John Cage (1942-1992)
Imaginary Landscape No. 1 for piano, percussion and electronics (1939)
Hans Abrahamsen (*1952)
Let me tell you for soprano and orchestra (2013)
Kaija Saariaho (*1952)
Ciel d’hiver for orchestra (2013)
Michael Jarrell (*1958)
... Le ciel, tout à l'heure encore si limpide, soudain se trouble horriblement ... for orchestra (2009)
ILSE EERENS, SOPRANO
BALDUR BRÖNNIMANN, CONDUCTOR
Together with the Belgian soprano Ilse Eerens, the Basel Sinfonietta betakes itself into imaginary soundscapes, is seized by despair and delusion, lets its gaze wander across the firmament and confronts a catastrophe eclipsing the sky.
Imaginary Landscape No. 1 by the US composer John Cage is considered to be the initial work of electroacoustic music.
The orchestral song cycle Let me tell you by Danish composer Hans Abrahamsen is based on a novella by British librettist Paul Griffiths, in which the 483 words of Ophelia from Shakespeare's Hamlet are transformed into a new monologue dealing with love, hope, despair and delusion.
Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho looks to the wintry sky for a musical homage to the constellation Orion in her Ciel d'hiver.
... the sky, just now so clear, suddenly darkens ... is the title of the orchestral piece by Swiss composer Michael Jarrell - a musical juxtaposition of calm and catastrophe with an effect - as powerful as emotionally stirring.
Pre-Concert Talk 18.15
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