Thank You Concert and Reception

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A musical moment to thank the region’s audiences for hosting the event between 2014 and 2024.

This concert is also a thank you to:

• To the town of Gland, Nyon Region, and neighboring municipalities for their support during these first 10 years.
• all the private partners and the numerous foundations that made this project possible.
• and to the many volunteer staff who gave their time, passion, hospitality, and management skills to make the event possible.

For the occasion, Carole Reuge, founder and director of the Golden Flute Classic, will leave her computer and schedule to return to the stage and share, with Sarmad Khoury on piano, a musical hour dedicated to great chamber music works.

Equal in breath and bow

A few musical pieces that place the transverse flute on the same level as the violin, in a play of echoes between the two instruments.

Prokofiev’s Sonata in D major, Op. 94, written in 1943 for flute and piano, is a flagship work in the flute repertoire. But it has also been well-known to violinists since David Oistrakh, a friend of the composer, requested a transcription for his instrument. Captivated by the sonata’s beauty, he convinced Prokofiev to adapt it for violin: a new version was released in 1944, with a few adjustments but without losing any of its original spirit.

César Franck’s Sonata in A major (1886), a must-have for violinists, has had the opposite fate. Although not transcribed by the composer, it was nevertheless enthusiastically adopted by flautists, captivated by its lyrical line and harmonic richness. Today it has fully entered the flute repertoire.

As an interlude, the first movement of Robert Schumann’s Fairy Tales, originally written for viola and piano, also finds new meaning in this flute version. Further proof that some masterpieces can travel from one instrument to another without ever losing their magic.

PRICES

• Full price: CHF 35.-
• – 25 years: CHF 15.-
• Children: CHF 5.-