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«Pianissimo Symphonique»

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Sat, 20. January 2024 | 17:30 UhrKKL Luzern, Luzernersaal

Le Piano Symphonique

Program
  • Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)

    • America from «West Side Story» | 5'

  • Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowsky (1840-1893)

    • Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from «Nutcracker» | 2'

  • Adolphe Blanc (1828-1885)

    • Carillon der Frère Jaques | 3'

  • Georges Bizet (1838-1875)

    • Chanson du Toréador from «Carmen» | 2'

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

    • Allegro from «Kleine Nachtmusik» | 6'

  • Luzia von Wyl (1985*)

    • Giant Clock (commissioned for Pianissimo Symphonique, world premiere)

Conductor
Philippe Schneider

Project management
Johanna Ludwig (Luzerner Sinfonieorchester)
Eva Crastan, Estelle Lustenberger (Musikschule Luzern)

Scenic realization
Barbara Zwygart

The estimated duration of this program is 30 minutes, no break.

 

20 pianos form the stage set. 138 pianists from the Lucerne Music School take part in the concert and perform several piano pieces together on stage in different formations.

  • Mécène Fondatrice et Principale
  • Anchor sponsor
  • Sponsor
    • Kurt and Silvia Huser-Oesch Stiftung
    • Maestro’s & Director’s Impulse Fund, Adrian and Isabelle Weiss-Zweifel
    • Michael and Emmy Lou Pieper Fonds
    • Dr. Dolf and Maria Stockhausen
    • Isaac Dreyfus-Bernheim Foundation
    • Nadia Guth-Biasini