Summer-Festival: Lakeside Symphony

Experience the Opening Concert live on a giant screen, right on the shores of Lake Lucerne, with the magnificent panorama of Rigi, Bürgenstock, and the surrounding peaks. Riccardo Chailly and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra set the scene for a luminous summer night featuring the music of Gershwin and Ives.

Performers:
Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
Frank Dupree, piano
Solists of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra and the Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra (LFCO)

Program:
Steve Reich (*1936)
New York Counterpoint. Version for 11 clarinets

Welcome Address
Markus Hongler Chairman
Sebastian Nordmann Executive and Artistic Director

Welcoming Speech
Guy Parmelin President of the Swiss Confederation

George Gershwin (1898–1937)
Cuban Overture
Concerto in F for piano and orchestra

Charles Ives (1874–1954)
Symphony No. 1 in D minor

Intermission at c. 20.10