On 11 and 12 August, Paavo Järvi will conduct the opening concerts of this year’s Lucerne Festival, stepping in for Riccardo Chailly who has had to withdraw due to illness. It is the first time that Paavo Järvi conducts the Lucerne Festival Orchestra and he opens the festival with a performance of Mahler Symphony No. 3, followed the next night with a programme featuring Mozart’s Piano Concerto K.271 (Jeunehomme) with Maria João Pires and Brahms Symphony No. 4.
Friday 11 August
LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
LUCERENE FESTIVAL – KKL Concert Hall, Lucerne
MAHLER: Symphony No. 3
with Wiebke Lemkuhl, mezzo-soprano
Luzerner Kantorei and Women of the Bavarian Radio Choir
Saturday 12 August
LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
LUCERENE FESTIVAL – KKL Concert Hall, Lucerne
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 9, K. 271 ’Jeunehomme’
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4
with Maria João Pires, piano