Victoria Hall is a prominent concert hall housed in a majestic neoclassical building. This historic venue is celebrated for its exceptional acoustics, making it a favored destination for music enthusiasts. While occasionally featuring other musical genres, Victoria Hall remains predominantly dedicated to the world of classical music.
Explore the sounds of a full orchestra in this playful musical journey. Hear lively brass, whispering strings, glittering woodwinds and bold percussion as each family of instruments takes a turn. Follow themes and clever variations that show how notes can change into animals and characters. Imagine bears, butterflies, giants and fairies guided by bright melodies and shifting rhythms. Listen closely, spot different timbres, and let curiosity lead your questions and discoveries.
Kids ages 6 and up.
Part of the Sunday Concerts season, this open day invites discovery of the hall, its renowned organ and musical life through guided visits, hands-on workshops, historical dance initiation and a silent-film ciné-concert. The programme features actors and singers alongside instrumentalists: Antoine Courvoisier, Charlotte Filou, Julia Deit‑Ferrand (mezzo), Lysa Menu (soprano), Jean‑Paul Pruna (piano), Diego Innocenzi and Thierry Escaich (orgue), and lutenist Monica Pustilnik. Partnerships with ClassiCosy and Fêtes Costumées shape a convivial, tactile encounter with music and heritage.
In French.
Under the direction of Elim Chan, this symphonic concert brings together contemporary and romantic sound worlds, opening with Noriko Koide’s Swaddling Silk and Gossamer Rain (Swiss premiere). Mezzo-soprano Marianne Crebassa features in Hector Berlioz’s Les Nuits d’été op. 7, followed by Béla Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra. The programme balances intimate song and virtuosic orchestral colour, offering lyrical intensity, dramatic contrasts and refined orchestral detail.
Conductor Sergey Ostrovsky leads the Geneva Symphony Orchestra in a season-opening programme devoted to Antonín Dvořák. Soloist Arne Zeller shines in the Cello Concerto in B minor, navigating lyrical soliloquy and intense orchestral exchange. The programme pairs Dvořák’s Slavonic Dances with the expansive Symphony No. 9 ‘From the New World’, unfolding folk‑inflected rhythms, sweeping Romantic textures and vivid orchestral colours. The performance emphasises dynamic contrast and narrative flow, transporting listeners through emotional landscapes.
Led by conductor Matthieu Schweyer, Orchestre Concertus presents Mozart’s Requiem with soloists Alida Barbasini (soprano), Mi‑Young Kim (mezzo‑soprano), Daniel Duri (tenor) and Seong‑Ho Han (bass). The performance balances intimate choral passages and thunderous orchestral climaxes, exploring grief, transcendence and ritual. Sparse orchestration and dramatic vocal lines are shaped with attention to dynamic contrast and vocal colour, creating a moving, cinematic soundworld that alternates between hushed prayer and overwhelming intensity.
Conductor Stanislava Nankova leads the Liederkranz-Concordia Choir with an ad hoc symphony orchestra, featuring soloists Fanny Utiger (soprano), Oscar Esmerode (tenor) and Sacha Michon (baritone). The programme juxtaposes operatic arias by Puccini, Boito and Mascagni with sacred and Classical choral pages by Mozart, tracing a path between darkness and light. The music alternates visceral verismo intensity and luminous choral spirituality, creating a dramatic, emotionally charged sound world that pivots between suffering and hope.
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