Celebration | Gstaad Festival Orchestra | Shelley and Hope
Overview
Intro
Daniel Hope will perform Elgar's Violin Concerto with the Gstaad Festival Orchestra in 2026; Alexander Shelley will conduct due to schedule conflicts with Jaap van Zweden.
For his first festival performance with the Gstaad Festival Orchestra, Daniel Hope has chosen a true masterpiece: the monumental Violin Concerto by Edward Elgar. Few works are as closely associated with the legacy of Yehudi Menuhin, who played this concerto as a child and later even recorded it under the direction of the composer himself. The musical direction of the concert on August 15, 2026, will be taken by the renowned English conductor Alexander Shelley, who will bring this grand work to life with all its emotional depth and symphonic expansiveness. The collaboration with Shelley arises from a scheduling overlap in the international commitments of Chief Conductor Jaap van Zweden and at the same time reflects the high artistic flexibility and international networking of the orchestra. The program, which also includes Ludwig van Beethoven's timeless Fifth Symphony, will be presented as part of a tour in some of the most significant concert halls in Germany as far as Copenhagen. It is a strong sign of the international presence and artistic quality of the festival orchestra under the direction of Chief Conductor Jaap van Zweden. Jaap van Zweden, whose influential role for the Gstaad Festival Orchestra remains central in the summer of 2026, will as planned lead the first week of the Conducting Academy, conduct the concert on August 8 in the church of Saanen, and take over a tour of the orchestra in September.
Daniel Hope, violin
Gstaad Festival Orchestra
Alexander Shelley, conductor
Edward Elgar (1857–1934)
Violin Concerto in B minor op. 61 50'
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Symphony No. 5 in C minor op. 67 30'
110' (including intermission)
| Contact address |
Dorfstrasse 60
Postfach 3792 Saanen +41 33 748 83 38 info@menuhin.ch |
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| Location |
Festivalzelt Gstaad Sportzentrumstrasse 9 3780 Gstaad Switzerland |
| Event Homepage | https://shop.menuhin.ch/de/event/173783/ |
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Event dates
- 15 August 2026