Sat, August 22, 2026
Summer Festival: Lucerne Festival Orchestra 5
Concert title
Summer Festival: Lucerne Festival Orchestra 5
Date
Sat 22.08.2026
Start of the concert
18:30
Contributors
Name of the ensemble
Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Line
Jakub Hrůša, conductor
Soloists
Ray Chen, violin
program
Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Jakub Hrůša | Ray Chen | Korngold | Strauss
The Lucerne Festival Orchestra performs this concert with a truly massive ensemble: Richard Strauss's richly colored Alpine Symphony calls for 64 strings alone, four woodwinds, eight horns on stage and twelve behind them, plus four trumpets and four trombones, two bass tubas, two harps, organ, celesta, and a huge percussion section. But Strauss coaxes the finest nuances from this gigantic soundscape, depicting a mountain hike in 22 stages. Hunting horns sound, cowbells ring, the waterfall roars—and the Czech conductor Jakub Hrůša masterfully brings this lush soundscape to life. Strauss was the most successful composer of his time, but in the 1920s, he faced a true rival in the young Erich Wolfgang Korngold. What would have happened if Korngold hadn't been forced into exile in America, where his film scores caused a sensation? It wasn't until 1945 that he returned to the classical repertoire and presented his sumptuous Violin Concerto. The Taiwanese-Australian violinist Ray Chen will perform it: "Beautiful enough to die for," the Huffington Post declared of his playing.
Performers:
Lucerne Festival Orchestra
, Jakub Hrůša, conductor,
Ray Chen, violin.
Program:
5:30 p.m.: Pre-concert talk with Susanne Stähr (KKL Lucerne, Auditorium)
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897–1957)
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
Richard Strauss (1864–1949)
An Alpine Symphony, Op. 64
Intermission at approximately 7:10 p.m.
CHF 320.00 | 270.00 | 220.00 | 150.00 80.00 | 40.00
Further information: Tickets available from March 24, 2026 | 10:00 AM (CET)
The Lucerne Festival Orchestra performs this concert with a truly massive ensemble: Richard Strauss's richly colored Alpine Symphony calls for 64 strings alone, four woodwinds, eight horns on stage and twelve behind them, plus four trumpets and four trombones, two bass tubas, two harps, organ, celesta, and a huge percussion section. But Strauss coaxes the finest nuances from this gigantic soundscape, depicting a mountain hike in 22 stages. Hunting horns sound, cowbells ring, the waterfall roars—and the Czech conductor Jakub Hrůša masterfully brings this lush soundscape to life. Strauss was the most successful composer of his time, but in the 1920s, he faced a true rival in the young Erich Wolfgang Korngold. What would have happened if Korngold hadn't been forced into exile in America, where his film scores caused a sensation? It wasn't until 1945 that he returned to the classical repertoire and presented his sumptuous Violin Concerto. The Taiwanese-Australian violinist Ray Chen will perform it: "Beautiful enough to die for," the Huffington Post declared of his playing.
Performers:
Lucerne Festival Orchestra
, Jakub Hrůša, conductor,
Ray Chen, violin.
Program:
5:30 p.m.: Pre-concert talk with Susanne Stähr (KKL Lucerne, Auditorium)
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897–1957)
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
Richard Strauss (1864–1949)
An Alpine Symphony, Op. 64
Intermission at approximately 7:10 p.m.
CHF 320.00 | 270.00 | 220.00 | 150.00 80.00 | 40.00
Further information: Tickets available from March 24, 2026 | 10:00 AM (CET)
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