Migros-Pour-cent-culturel-Classics
Season 2025-2026
- While the classical concert series of Migros has been around since 1948, in the 2024*25 season we aligned it with the CLASSICS 180° concept idea: classical music with a new twist. We experienced classical masterpieces, which we all love so much, combined with innovative forms of performance.
- We are continuing along this path with the programme of the concert season 2025*26. There is still a lot to discover
- With this programme, we are expressing our desire to offer you high-quality and new classical music experiences. Let yourself be carried away by fresh performances of timeless music. We wish you a wonderful, eventful concert experience!
Programme
- 6 pm
- Aleksey Igudesman & Hyung-Ki Joo, soloists
- Programme — «Sound New World»
- A fascinating new take on Antonín Dvořák Symphony No. 9 in E minor op. 95 «From the New World»
- The whole programme lasts approx. 80’.
- No intermission.
- 7.30 pm
- Martin Fröst, clarinet & conductor
- Hans Ek, arranger & curator
- Programme – «Beethoven Mirrors»
- Bach, Händel, Mozart, Rameau – Mirrors (approx. 30’)
- Martin Fröst, Göran Fröst – Nomadic Dances (approx. 7’)
- **Intermission**
- Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony n°7 in A major op. 92 (approx. 43’)
Clarinettist, conductor, conceptual artist: Martin Fröst is all of these things. For his latest project, the exceptional Swedish musician has invited his compatriot Hans Ek to create a dialogue with Beethoven’s 7th Symphony. In the large sound collage «Mirrors», Beethoven’s role models such as Rameau and Mozart merge with contemporary music in the style of Kraftwerk & Co. The original symphony will be performed after the intermission.
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- Marc Minkowski, conductor
- Marina Viotti, mezzo-soprano
- Lionel Lhote, bartitone
- Programme – Jacques Offenbach
- « Offenbach Gala » (approx. 61’)
- with excerpts from «Orphée aux Enfers», «La Belle Hélène», «La Jolie Parfumeuse», «La Vie Parisienne», «La Périchole», «Les Fées du Rhin», «La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein», «Le Royaume de Neptune», «Les Bavards», «Le Voyage dans la Lune».
- No intermission.
Good humour guaranteed! With his sometimes short, sometimes full-length operettas, Jacques Offenbach created a veritable compendium of musical humour. Marc Minkowski and his Musiciens du Louvre serve up the essence of this: «Orphée aux Enfers» and «La Vie Parisienne», of course, but also rare gems such as «Le Royaume de Neptune» or «Le Voyage dans la Lune».
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- Anna Thorvaldsdóttir introduces her work «Archora» (approx. 5’)
- Anna Thorvaldsdóttir – «Archora» for orchestra (approx. 18’)
- Edward Elgar – Concerto for cello and orchestra in E minor op. 85 (approx 30’)
- **Intermission**
- Jean Sibelius – Symphony No. 2 in D major op. 43 (approx. 48’)
- Before and after the concert the duo Stemma — Herdís Anna Jónsdóttir and Steef van Oosterhout — plays Icelandic folk music in the foyer and invites you to linger
Something’s happening in the far north! Iceland not only has a spectacular concert hall, the Harpa, but also an excellent symphony orchestra under the direction of Eva Ollikainen. Together with the exceptional cellist Kian Soltani, they present classics by Elgar and Sibelius, plus a new work by Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdóttir — and as the icing on the cake, Icelandic folk music by Duo Stemma.
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- Nicholas Collon, conductor
- Hayato Sumino, piano
- Programme : John Adams – Short Ride in a Fast Machine (approx. 4’)
- George Gershwin – «Rhapsody in Blue» for piano and orchestra (approx. 16’)
- **Intermission**
- Nicholas Collon and Tom Service explain Stravinsky’s «Rite of Spring» (approx. 25’)
- Igor Stravinsky – « Le Sacre du printemps ». Images from pagan Russia in two parts (approx. 33’)
Hayato Sumino is a phenomenon: a classical pianist, but also a jazz musician, composer and YouTuber with a huge fan base. There is hardly a piece that would suit him better than Gershwin‘s «Rhapsody in Blue». It is accompanied by Stravinsky‘s legendary «Rite of Spring» as only the Aurora Orchestra plays it: by heart, highly energetic and without being tied to the stage.
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- Teodor Currentzis, conductor
- Vilde Frang, violin
- Programme : Alban Berg – Concerto for violin and orchestra «To the memory of an angel» (approxa. 28’)
- **Intermission**
- Gustav Mahler – Symphony No. 1 in D major (approx. 58’)
Alban Berg dedicated his violin concerto to «the memory of an angel», namely Alma Mahler‘s daughter Manon. Together with Teodor Currentzis and the Utopia Orchestra, violinist extraordinaire Vilde Frang will bring this angelic song to life. Mahler‘s 1st Symphony is an entirely earthly affair, ranging from the sounds of nature to parodic funeral marches and the titanic triumph of the nameless hero.
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Aleksey Igudesman and Hyung-ki Joo have cooked up something new: a trip to the «New World» in the footsteps of Antonín Dvorák. Aleksey Igudesman and Hyung-ki Joo reveal the Czech and American indigenous influences that inspired Dvorák to write his 9th Symphony with a great deal of humour and joyful playing. And who better to support them than the Limitless Orchestra, the ensemble of unlimited possibilities newly founded by Igudesman?