Royal Danish Orchestra | Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider & Marie Jacquot

Denmark in the spotlight! A dazzling symphonic evening at the Festival Tent Gstaad, fully dedicated to the North: For the first time in the region, the Royal Danish Orchestra will perform – the shining star of Danish orchestral culture, whose roots date back to 1448! The program will kick off with the Three Pieces for Orchestra by Hans Abrahamsen, one of the leading voices in contemporary Danish music – premiered in 2018 by Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic. At the podium is the exceptional conductor Marie Jacquot, winner of the Victoires de la musique classique 2024 and newly appointed chief conductor of the Royal Danish Orchestra. And did you know? Before Marie Jacquot rose to become the new hope of French female conductors, she stood on a completely different stage in her youth – as a junior tennis champion at the French Open!

Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, violin

Royal Danish Orchestra

Marie Jacquot, conductor

Hans Abrahamsen (1952)

Three Pieces for Orchestra (2017) 7' 

Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)

Violin Concerto in D major op. 77 (1878) 40'

Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953) "Romeo and Juliet", ballet music (1935), excerpts from the orchestral suites No. 1 op. 64 bis (1936), No. 2 op. 64ter (1936), and No. 3 op. 101 (1946):
The Montagues and Capulets (No. 2/1)
Juliet as a Child (No. 2/2)
Minuet (No. 1/4)
Masks (No. 1/5)
Romeo and Juliet (No. 1/6)
Morning Dance (No. 3/2)
Romeo at the Fountain (No. 3/1)
Tybalt's Death (No. 1/7)
Morning Serenade (No. 3/5)
Romeo at Juliet's Grave (No. 2/7)
Juliet's Death (No. 3/6) 40'

120' (including intermission)