Part of the «Kammermusikfest», with the Musikdorf Ernen Festival Orchestra
Ernest Bloch: Concertino for Flute, Clarinet and String Orchestra (1950)
Manuel Astudillo Quintero, Flute | Matthew Hunt, Clarinet
Frank Martin: Pavane couleur du temps for String Orchestra (1920)
Ernest Chausson: Poème for Violin and String Orchestra Op. 25
Maria Wloszczowska, Violin
– interval –
Maurice Ravel: Petite symphonie à cordes
String Orchestra Version of the String Quartet F major Op. 35
Duration approx. 95 minutes, incl. interval
Concert Bus Shuttle: Oberwald-Ernen, Ernen-Oberwald, Ernen-Binn
Tickets: 0-55 CHF
The first orchestra concert of the Kammermusikfest 2026 brings together works that are steeped in very different kinds of poetry. From the abstract, neo-baroque forms in Bloch's Concertino to the fairy-tale atmosphere of Frank Martin's Pavane couleur du temps, to Ernest Chausson's Poème for solo violin and string orchestra, inspired by Ivan Turgenev's short story The Song of Triumphant Love (1881). The solo part is performed by the exceptional young violinist Maria Włoszczowska.
In the second part of the concert, Maurice Ravel's string quartet (in a string orchestra arrangement) takes us into completely different worlds. In this impressionistic masterpiece, Ravel is restrained with subjective expression; passionate episodes are all the more effective because they are short and rare. Only the last movement is feverishly agitated. The first movement, characterised as ‘very gentle’, is of carefree elegance, as is the second movement. The slow movement glides along calmly and, like the whole work, shows more interest in the beauty of individual sounds and melodic forms than in a narrative concept.
More about the Kammermusikfest
Video recordings of past concerts
Playlist ‘Kammermusikfest 2026’ on Spotify
Musikdorf Ernen Festival Orchestra
Concertmaster and direction: Daniel Bard
Violin: Mattea Anderes | Matteo Cimatti | Giulio Casagrande | Maja Horvat | Chiara Sannicandro | Maria Wloszczowska
Viola: Alessandro D'Amico | Lilli Maijala | Alinka Rowe
Violoncello: Francesco Dillon | Miquel Garcia Ramon | Samuel Niederhauser | Chiara Samatanga
Double Bass: Jordi Carrasco Hjelm | Jonathan Inniger
Concert introduction with Lea Vaterlaus
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