The Balkan Route - Escape to Exile III
With her programs, Christina Pluhar makes it possible to discover classical music in all its diversity - the guiding principle is to promote cultural exchange and set new impulses. This makes each of her concerts an invitation to go on a musical journey together. With her flair for the "perfect" voices to bring her latest sonic expedition to life, she brings singers from Italy, Bosnia and Greece. Accompanied by her lute, she traces the most diverse paths of the Balkan and Mediterranean region in words and sounds. An unforgettable experience guaranteed!
Date and time
August 6, 2025, 19:30
Address
Church Saanen
Organizer
Gstaad Menuhin Festival & Academy
Works
DIE WESTBALKANROUTE from Greece via Macedonia and Serbia to Croatia Trad. Greek Salento / arr. Christina Pluhar 1, 3 "Are mou Rindineddha" Trad. Macedonia / arr. Christina Pluhar 3 "So maki sum se rodila" Trad. Rhodes (song and dance) / arr. Katerina Papadopoulou & Aegean Arc 1 "Anathema sas omorfes" Trad. Macedonia 2 "Kazi kazi libe Stano" Ivan Lukačić (1587-1648) / arr. Christina Pluhar 3, 4 "Panis Angelicum" (Sacrae canciones, 1620, Šibenik/Split) Trad. Serbia 2 "Gusta noćna tmina" DIE OSTBALKANROUTE via Bulgaria up the Danube Petar Ralchev (1961) Ballad Horo (instr.) DIE ÖSTLICHE MITTELMEERROUTE von der Türkei auf die griechischen Inseln Trad. Konstantinopel (Liebeslied) / arr. Katerina Papadopoulou 1 "Menexedes ke Zoumboulia" Trad. Greece Hasapiko (instr.) Trad. Izmir (Turkey) (Lullaby) / arr. Katerina Papadopoulou & Socratis Sinopoulos 1 "Margaritarenia" DIE OSTBALKANROUTE über Bulgarien die Donau aufwärts nach Serbien Trad. Bulgaria Bucimis (instr.) Trad. Serbia 2 "Magla padnala v dolina" Trad. Serbia / arr. Nataša Mirković 1, 2 "Šeftelija" Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) / arr. Christina Pluhar 4 "Amor" Trad. sevdah (Bosnia) / arr. Nataša Mirković 2, 4 "Evo srcu mom' radosti" Trad. Kosovo / arr. Nataša Mirković 1, 2, 3, 4 "Preletese ptice lastavice" Trad. Bulgaria / Macedonia 1, 2, 3, 4 "Zaidi Zaidi jasno sonce"
Management
Christina Pluhar, lute & conductor
Soloists
1 Katerina Papadopoulou, voice (Greece) 2 Nataša Mirković, voice (Bosnia / Vienna) 3 Vincenzo Capezzuto, voice (Italy) 4 Céline Scheen, soprano
Admission price
CHF 130 / 110 / 70 / 40
Contact us
+41 33 748 81 82