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Zeitschrift: The Swiss observer : the journal of the Federation of Swiss Societies in the UK

Band (Jahr): - (1976)

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The Lucerne Festival Strings will Music '76 present two jubilee chamber concerts and, for the first time, play as an opera The general programme for the orchestra. The Zürich Collegium Musicum 1976 International Festival of Music has is to perform the Serenades at the Lion now been published and advance Monument. "Musica nova" will feature ôoofcmg-s can be accepted in writing for interpretations by the Lucerne Vocal all events from 18th August to 9th Soloists, a chamber ensemble, the September 1976. "Mobile" Wind Quintet and the Berne The festival this year will be String Quartet, of works by prize-winning specially dedicated to the theme of entries in the composition contest Iberia, with the centenaries of the birth organised by ten Swiss towns. The of Manuel de Falla and Pablo Casals contrasting programme "Musica antiqua" forming the basis for the structure of the brings the Ioculatores Upsalienses to 39 events. The twelve symphony concerts Lucerne from Sweden. Three matinées SWISS NATIONAL DAY IN BERNE will be given by the Swiss Festival (one for 80-year-old Wladimir Vogel), Orchestra, the Bavarian Radio Orchestra, two lieder Another attractive programme has evenings, two piano evenings, the Berlin Philharmonic been arranged in Berne for the annual 1st Munich, one quartet evening, an evening with Orchestra, the Vienna Philharmonic and August celebrations marking Swiss "Young Artists", an organ soirée and a the Cologne Radio Orchestra. the Independence Day. With 1st August this Symphony nocturne will complete programme. Choirs to be heard will include the Concert performances the dramatic year falling on a Sunday, crowds will of Lucerne Festival the choirs the de Falla begin to gather in the city centre during Choir, of cantata "Atlantida" by the afternoon. At 20.15 the traditional West German, North German and discovered after his death and the "War Bavarian the Toelz Choir the lantern procession by local children will Radio, Boys' Requiem" by Benjamin Britten form and the Children's Choir. contents the choral works. begin from the bearpits, continuing along Cologne of two major Gerechtigkeitsgasse and finishing at the Town Hall Square (Rathausplatz). Official ceremonies will begin at the SUNKEN TREASURE ON SHOW IN this and the foundation Münsterplatz (Cathedral Square) at expected summer BERNE has added some valuable exhibits to 20.00. There will then be wining and new its collection. include dining until the early hours of the More than 14,000 people last unique They an year well morning, and open-air dancing on visited the Berne-based Abegg exceptionally preserved Egyptian woollen the Bärenplatz and Waisenhausplatz in the Foundation's museum of early applied art tapestry from fifth or sixth heart of the city. at nearby Riggisberg. Even more are century, showing a girl playing a cithara; a pair of marble vases from the Cyclades, made about 3,000 years before Christ; a sixteenth-century Florentine sculpture in wood of a stalking lion; and a sixteenth- or seventeenth-century container made from rock crystal in either Germany or Italy. In addition to these new permanent the practical exhibits, the museum is this year staging a special exhibition devoted to textile preservation — for which the Abegg fastener for Foundation has earned an international reputation. Highlight of this exhibition are several items from a cargo ship which practically sank in 1600 off the Dalmation coast and salvaged only eight years ago by Yugoslav divers. The exhibits (specially treated and anything.. preserved by the Abegg Foundation at the request of the Yugoslav National Museum in Zadar) include a bale containing some 170 feet of silk damask, linen shirts and woollen headwear. The preservation methods used are also shown in the exhibition. The Abegg Foundation museum at Riggisberg will remain open until 17th October.

INTERNATIONAL FOLKLORE MEETING IN LUCERNE The Jubilee Festival of the Swiss VeLCRO National Costume Association, which is its 50th this TOUCH & celebrating anniversary year, CLOSE FASTENER will be held from 10th to 13th Sole U.K. Manufacturer, September, 1976. This festival is to be Selectus Limited, Biddulph, Stoke-on-Trent. held in conjunction with an international Telephone: Stoke-on-Trent 513316(0782). folklore meeting taking place for the first time in Lucerne.

18 SWISS LAKE AND MOUNTAIN year we'll go for the European market." HOLIDAY The tours include accommodation The and jackpot A leading Swiss hotel has meals in Chic hotels throughout Switzerland. announced an attractive offer which Highlights include a should prove particularly popular to wine-tasting soon? lovers of lakes and mountains. competition, a candlelight dinner, a fish a session and The five-star Park Hotel, situated at festival, cheese-tasting an British airline Dan-Air flew a record invitation the mansion home a Vitznau on Lake Lucerne, is offering six to of 3,789 its London Swiss writer. passengers on days' accommodation and half-board plus prominent cooking (Gatwick)-Berne route during the first Participants will also be shown how unlimited free travel on local lake four months of this year — a 59 cent to prepare Swiss specialities per steamers and mountain railways — for an many increase the themselves — and will be presented with a over January-April period of all-in price of only Sw.Fr.582 1975. per person. diploma at the end of the tour. The region is famous for its many forms Dan-Air Marketing and Develop- of mountain transports, them ment Brian Brett said the airline among Manager Europe's first mountain railway (Vitznau NEW M/S "PETERSINSEL" ON was confident of achieving its of a target to Rigi Kulm), the steepest THREE-LAKES SERVICE record 15,000 passengers on the route rack-and-pinion railway in the world (the This the this year. summer new motor ship one-in-two climb up the Pilatus), and the Passenger total on the route last Petersmse/, the tenth unit of the Lake of ascent to the Bürgenstock peak by lift. Biel fleet, will be the year was 12,159, compared with 4,196 in operating on The offer is open from 15th September one-day three lakes tour. Starting at Biel, 1974. until the end of October. Dan-Air is the only carrier the trip first takes passengers past the operating a regular service between little wine-growing villages of Tüscherz, Twann and Ligerz. On the port side lies Britain and the Swiss capital. SWISSAIR GOES GOURMET WITH St. Peter's Island, where Jean-Jacques CHIC Rousseau lived for some time. Swissair and the Zürich-based Chic It is connected to the little Hotel Group are co-operating this medieval town of Erlach by means of a summer in the launching of a "Gourmet strip of land called the Heidenweg. The Tours of Switzerland" programme. ship then proceeds through the six-mile The programme includes a long Zihl Canal to enter the Lake of one-week tour costing from Sw.Fr.995 Neuchâtel and reaches the Lake of and two two-week tours costing from Murten through the Broye Canal, a nature Sw.Fr. 1,966 and Sw.Fr.2,020 per person. reserve area. A halt is made for lunch in Said Mrs. Marlene Mugglin, Chic Murten, which will be en fête all this sales promotion and public relations summer for the 500th anniversary of the manager: "Our gourmet programme is an Battle of Murten in which the Swiss beat ßr/ar? ßreff of Da/?-A/V who /s coo//o'er? r entirely new concept in Switzerland. Charles the Bold of Burgundy. The return o/ more records to come or? f/?e Zonc/or? "We plan to concentrate on the trip takes the same route, calling at Gafw/c/r-ßeme route. United States this summer — then next Neuchâtel.

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19 January and three other monthly Some increases of more than 32 per cent. prices still stable Mr. Hegner said the expansion of British airline Dan-Air's London-Berne Six new offers have been added to link had played a contribution in the 1976 major summer programme, including boosting British tourism to Berne. an "Inexpensive Switzerland" in category Total overnight bookings in Berne which tourists select their can own by all foreign tourists fell last by 5.2 from 78 year itinerary resorts. cent. WST director Mr. Yves Barraud said per the had been introduced new category to SAILING, HORSE RIDING AND enable visitors "combine a tailor-made to DRAWING IN ASCONA holiday with secure hotel reservations and getting to know Switzerland inexpen- The resort of Ascona, on Lake sively". Maggiore, has a whole range of facilities Other new offers include tennis to offer this summer. An addition to the holidays in the Valais mountains, sailing list this year are the sailing holidays on on Lake Geneva, High Alpine Trail yawls and yachts. The riding courses include rides walking weeks, a Swiss Gastronomic instruction in the riding hall, Tour, and holidays for Lovers of the Arts. out of doors and barbecues. For painting and artist is in WST is also repeating many of its drawing students, an most popular offers, including the charge of activities in the midst of nature one-week cycling tour round Lake and in picturesque Ascona. There is a week enthusiasts and Geneva and the Swiss Alps Mule Safari — special for tennis "the 1974 and 1975 bestseller". Riding, another for holiday-makers who enjoy golfing, summer ski-ing and honeymoon Mfe/come Sw/ss 7ot/rs <7/>ecfor Yves hikes in this countryside of palm and holidays are also being repeated. fia/rat/c/ a/?c/ 79-yea/--o/c/ hostess /V/co/e chestnut trees. For golfers, too, a special week is is Mr. Barraud said some holidays Fo/7/a//az //7 fo//c cos tome, c/?ec/c the being organised. Information available the SNTO were being offered this summer at the /f/ner/es of fb/'s year's exfencfec/ pro- from in London. same price for the second or third grramme of spec/a/ /oferesf bo/Zciays /'/? BRIDGE COURSE IN THE BERNESE successive year. Sw/fzer/aoc/. OBERLAND The Beatus Hotel in Switzerland's Lake Thun resort of Merligen in the BERNE ENJOYS BRITISH BOOM conference that from overnight bookings Bernese Oberland is this summer Britain had increased 1975 Tire number of British tourists to during by organising six one-week Bridge Courses. nearly 3,000 to 17,308. Berne increased by nearly 21 per cent last Cost per person per week is Sw.Fr.555 year, according to statistics just released (Sw.Fr.35 more for a single room) and by the Swiss capital's official tourist He said British overnights in the includes full board and accommodation, office. city has shown an increase in nine of the the Bridge Course, use of the hotel's Berne City Tourist Office director months — including a 194 per cent sauna and swimming pool, and other Mr. Ernst Hegner told his annual press increase in May, a 70 per cent increase in extras.

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20 Departures are from Zürich or 14.00 to 17.00 daily, excluding Monday Geneva, and the four-day and seven-day afternoons. Buses galore tours also take in Liechtenstein, France and Italy. The Europabus organisation, the Prices include hotel accommoda- FUN ON FOOT WITH THE motor coach system of the European tion and half-board. A spokesman said HIKING PASS railways, has launched its annual summer the prices for standard room programme of escorted Swiss Alpine arrangements had been reduced, and that For visitors who want to explore Tours — and has reduced some of its those for superior room arrangements had Switzerland on foot, the Reka hiking pass prices. been kept at the same level as last year. covers four worthwhile walking areas: The programme includes a More than 2,000 bookings are hilly Appenzell, the 420 miles of three-day Swiss Highlights tour costing expected for this year's Swiss programme, footpaths and mountain trails in Toggen- from Sw.Fr.335 per person, a four-day which will continue until October. burg, through field and forest and past Swiss Alps and Lakes tour from Full details are contained in the sedate farm-house in the Emmental or Sw.Fr.470, and a seven-day Grand Alpine Europabus Swiss brochure "Look and through the broad meadows and wood- tour from Sw.Fr.805. Book". lands of the Jura. The hiking pass covers overnight stays and breakfast in one of the many hotels and inns and use of all public ON FOOT THROUGH SWITZERLAND successful that the organisers are already transport facilities (trains, postcoaches another festival the Swiss holidays are often equated preparing for in city and aerial cableways) in the district. The in May 1977. The will again with walking — and rightly so, as programme brochure, with maps and suggested feature Swiss Switzerland has 30,000 miles of top and international routes, also contains ideas on what to do soloists and bands the clearly-marked footpaths to offer walking and, predict in bad weather such as visiting castles, should crowds enthusiasts. Hiking weeks, often organisers, attract as large museums and churches or taking the this combined with botanical, bird-watching as year. plunge in indoor swimming pools. Period and geological excursions, are organised of issue 1st September to 31st October. MUSEUMS CLOSE TO BERNE by a large number of resorts. Two days (one overnight stay) cost A new development this summer is One of the most representative Sw.Fr.40, four days (three overnight that the Tourist Offices of S-chanf, Bad country castles in the Berne region is the stays) Sw.Fr.95 and seven days (six Scuol-Tarasp-Vulpera, Val Müstair, eighteenth century /egensfor/ Casf/e. overnight stays) Sw.Fr.170. Zernez and Zuoz which for years have Built on the walls of a medieval fortress, been organising guided walks through the the castle is now owned by the Jegenstorf Swiss National Park have pooled their Castle Foundation and maintained as a NATURE TRAILS IN SWISS FORESTS resources, with each organiser having its historical monument to the public. open Switzerland has about 100 own programme with four to six different The rooms contain period furniture and now nature trails, most of them laid out in one-day and half-day hikes. Further exhibits and also house an exhibition woods, where ramblers can widen or information is contained in the brochure which is changed every year. The castle is brush their knowledge of "Hiking Weeks", published by the Swiss to mid-October from Tuesday to up botany, open and minerals. Novelties the National Tourist Office. Sunday 10.00 to 12.00 and 14.00 to geology are 17.00. geological nature trail in the Birregg Forest on the Pilatus Lucerne and ALL-YEAR OPENING FOR LUCERNE The beautiful moated LanrMwt near the botanical trail at Aeschi, located PALACE Casr/e near Utzenstorf houses the Swiss above the Lake of Thun. The Swiss Museum of Hunting and Wildlife Protec- The Palace Hotel in Lucerne has Nature Protection League (Schweizer- tion. There's a permanent exhibition become the second five-star hotel in that ischer Bund für Naturschutz) has pub- devoted to the most important indigen- city — after the Schweizerhof — to lished a brochure describing about 70 of ous wildlife and also a valuable collection announce all-year-round opening. The these trails in detail. It can be obtained of hunting weapons. Each year there is move follows completion of a five-year from offices of the League, Postfach 73, also a different special exhibition — the Sw.Fr.17 million modernisation CH-4020 Basel, and costs Sw.Fr.2.50 pro- one this summer is on the fox and rabies. plus including the installation of gramme, Opening times are from Tuesday to postage. the renovation of air-conditioning, Sunday to mid-October, 10.00 to 12.00 bedrooms and the construction of and 14.00 to 17.00. simultaneous and interpreting, projection In Riggisberg there's the Abegg EXPO HENRY MOORE 1976 IN other facilities in the completely Foundation Bern, founded a few years ZURICH re-modernised "Ambassadeur" con- by a Swiss abroad, Werner Abegg. ference ago Until 28 August the Zürich Forum room. This is an institute which houses many is staging a comprehensive exhibition of works art — in of applied particular works by the British sculptor Henry LUCERNE CHURCH CONCERTS 1976 textiles — collected the founder a by over Moore in the park area on the right bank period of Aim of the The young Lucerne musician, many years. of the Lake of Zürich. The small foundation is not exhibit these Olivier Eisenmann, will give concerts of only to sculptures and graphic work will be works but also to conduct research into sacred music in the Church of St. Paul, housed in a specially-erected building and the collected items and Lucerne. The series began on 1st June to carry out the large sculptures will be grouped on textile preservation. There is a special and further concerts are planned for 3rd the open air. The exhibits cover work August, 28th September, 26th October, workshop in which regular training in done by Moore from 1924 to 1976 and textile restoration is 9th and 23rd November and 14th given. Open daily to he personally takes part in arranging the December, 1976. In addition to purely October 17, 14.00 to 17.00. exhibition. The Cast/e Lake organ concerts with distinguished Oher/ro/erc on organists from Lucerne, Bienne, Basle, Thun offers visitors an idea of a Bad Kreuznach, Bonn, Hamburg and completely furnished, high class residence NEW SNTO Oslo, other instrumental soloists have over the changing years. On show here are PUBLICATION been engaged for the Advent concert. exhibits of Bernese interior architecture The Swiss National Tourist Office from the sixteenth to the nineteenth (SNTO) has just issued its four-language century. The Oberhofen Castle has been publication "Motels in Switzerland BERNE TO REPEAT JAZZ FESTIVAL an affiliated museum of the Berne 1976". It is divided up into ten tourist Berne's first International Jazz History Museum since 1954. It is open to regions and lists more than 100 motels. It Festival — held in May this year — was so mid-October, from 10.00 to 12.00 and is available free of charge from SNTO.

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