The 22nd edition of the Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad hosted the great Portuguese pianist Maria João Pires and French violin virtuoso Renaud Capuçon! They perform a programme celebrating the sonata, keystone of the Classical era, beginning with Mozart’s poignant Violin Sonata No. 21—written in 1778 while the composer was in Paris grieving the death of his mother, this moving sonata is Mozart’s only instrumental work in the plaintive key of E Minor.
They perform a programme celebrating the sonata, keystone of the Classical era, beginning with Mozart’s poignant Violin Sonata No. 21—written in 1778 while the composer was in Paris grieving the death of his mother, this moving sonata is Mozart’s only instrumental work in the plaintive key of E Minor.
It’s always the right time to meet up with the tremendously talented tenor Juan Diego Flórez—here in a scintillating recital with pianist Vincenzo Scalera at the 2022 Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad! Flórez begins his trilingual program, rich in color and emotion, with quintessential Lieder by Schubert and Richard Strauss before moving on to intimate Italian ariettas by Bellini—jewels of Romantic bel canto—and virtuosic opera arias by Rossini. The recital closes in grand style with the formidable aria « Seul sur la terre » (« Alone on the Earth ») from a lesser known masterpiece by Donizetti, Dom Sébastien, Roi de Portugal.
Renaud Capuçon and Maria Joao Pires
