This summer's programme

This summer's programme

Verbier Festival

Every summer, the Verbier Festival transforms the Swiss Alps into one of the world's great meeting places for classical music, bringing together legendary artists, rising stars, and exceptional young musicians. The 2026 edition offers an extraordinary journey across more than two centuries of music, from Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert to Bartók, Messiaen, Prokofiev, and Mahler, alongside masterpieces of opera, chamber music, song, and the symphonic repertoire.

- Einleitung Zum Vorspiel -

Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

2:08

I. Introduction

Yuja Wang, Andris Nelsons, Cécile Lartigau, Boston Symphony Orchestra

6:33

I. Lassú: Moderato

Pierre Boulez, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Gil Shaham

5:15

Rhapsody for violin and piano no.2, Sz.89 (Prima parte ("Lassù") Moderato)

Isabelle Faust, Florent Boffard

4:34

The Story Begins

The Philadelphia Orchestra, David Bowie, Eugene Ormandy

0:51

"Soave Sia Il Vento"

Michele Pertusi, David Syrus, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Anne Sofie von Otter, Georg Solti, Renée Fleming

2:46

Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck (Vivaciously and with feeling and expression throughout)

5:10

1. Lento Doloroso - Poco Allegro - Allegro Vivace

Augustin Dumay, Maria João Pires

9:46

L'Apprenti sorcier

Daniel Barenboim, Orchestre de Paris

11:29

IV. Burlesque. Allegro con Brio

Marek Janowski, Hilary Hahn, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

4:36

Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 in C-Sharp Minor, S. 244/12

9:37

Tórre Bermeja (Serenata)

Pablo Sáinz-Villegas

4:38

Ballade No. 2 in B Minor, S. 171

Vladimir Horowitz

15:18

Prelude to Act I

Berliner Philharmoniker, Rafael Kubelík

9:51

I. Allegro ma non tanto (Live from the 2022 Cliburn Competition)

Marin Alsop, Yunchan Lim, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra

16:59

I. Der Held (Live)

Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle, Guy Braunstein

4:16

I. Mit Energie und Leidenschaft

Mstislav Rostropovich, Emil Gilels, Leonid Kogan

11:58

III. Scherzo: Allegro

Sviatoslav Richter, Borodin Quartet

7:24

IV. Allegro con fuoco

Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic

11:00

1. Im wunderschönen Monat Mai

Jörg Demus, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

1:46

III. Allegro

Quatuor Ébène

7:46

II. Andante con moto

Renaud Capuçon, Frank Braley, Gautier Capuçon

8:43

No. 3, Lento placido

Khatia Buniatishvili

5:12

Ständchen, S. 560 (Trans. from Schubert's Schwanengesang No. 4, D. 957)

Khatia Buniatishvili

7:22

No. 1, Lent et douloureux

Khatia Buniatishvili

3:30

II. Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy

Nobuyuki Tsujii

2:16

III. Adagio

Kirill Petrenko, Berliner Philharmoniker

13:35

IV. Allegretto

Yo-Yo Ma, Isaac Stern, Emanuel Ax

10:29

1. Vivace ma non troppo

Leonidas Kavakos, Yuja Wang

11:11

Prelude and Allegro in the Style of Pugnani

Samuel Sanders, Itzhak Perlman

5:27

I. Prologue - Opening Scene. "Megérkeztünk"

László Polgár, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez, Jessye Norman

5:06

I. Adagio - Allegro

Karl Böhm, Berliner Philharmoniker

10:23

O Fortuna

London Philharmonic Orchestra, David Parry, London Philharmonic Choir

2:42

No. 1, Gute Nacht

Gerald Moore, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

5:24

III. Scherzo. Sehr schnell

Lahav Shani, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

9:58

II. Andante

Kent Nagano, Momo Kodama, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Mari Kodama

6:56

6. Wedding Day At Troldhaugen

Mikhail Pletnev

5:41

No.8 In F Sharp Minor

Nikolai Lugansky

1:50

No.10 In C Sharp Minor

Nikolai Lugansky

0:30

No.12 In G Sharp Minor

Nikolai Lugansky

1:11

No.14 In e Flat Minor

Nikolai Lugansky

0:31

No.18 In F Minor

Nikolai Lugansky

1:02

Ruy Blas Overture, Op. 95

Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur

7:14

I. Allegro

Itzhak Perlman, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mstislav Rostropovich, Bernard Haitink

16:49

III. Nicht schnell

Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony

6:18

I. Allemande

2:26

I. Allegro con Spirito

Radu Lupu, Murray Perahia

8:31

IV. Finale

Grzegorz Nowak, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern

8:05

I. Allegro non troppo

Berliner Philharmoniker, Daniel Barenboim, Itzhak Perlman

22:24

I. Maestoso – Allegro con brio ed appassionato (Live)

7:01

II. Larghetto

Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev, Daniil Trifonov

10:20

Symphony No. 6 in A Minor: I. Allegro energico, ma non troppo

Teodor Currentzis, MusicAeterna

24:56

I. Allegro vivace

8:30

I. Allegro non troppo

Filarmônica de Viena, Carlos Kleiber

12:50

Prelude

MusicAeterna, Teodor Currentzis

3:50

Scene XIII, Dance of the Knights

London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev

5:11

I. Allegro Brillante

Konstantin Scherbakov, Dmitry Yablonsky, Russian Philharmonic Orchestra

20:10