sophie Mutter

Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 | Beethoven Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92

19314

Fri, 23.08. | 19.30

Symphony Concert 5 Shanghai Symphony Orchestra | Long Yu | Frank Peter Zimmermann

Qigang Chen Wu Xing (The Five Elements) | Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 1 D major, Op. 19 | Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances, Op. 45

19341

Thu, 05.09. | 19.30

Symphony Concert 18 Vienna Philharmonic | Andrés Orozco-Estrada | Leonidas Kavakos

Dvořák The Noonday Witch, Op. 108 | Korngold Violin Concerto D major, Op. 35 | Dvořák Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 From the New World

19344

Sat, 07.09 | 18.30

Symphony Concert 20 Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra | Lahav Shani | Vilde Frang

Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 | Bruckner Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, WAB 105

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Weekend Packages Four weekends full of music 1st Weekend Package (from CH 260)

Categories | Ticket Prices (CHF)

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Event

19305

Sat, 17.08. | 18.30

Symphony Concert 1 LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA | Riccardo Chailly | Denis Matsuev

Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 | Vocalise, Op. 34, no. 14 (orchestral version) | Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 44

19309

Sun, 18.08. | 19.30

Symphony Concert 2 West-Eastern Divan Orchestra | Daniel Barenboim | Anne-Sophie Mutter

Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 | Beethoven Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92

I

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540

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370

260

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680

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530

440

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230

2nd Weekend Package (from CH 320) No.

Date | Time

Event

19319

Sat, 24.08. | 18.30

Symphony Concert 6 LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA | Riccardo Chailly

Mahler Symphony No. 6 in A minor

19321

Sun, 25.08. | 11.00

Recital 3 – Piano Igor Levit

Beethoven Piano Sonata in F-sharp major, Op. 78 | Piano Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 7 | Piano Sonata in E major Op. 14, no. 1 | Piano Sonata in G major, Op. 14, no. 2 | Piano Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 81a Les Adieux

19323

Sun, 25.08. | 18.30

Symphony Concert 7 Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra | Andris Nelsons

Bruckner Symphony No. 8 in C minor, WAB 108

3rd Weekend Package (from CH 350) No.

Date | Time

Event

19342

Fri, 06.09. | 19.30

Symphony Concert 19 Vienna Philharmonic | Bernard Haitink | Murray Perahia

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58 | Bruckner Symphony No. 7 in E major, WAB 107

19344

Sat, 07.09 | 18.30

Symphony Concert 20 Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra | Lahav Shani | Vilde Frang

Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 | Bruckner Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, WAB 105

19345

Sun, 08.09. | 11.00

Recital 4 – Piano Maurizio Pollini

Brahms Three Intermezzi, Op. 117 | Nono … sofferte onde serene … | Beethoven Piano Sonata in B-flat major, Op. 106 Hammerklavier Sonata

4th Weekend Package (from CH 230) No.

Date | Time

Event

19354

Fri, 13.09. | 19.30

Symphony Concert 26 musicAeterna orchestra of Perm Opera | Teodor Currentzis | Cecilia Bartoli

19356

Sat, 14.09. | 18.30

Symphony Concert 27 – Mozart-Da Ponte Cycle 2 Mozart Don Giovanni, K. 527 musicAeterna orchestra and chorus of Perm Opera | Teodor Currentzis | soloists

Mozart selected arias and orchestral pieces

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The 2019 Subscription Series

Weeklong Series

Experience a seven-day stretch of the Festival Are you wild about festivals? With our Weeklong Series you become your own festival director and devise a program uniquely tailored to your desires while discovering the full variety of LUCERNE FESTIVAL – from emerging stars to the legendary masters, from the Baroque to music of today, from early mornings till late in the night.

You can find the order form for the Weeklong Series at the center of the Summer Preview.

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HERE’S HOW IT WORKS: Decide on your own start date for your Festival week. ● Choose a minimum of 5 concerts that all take place within a period of 7 days. ● Give us a list of at least two additional alternative concerts in case particular events are no longer available. We’ll contact you if your desired concerts are unavailable. ●

© Peter Fischli/LUCERNE FESTIVAL

COMPLETE LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA SERIES As a subscriber, you get to experience three unforgettable concerts with Maestro Riccardo Chailly and his de luxe ensemble

Fri 16/Sat 17 August

LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA | Riccardo Chailly | Denis Matsuev

Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 | Vocalise, Op. 34, no. 14 (orchestral version) | Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 44

Tue 22 August

Sat 24 August

LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA | Riccardo Chailly Mahler Symphony No. 6 in A minor

Detailed information on all of our subscription series may be found starting on p. 28.

LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA | Riccardo Chailly | Leonidas Kavakos

Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture | Stravinsky Violin Concerto | Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36

Info: lucernefestival.ch

© Priska Ketterer/LUCERNE FESTIVAL

WORLD-CLASS, DAY AFTER DAY

THE TOP ORCHESTRAS AT LUCERNE FESTIVAL Berlin Philharmonic | Chamber Orchestra of Europe | Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra | Israel Philharmonic Orchestra | London Symphony Orchestra | LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA | Mahler Chamber Orchestra | Mariinsky Orchestra | musicAeterna orchestra of Perm Opera | Orchestra of the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY | Orchestre National de France | Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra | Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam | Shanghai Symphony Orchestra | West-Eastern Divan Orchestra | Vienna Philharmonic

Info: lucernefestival.ch

Ticketing Information Members of the LUCERNE FESTIVAL Circle of Friends and subscribers can purchase concert tickets and/or summer subscriptions starting immediately.

Complete details of the Summer Festival program will be published at the end of February 2019. Tickets for the Summer Festival go on sale to the general public beginning in March.

DATES FOR TICKET SALES

Summer Festival | 16 August – 15 September 2019 Online ticket sales begin on 25 March 2019, 12.00 noon (Swiss time) Mail and fax sales begin on 28 March 2019 Telephone sales begin on 28 March 2019,

Mon – Fri from 10.00 am to 5.00 pm

(Saturdays and Sundays as well when the

Festival is under way) Information on Wheelchairs The main concert hall of the KKL Lucerne has six wheelchair spaces available on special terms. Wheelchair spaces are also available at the other event locations. The Festival cannot ensure that accompanying persons will receive a seat in the same price range or in the general vicinity. Our staff members from Visitor Services are happy to advise when you are ordering tickets!

Duplicates in Case of Ticket Loss When possible, we will provide duplicates for lost concert tickets. Such duplicates are available exclusively at the evening box office for a fee of CHF 10 per order.

Returning Tickets for Resale For events that are sold out, tickets can be resold on commission. The commission fee is 30% of the purchase price. The costs of the transfer transaction are payable by the recipient. The organizer accepts no liability for the resale of returned tickets.

General Terms & Conditions The General Terms & Conditions may be found at lucernefestival.ch.

TICKETS & INFORMATION LUCERNE FESTIVAL Ticketing & Visitor Information | P.O. Box | CH–6002 Luzern t +41 (0)41 226 44 80 | f +41 (0)41 226 44 85 | ticketbox@lucernefestival.ch | lucernefestival.ch LUCERNE FESTIVAL | PREVIEW & SUBSCRIPTION SERIES: SUMMER 2019 37

Seating Maps Seating Map 1 Event 4. Gallery right 3. Gallery right 2. Gallery right 1. Gallery right

4. Balcony 3. Balcony

4. Gallery left 3. Gallery left 2. Gallery left 1. Gallery left

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19301

2. Balcony Price per Category in CHF

1. Balcony Front stalls

Stage Front stalls Gallery right

Organ Loft

Front stalls Gallery left

*Events with alternative seating map

19305 19315* 19319* 19327 19329 19341 19342

19354

19309

I

350

320

290

220

II

300

270

240

190

III

240

220

190

150

IV

170

150

130

110

V

100

80

70

70

VI

50

40

40

30

Please note the alternative seating map for the organ loft for events marked by *.

Note on the seating maps: The organizer reserves the right to alter particular sections or the seating plan.

Seating Map 2 Event 4. Gallery right 3. Gallery right 2. Gallery right 1. Gallery right

4. Balcony 3. Balcony

4. Gallery left 3. Gallery left 2. Gallery left 1. Gallery left

2. Balcony

Price per Category in CHF

1. Balcony Front stalls

Organ Loft

19330* 19333* 19336* 19351*

19344* 19348

I

290

240

220

II

240

200

190

III

190

150

150

IV

130

100

110

V

70

60

70

VI

40

30

30

Please note the alternative seating map for the organ loft for events marked by *.

Stage Front stalls Gallery right

Summer Festival

19311 19323* 19324* 19353 19356 19357

Front stalls Gallery left

*Events with alternative seating map

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Note on the seating maps: The organizer reserves the right to alter particular sections or the seating plan.

Seating Map 3 Event 4. Gallery right 3. Gallery right 2. Gallery right 1. Gallery right

4. Balcony 3. Balcony

4. Gallery left 3. Gallery left 2. Gallery left 1. Gallery left

Summer Festival Price per Category in CHF

2. Balcony 1. Balcony Front stalls

19338 19339

19314* 19326*

I

320

170

II

270

150

III

220

110

IV

150

90

V

80

60

VI

40

30

Please note the alternative seating map for the organ loft for events marked by *.

Note on the seating maps: The organizer reserves the right to alter particular sections or the seating plan.

Stage Front stalls Gallery right

Organ Loft

Front stalls Gallery left

*Events with alternative seating map

Seating Map 4 Event 4. Gallery right 3. Gallery right 2. Gallery right 1. Gallery right

4. Balcony 3. Balcony

4. Gallery left 3. Gallery left 2. Gallery left 1. Gallery left

Price per Category in CHF

2. Balcony 1. Balcony Front stalls

Organ Loft

19312* 19321* 19346* 19350* 19721*

I

170

120

II

150

100 80

III

110

IV

90

70

V

60

50

VI

30

30

Please note the alternative seating map for the organ loft for events marked by *.

Stage Front stalls Gallery right

Summer Festival

19345*

Front stalls Gallery left

Note on the seating maps: The organizer reserves the right to alter particular sections or the seating plan.

*Events with alternative seating map

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Seating Map 5 Event 4. Gallery right 3. Gallery right 2. Gallery right 1. Gallery right

4. Balcony 3. Balcony

4. Gallery left 3. Gallery left 2. Gallery left 1. Gallery left

2. Balcony

19307 I

90

II

60

III

30

Note on the seating maps: The organizer reserves the right to alter particular sections or the seating plan.

Front stalls

Stage Front stalls Gallery right

Price per Category in CHF

Please note the alternative seating map for the organ loft for events marked by *.

1. Balcony

Organ Loft

Summer Festival

Front stalls Gallery left

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© Marco Borggreve

THE FINEST IN THE ART OF THE VIOLIN

LEONIDAS KAVAKOS “Artiste étoile” Mon 19 August

Leonidas Kavakos | Yuja Wang works by Mozart, Prokofiev, Bartók, and Strauss

Tue 22 August

LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA | Riccardo Chailly | Leonidas Kavakos Stravinsky Violin Concerto and works by Tchaikovsky

Sat 31 August

Mariinsky Orchestra | Valery Gergiev | Leonidas Kavakos

works for violin and orchestra by Sibelius, Chausson, and Ravel | Shostakovich Symphony No. 10

Tue 5 September

Wiener Philharmoniker | Andrés Orozco-Estrada | Leonidas Kavakos Korngold Violin Concerto and works by Dvořák

Info: lucernefestival.ch

© Nadia Rosenberg

MOZART’S DA-PONTE OPERAS WITH TEODOR CURRENTZIS Explosive: Teodor Currentzis conducts three great Mozart operas.

Become a subscriber to ensure you have tickets for this summer highlight! musicAeterna orchestra and chorus of Perm Opera | Teodor Currentzis | soloists 12 September | Mozart Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 14 September | Mozart Don Giovanni, K. 527 15 September | Mozart Così fan tutte, K. 588 Detailed information on all of our subscription series may be found starting on p. 28.

Info: lucernefestival.ch

Supporting Organizations Official Rail Carrier

Official Airline

LUCERNE FESTIVAL is member of

AMAG Audi Center Luzern, Car Partner KKL Luzern, Event Partner Luzern Tourismus MetaDesign, Partner in Communication Radio SRF Kultur, Media Partner Ringier AG, Media Partner Tariff Union Passepartout, Partner in Public Transport

Image Credits Cover, p. 3, 4, 11 (top), 15 (bottom), 16 (top), 17 (bottom), and 20/21: Priska Ketterer/LUCERNE FESTIVAL | p. 1, 5, and 14 (top and bottom): Marco Borggreve | p. 6: Inge Zimmermann | p. 7: Nadia Rosenberg | p. 10: Georg Anderhub/LUCERNE FESTIVAL | p. 11 (bottom), 13 (top), 14 (middle), 17 (top), 22/23, and 24/25: Peter Fischli/LUCERNE FESTIVAL | p. 12 (top): Robbie Lawrence | p. 12 (middle): Patrick Hürlimann/LUCERNE FESTIVAL | P. 12 (bottom): Monika Rittershaus | p. 13 (bottom): Julia Wesley | p. 15 (top): Werner Kmetitsch | p. 15 (middle): Nana Watanabe | p. 16 (bottom): Raphael Brand | p. 17 (middle): Astrid Ackermann | p. 18: Luzern Tourismus

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