György Ligeti (1923-2006)
Lontano for large orchestra (1967)
Unsuk Chin (*1961)
Konzert for piano and orchestra (1996/97)
Rudolf Kelterborn (1933-2021)
Symphony No. 4 for orchestra (1985/86)
Baldur Brönnimann, conductor
Joonas Ahonen, piano
The Basel Sinfonietta is back to the future and launches its anniversary season "40+1" with three big names of contemporary music.
With Lontano by György Ligeti, the orchestra alludes to the pandemic era marked by social distancing. The work has been used in films by Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese to create an ominous ambience.
The centerpiece of the concert will be a performance of Rudolf Kelterborn's Fourth Symphony in homage to the recently deceased Swiss composer, whose music the Basel Sinfonietta has also previously presented in faraway Azerbaijan.
In Unsuk Chin's Piano Concerto, which will be performed for the first time in Switzerland, the Finnish soloist Joonas Ahonen will focus on vitality, motor skills and virtuosity. The four-movement work by the South Korean composer, who was a student of Ligeti, accentuates the playful side of the piano.
Swiss premiere
Program subject to change
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