The Lucerne Festival in Summer 2011 explores the phenomenon of the night with music by composers who are visionaries and dreamers, mystics and masters of dark sounds. The Romantics considered music to be an art of the night, perfectly suited to the world of dreams, of darkness, of the unconscious.
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Lucerne honours its long-time maestro
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Karajan’s association with the festival lasted 40 years and he never forgot how the central Swiss city supported him at a time when his career was overshadowed by his Nazi past. The conductor gave almost 70 concerts in Lucerne, starting in 1948 and ending in 1988, the year before his death. “He always came on…
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This was the first time that Dudamel and his musicians – many of whom come from deprived backgrounds – have appeared in Switzerland. Dudamel, a diminutive figure famed for his passionate and energetic interpretations, conducted a programme of Mahler. The concert ended with a standing ovation. Two further concerts are planned during the weeklong festival,…
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