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Humility – Transformation – Migration

18 July – 6 September 2025

Today's Music

Monday, 23 July 2018
7.30 pm, Saanen Church

Made up of musicians from major orchestras throughout Germany, the German Brass has been a stalwart champion for more than forty years. They will take us on a journey through some of the most popular classic works clothed anew in brass, a voyage around the world.

German Brass

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) / arr. Matthias Höfs (1965) 
“Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir” (from the Cantata BWV 29) 
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) / arr. Matthias Höfs (1965) 
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565  
Johann Strauss Fils (1825-1899) / arr. Matthias Höfs (1965) 
“Éljen a Magyar!”, fast polka, Op. 332 
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) / arr. Alexander Erbrich-Crawford (1965) 
“Somewhere” and “America” from the musical “West Side Story” 
George Gershwin (1898-1937) / arr. Matthias Höfs (1965) 
“Rhapsody in Blue” 
– Interval – 
AROUND THE WORLD 
 100'
  
CHF 125 / 105 / 65 / 40 

What a summer!
Thank you to our audience, our artists, and our partners.

We’re already looking forward to seeing you again:
Thursday 16.7 – Saturday 5.9.2026.

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