Celebration | 70-Jahre-Jubiläumskonzert | Zukerman, Hope & ZKO

A kickoff marked by reunion: 70 years of shared joy in music in Gstaad. For the new artistic director Daniel Hope, this concert also represents a journey back to the beginnings: The memory of that lunch at Hotel Olden on August 17, 1983 – his tenth birthday – when he first met Pinchas Zukerman, remains forever deeply rooted in Daniel Hope's biography. Just as he was once allowed to mature as an artist under the watchful, benevolent eyes of his mentor Yehudi Menuhin, this anniversary edition is all about togetherness – in all its facets: For the festival opening, Pinchas Zukerman performs together with his lifelong friend Zubin Mehta, who has been well known to the audience of the Menuhin Festival Gstaad since his debut in the festival tent in 2004. Both will perform side by side with the musicians of the Zurich Chamber Orchestra, which for Daniel Hope is a kind of "birthplace" into music. Hope was fortunate to admire the inspiring rehearsals of the ZKO in the church of Saanen under Edmond de Stoutz early on. For Jacques Offenbach's moving Larmes de Jacqueline – those "tears of Jacqueline," which were made world-famous by the unforgettable Jacqueline du Pré – Hope has also invited Amanda Forsyth, Zukerman's wife. For such a memorable, emotional evening, of course, the "classics" of the Viennese spirit – Haydn and Mozart – must not be missed. An evening that stands entirely under the sign of a great musical family – and a story that is ready for its next chapters! 

Pinchas Zukerman, Violin & Viola

Daniel Hope, Violin

Amanda Forsyth, Cello

Zurich Chamber Orchestra

Zubin Mehta, Conductor

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major KV 216 (1775) 25' 

Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) Symphony No. 104 in D Major Hob. I:104 "London" ("Salomon") (1795) 30' 

Jacques Offenbach (1819–1880) "Les Larmes de Jacqueline" [Tears of Jacqueline], Song (Elegy) from "Harmonies du soir" op. 76 No. 2 arr. for Cello and Orchestra (1846) 7' 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) Sinfonia concertante for Violin and Viola in E-Flat Major KV 364 (320d) (1779) 35' 

120' (including intermission)