Summer-Festival: Freiburger Barockorchester
Overview
Intro
Freiburger Barockorchester | Sir Simon Rattle | Isabelle Faust | Schumann
“I had hoped I wouldn’t fall in love with another orchestra, but in fact I did,” sighs Sir Simon Rattle. And who is the mysterious new love? The Freiburger Barockorchester. Their Schumann evening in Lucerne reveals exactly what this newfound happiness sounds like. The orchestra plays with clarity and lightness, in shimmering colors yet firmly grounded. The program opens with the highly romantic overture to Schumann’s only opera, Genoveva. Isabelle Faust - whose violin sound is so human and communicative, and whose phrasing is unmatched in its delicacy - then performs the Violin Concerto. Schumann wrote it shortly before his mental collapse, and it did not receive its world premiere until 81 years after his death. “It’s music that moves you deeply,” Faust says. The same is certainly true of the Second Symphony, which many consider Schumann’s finest. Its unearthly beautiful slow movement has something of a prayer of thanksgiving about it: Schumann continually unfolds an enthralling melody, letting it rise and expand until it seems to glow - ten minutes of eternity.
Performers:
Freiburger Barockorchester
Sir Simon Rattle, conductor
Isabelle Faust, violin
Program:
18.30 Introduction to the Concert with Susanne Stähr (Auditorium KKL Luzern, in German)
Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
Overture to the opera Genoveva, Op. 81
Violin Concerto in D minor, WoO 1
Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61
Intermission at c. 20.25
| Contact address |
Lucerne Festival
Hirschmattstrasse 13 6003 Luzern +41 (0)41 226 44 00 info@lucernefestival.ch +41 (0)41 226 44 60 |
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| Location |
KKL Luzern Konzertsaal Europaplatz 1 6005 Luzern Switzerland |
| Event Homepage | https://www.lucernefestival.ch/de/programm/freiburger-barockorchester-sir-simon-rattle-isabelle-faust/2391 |
| Price |
CHF 240.00 | 200.00 | 150.00 | 100.00 | 60.00 | 30.00
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Event dates
- 02 September 2026
Tickets from 24.03.2026 | 10 am (CET)