World premieres and first performances

The Basel Sinfonietta collaborates with leading contemporary composers. The orchestra has commissioned numerous works and, since its founding, has presented more than 220 world and national premieres.

MARINA ABRAMOVIĆ

The Composer

Living installation

2000

premiere

September 14, 2002,
Brixen South Industrial Zone,
as part of the Transart Festival and Klangspuren Schwaz

Swiss premiere

September 19, 2002
Barracks, Basel

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_lopez_abramovic_hin_zur_flamme_komple

John Adams

Guide to Strange Places

for orchestra

2001

Swiss premiere

February 18, 2017
, Löhrenacker Multi-Purpose Hall, Aesch

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gDM https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/komplett_bs_konzertprogramm_1617-4_strange_places

JOHN ADAMS

Doctor Atomic Symphony

for orchestra

2007

Swiss premiere

May 4, 2012,
Stadtcasino Basel

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/stummfilm_mit_live-musik_-_basel_sinfonietta

JOHN ADAMS

City Noir

for orchestra

2009

Swiss premiere

January 27, 2019
Z7 Concert Factory, Pratteln

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1geN https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/182201_basel_sinfonietta_2018_konze_2b76f6a46065da

JOHN LUTHER ADAMS

Become Ocean

for a large orchestra in three spatially separated groups

2013

Swiss premiere

September 15, 2019
Ship in the Rhine port, Basel
As part of the ZeitRäume Basel festival

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1ghw https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/182201_basel_sinfonietta_2019_programmheft_s01_wir

Asia Ahmetjanova

New work

for orchestra

2023

premiere

April 2, 2023,
Stadtcasino Basel

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programme_booklet_abo_4_-_screen_28fe158738233b

WANJA ALOE

They

for an orchestra divided into seven ensembles and electronics

2014

premiere

January 24, 2015
L'Entrée trade fair, Basel

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gNN https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_musik_komplett

MARIA DE ALVEAR

Sex

Ceremony for voice, violin and orchestra

1991

premiere

April 28, 1995
Theater National, Bern

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_maria_de_alvear._sexo_komplett

Thomas Amann

Les Jeux/Les Poupées

for orchestra

2011

premiere

September 9, 2012
, Lucerne Hall, KKL Lucerne

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_lucerne_festival_im_sommer_komplett

Dieter Ammann

Core

for orchestra

2002

premiere

August 16, 2002
Culture and Convention Centre KKL, Lucerne
As part of the Lucerne Festival

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta

Julian Anderson

The Stations of the Sun

for orchestra

1998

German premiere

November 6, 2022,
Burghof Lörrach

Belgian premiere

November 30, 2022
DeSingel International Art Center, Antwerp

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programme_booklet_abo_2_-_screen_b810f883325396

LAURIE ANDERSON / DENNIS RUSSELL DAVIES

Songs for AE.

2000

Swiss premiere

March 19, 2010,
City Casino Basel

Dutch premiere

March 21, 2010
Concertgebouw de Doelen, Rotterdam

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_s04

Louis Andriessen

Mysteries

for orchestra

2013

Swiss premiere

January 15, 2023
Museum Tinguely, Basel

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programme_booklet_abo_3_-_screen_6f7a51927cb9cb

GEORGES APERGHIS

The walls have ears

for orchestra

1972

Swiss premiere

November 12, 2017
Goetheanum, Dornach

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1g31 https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/komplett_bs_konzertprogramm_1718-2_diewa__ndehaben/1

MICHAEL ARBENZ

Symphonic Bop goes Big – Traces of Light

for jazz trio, big band and orchestra

2022

premiere

April 24, 2022,
Stadtcasino Basel

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programme_booklet_abo_4_-_screen

Helga Arias

I Breathe Every Sound You Leave Behind

2025

premiere

January 26, 2025
Forum Jean-Marie Zoellé, Saint-Louis

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta, Real Filharmonía de Galicia

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programme_booklet_abo_3_-_screen-1

ALEXANDER ARUTIUNIAN

Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra

1990/91

premiere

April 1, 1993
, St. Peter's Church, Zurich

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_schnittke_arutiunian_skrjabin_komplet

Lera Auerbach

Dream of Stabat Mater

2005

French premiere

January 26, 2025
Forum Jean-Marie Zoellé, Saint-Louis

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programme_booklet_abo_3_-_screen-1

GRAZYNA BACEWICZ

Uwertura

for orchestra

1943

Swiss premiere

June 6, 2021,
Stadtcasino Basel

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gS2

LEO BACHMANN

Pythagorean comma

for six melody instruments and percussion with conductor

1998

premiere

May 10, 1998
Kunsthalle Basel

Nik Bärtsch

Aphantasia

for Nik Bärtsch's Mobile and Orchestra

2024

premiere

April 26, 2024,
Riding Hall, Basel Barracks,
as part of the Offbeat Jazz Festival Basel

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programme_booklet_abo_5_-_screen-1

WERNER BÄRTSCHI

The majesty of the Alps

for large orchestra

1989

German premiere

August 13, 2000
Amphitheater, Kleve
As part of the International Composition Competition "Music in European Gardens"

https://www.srf.ch/play/tv/redirect/detail/e5244765-f5ef-4ff2-8ec4-7011258af4d4?startTime=1

BASEL SINFONIETTA

Conversation with Curiosity

Live improvisation for orchestra and Mars probe

2014

premiere

March 28, 2014
La Fonderie, Mulhouse

Swiss premiere

March 30, 2014,
Stadtcasino Basel

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gNK https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_utopia_ii_s4_final

MASON BATES

Mothership

for orchestra and electronics

2011

Swiss premiere

June 10, 2018
Old Power Plant, Basel

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/komplett_konzertprogramm_1718-6_panta_rhei_screen_ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIm9zqVB_7Y

GIORGIO BATTISTELLI

Richard III

Tragedia in musica in due atti

2004

Swiss premiere

January 22, 2012
Grand Theater de Genève

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIDqnQvlkdo

CAROLA BAUCKHOLT

A breather

for orchestra

2000/01

premiere

September 15, 2001,
Basel City Casino

Commissioned composition for the European Music Month 2001

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gGg https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_einmal_einchecken_-_dreimal_abheben_k

VARHAN ORCHESTROVIČ BAUER

The Fall of the House of Usher

Music from the silent film of the same name by Jean Epstein from 1928

2012

premiere

June 7, 2012
St. Peter, Zurich

German premiere

June 8, 2012
Hanover, Orangery
As part of the Herrenhausen Arts Festival

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/the_e.a.poe-project/1

JONATHAN BEPLER

Catasterism Suite

for chamber orchestra

2021

premiere

September 22, 2021
Schaulager Basel
As part of Art Basel

LEONARD BERNSTEIN

Mass

a theatrical piece for singers, actors and dancers based on the liturgy of the Roman Catholic Mass

1971

Swiss premiere

November 23, 2008
, Theater Basel, Main Stage

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/mass

ANTOINE BEUGER

On Continuity 3

for orchestra

2006/15

premiere

April 24, 2016,
Stadtcasino Basel

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_epicycle_5_komplett

OSCAR BIANCHI

Exordium

for orchestra

2016

Polish premiere

September 22, 2019
Witold Lutoslawski Concert Studio, Warsaw
As part of the Warsaw Autumn Festival

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/190108_basel_sinfonietta_2019_programmheft_s02_pol/1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrmIRgzqY4c

Oscar Bianchi

6 dB

Concerto for six double basses and orchestra

2021

Swiss premiere

April 2, 2023,
Stadtcasino Basel

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programme_booklet_abo_4_-_screen_28fe158738233b

JHEREK BISCHOFF / JAN DVOŘÁK

Andersen's stories

Drama Opera

2019

premiere

September 27, 2019
Theater Basel

DANIEL BJARNASON

Processions

for piano and orchestra

2009

Swiss premiere

October 2, 2015,
Stadtcasino Basel

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/1_extracted_bs_konzertprogramm_epicycle_einzelseit

JOÃO DOMINGOS BOMTEMPO

Requiem in C minor, Op. 23

À Memória de Camões

1819-1820

Swiss premiere

Martin's Church, Chur
November 22, 1997

JOÃO DOMINGOS BOMTEMPO

Absolutions

Swiss premiere

Martin's Church, Chur
November 22, 1997

LILI BOULANGER

D'un matin de printemps

for orchestra

1917/18

Swiss premiere

November 15, 1997
Tonhalle, Zurich

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_boulanger._delius._komplett

LILI BOULANGER

D'un soir triste

for orchestra

1918

Swiss premiere

November 15, 1997
Tonhalle, Zurich

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_boulanger._delius._komplett

ALDO BRIZZI

Wayang Purwa (shadow theater)

Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra

1978/81

premiere

August 9, 1981
Tempio di San Biagio, Montepulciano
As part of the 6th Cantiere Internazionale d'Arte

ANTON BRUCKNER
SAMALE-PHILIPPS-COHRS-MAZZUCA

Symphony No. 9 in D minor

with the performance version of the 4th movement completed according to the manuscripts by Nicola Samale, John A. Phillips, Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs and Giuseppe Mazzuca

1985-2008, rev. 2012

Swiss premiere

January 25, 2013
, St. John's Church, Schaffhausen

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_bruckner_s4

COURTNEY BRYAN

Sanctum

for orchestra and sound recording

2015

Swiss premiere

June 26, 2022
, Pfaffenholz Sports Centre, Saint-Louis (F)

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programme_booklet_abo_6_-_screen

FRANK BUTTERWORTH

Orchestral Switch

for orchestra

German premiere

January 22, 1988
, Audimax, University of Freiburg im Breisgau

Swiss premiere

January 23, 1988,
Basel City Casino

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_hoffnung_komplett

UNSUK CHIN

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra

1996/97

Swiss premiere

August 29, 2021,
Stadtcasino Basel

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gWi https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programme_booklet_abo_1_-_screen

Unsuk Chin

Rocaná (Room of Light)

2008

Swiss premiere

December 8, 2024,
Stadtcasino Basel

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programme_booklet_abo_2_-_screen_b8367b805d1ce2

Maurus Conte

REM

for large orchestra with solo string quartet

2018

premiere

January 27, 2019
Z7 Concert Factory, Pratteln

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1geM https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/182201_basel_sinfonietta_2018_konze_2b76f6a46065da https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8M7G593PvQ&t=15s

GEORGE CRUMB

A Haunted Landscape

for orchestra

1984

Swiss premiere

June 18, 1995,
Basel City Casino

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_zappa__crumb___carter_komplett

CHAYA CZERNOWIN

Shu Hai in an orchestral setting

for voice, nine recorded versions of the same voice on tape, orchestra and live electronics

2001

Swiss premiere

October 21, 2001,
Dampfzentrale Bern

CHAYA CZERNOWIN

Zaïde / Adama

Fragments

2004-2005

Swiss premiere

December 17, 2006,
Theater Basel

French premiere

April 15, 2007
Opéra Comédie, Montpellier

WOLFGANG DAUNER

The primal scream

Jazz opera for symphony orchestra, soprano, jazz quartet and quadraphony

1976

Swiss premiere

January 24, 1987
Radio Studio Zurich

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gRq

WOLFGANG DAUNER

Trans dance

Symphony for Piano, Trombone and Orchestra

1985

Swiss premiere

January 24, 1987
Radio Studio Zurich

https://neo.mx3.ch/home/search?q=trans+tanz

PETER MAXWELL DAVIES

The Beltane Fire

A choreographic poem for orchestra

1995

Swiss premiere

January 27, 1999
Victoria Hall, Geneva

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gEV https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_sir_peter_maxwell_davies_komplett

PETER MAXWELL DAVIES

Symphony No. 6

for orchestra

1996

Swiss premiere

January 27, 1999
Victoria Hall, Geneva

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gEW https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_sir_peter_maxwell_davies_komplett

PETER MAXWELL DAVIES

Mavis in Las Vegas

Theme and Variations for Orchestra

1996

Swiss premiere

January 27, 1999
Victoria Hall, Geneva

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gEU https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_sir_peter_maxwell_davies_komplett

José Luis de Delás

Al sonoro cristal, al cristal mudo

for large orchestra

1994

premiere

September 25, 1994
Teatro Principal, Alicante

MARTIN DERUNGS

Au-delà du regard

for solo soprano and baritone, mixed choir, narrator and orchestra, Op. 92

2006

premiere

October 7, 2006
Tonhalle Zurich

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gEQ

BERND RICHARD DEUTSCH

Phenomena

Music for sheng mouth organ and orchestra

2018/19

premiere

May 5, 2019
Pantheon Basel, Muttenz

Commissioned composition for the Basel Sinfonietta

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gec https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/182201_basel_sinfonietta_2019_progr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5qL2fVTKUk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-x2S7pFigw&t=1s

JAMES DIAZ

Behind a wall of illusions

for chamber orchestra

2019

Swiss premiere

October 2, 2021,
Stadtcasino Basel

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gYj https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programme_booklet_abo_2_-_screen

HUGUES DUFOURT

Surgir

for orchestra

1984

Swiss premiere

November 11, 2000
Tonhalle, Zurich

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gFp https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_emmanuel_nunes_hugues_dufort_mela_me

TAN DUN

Death and Fire

Dialogue with Paul Klee for Orchestra

1992

Swiss premiere

September 15, 2001,
Basel City Casino

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gGh https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_einmal_einchecken_-_dreimal_abheben_k

Julius Eastman

Stay on It

1973

Swiss premiere

March 30, 2025,
Stadtcasino Basel

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_4._abo-konzert_saison_2024_25

OSCAR GEMSTONE

Cristal Argento I

for orchestra and electronics

2010

premiere

January 24, 2011,
Stadtcasino Basel

German premiere

February 15, 2011
Franciscan Concert Hall, Villingen-Schwenningen

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gMG https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/huapango__-_basel_sinfonietta

Moritz Eggert

Film concert based on Alfred Hitchcock's "Blackmail"

for orchestra

2023

premiere

March 3, 2024
Lörrach Castle Courtyard

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta, ZDF/ARTE and 2eleven music film

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/240303_basel_sinfonietta_programme_booklet_abo_3

Moritz Eggert

Seventh Heaven – A Football Oratorio for Basel

2025

premiere

May 22, 2025,
Stadtcasino Basel

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_5._abo-konzert_saison_2024_25

JÜRG FREY

In Memoriam Ludwig Hohl

for orchestra

1978/1992

Swiss premiere

November 29, 2012
, Culture and Congress Centre, Aarau

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gML https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_herbstzeichen_s3

JÜRG FREY

Louange de l'eau, louange de la lumière

for orchestra

2011

premiere

November 8, 2011,
St. Martin's Church, Basel

British premiere

November 20, 2011,
Town Hall, Huddersfield,
as part of the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gcL https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft__pdf__-_basel_sinfonietta__1__from_sc

FORTUNAT FRÖLICH / BEAT BRECHBÜHL

Missaverde

Mass for mezzo-soprano, baritone, choir, organ and orchestra

1999

premiere

November 27, 1999
, Predigerkirche Zurich

REINHARD FUCHS

Where fear collides with the outer shell

for female voice and large orchestra

2001/2011

Swiss premiere

March 13, 2012
, Dampfzentrale, Bern

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gMI https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft__pdf__-_basel_sinfonietta__2__m_r_und

Ashley Fury

Bound to the Bow

for orchestra and electronics

2021

Swiss premiere

April 2, 2023,
Stadtcasino Basel

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programme_booklet_abo_4_-_screen_28fe158738233b

BEAT FURRER

Phaos

for orchestra

2005/06

Swiss premiere

September 24, 2006,
Basel City Casino

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_auf_nach_darmstadt_komplett

BEAT FURRER

Nero su nero

for orchestra

2017

Swiss premiere

September 16, 2018
Musical Theater Basel

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/182201_basel_sinfonietta_2018_konze

FARADJ GARAYEV

Concerto for Orchestra and Solo Violin

2004

premiere

November 1, 2009,
Stadtcasino Basel

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_s02

ROBERTO GERHARD

Symphony No. 1

for orchestra

1952/53

Swiss premiere

January 16, 2022,
Stadtcasino Basel

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gWm https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programme_booklet_abo_3_-_screen

TOBIAS K. GIESEN

…and glowed for me

for double bass solo, 2 remote musicians, playback CD and orchestra

2000

premiere

August 13, 2000
Amphitheater, Kleve
As part of the International Composition Competition "Music in European Gardens"

Jannik Giger

Came Adrift

for orchestra

2016

premiere

September 24, 2016
Volkshaus Basel

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/1_extracted_bs_konzertprogramm_1617-1_wwm_einzelse

Philip Glass

Dance

from the opera «Akhnaten»

1984

Swiss premiere

June 10, 2018
Old Power Plant, Basel

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/komplett_konzertprogramm_1718-6_panta_rhei_screen_

DANIEL GLAUS

First Sephiroth Symphony

for chamber orchestra

2004

premiere

November 7, 2004,
Stadtcasino Basel

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_world_new_music_days_04_daniel_glaus_

DANIEL GLAUS

Sephiroth's Second Symphony

Chamber Symphony

1999-2003

premiere

November 7, 2004,
Stadtcasino Basel

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_world_new_music_days_04_daniel_glaus_

DANIEL GLAUS

Third Sephiroth Symphony

for large orchestra

2001-2003, rev. 2004

premiere

November 7, 2004,
Stadtcasino Basel

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_world_new_music_days_04_daniel_glaus_

DANIEL GLAUS

Sephiroth's Fourth Symphony

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra

2004

premiere

November 7, 2004,
Stadtcasino Basel

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_world_new_music_days_04_daniel_glaus_

MICHAEL GORDON

Decasia

An environmental symphony with accompanying film by Bill Morrison

2001

premiere

November 4, 2001,
Messe Basel, Paul Sacher Hall

Commissioned work of the European Music Month 2001 and the Basel Sinfonietta

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_decasia_komplett

MICHAEL GORDON

Dystopia

for orchestra with a film by Bill Morrison

2007

Swiss premiere

March 19, 2010,
City Casino Basel

Dutch premiere

March 21, 2010
Concertgebouw de Doelen, Rotterdam

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_s04

Sofia Gubaidulina

Revue music

for symphony orchestra and jazz band

1976/1995/2002

French premiere

October 1, 2023
, Pfaffenholz Sports Centre, Saint-Louis (F)

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programme_booklet_abo_1_-_screen_c12601232b4053

Hildur Guðnadóttir

Ascent

for orchestra

2009

Swiss premiere

April 26, 2024,
Riding Hall, Basel Barracks,
as part of the Offbeat Jazz Festival Basel

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programme_booklet_abo_5_-_screen-1

Hildur Guðnadóttir

Opaque

for string orchestra

2009

Swiss premiere

April 26, 2024,
Riding Hall, Basel Barracks,
as part of the Offbeat Jazz Festival Basel

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programme_booklet_abo_5_-_screen-1

Hildur Guðnadóttir

Bear

for cello and string orchestra

2014

Swiss premiere

April 26, 2024,
Riding Hall, Basel Barracks,
as part of the Offbeat Jazz Festival Basel

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programme_booklet_abo_5_-_screen-1

Hildur Guðnadóttir

For Petra

for orchestra

2022

Swiss premiere

April 26, 2024,
Riding Hall, Basel Barracks,
as part of the Offbeat Jazz Festival Basel

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programme_booklet_abo_5_-_screen-1

CARLOS GUTIÉRREZ QUIROGA

Yllu

for instrumental ensemble from the Andean highlands and orchestra

2021

premiere

October 2, 2021,
Stadtcasino Basel

Commissioned composition for the CULTURESCAPES festival for the Basel Sinfonietta and the OEIN Chamber Ensemble

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gYk https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programme_booklet_abo_2_-_screen

GEORG FRIEDRICH HAAS

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra

2007

Swiss premiere

December 1, 2007,
Stadtcasino Basel

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta, Wien Modern and the Philharmonie Luxembourg

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gFh https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/prog_s2_ligeti-debussy

GEORG FRIEDRICH HAAS

Ceremony

Music at the Kunstmuseum Basel for 36 instruments from 6 centuries and 4 vocal parts

2017

premiere

September 17, 2017,
Kunstmuseum Basel

GEORG FRIEDRICH HAAS

Joshua Tree

for orchestra

2020

premiere

September 19, 2020
Palais de la musique et des congrès, Strasbourg
As part of the Festival Musica Strasbourg

Swiss premiere

November 22, 2020,
Münchenstein Cultural and Sports Center

Commissioned composition by the Cologne Philharmonic and the Musica Strasbourg Festival for the Basel Sinfonietta

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gyV https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/210224_basel_sinfonietta_20_21_es_ver_ndert_sich https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk3OvyW4DVQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtzL7n_KiCo

ROMAN HAUBENSTOCK-RAMATI

Speculation about a dark house

for three orchestras, two of them on a pre-produced tape

1962/63

Swiss premiere

September 17, 2017
, Kunstmuseum Basel, new building

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/komplett_bs_konzertprogramm_1718-1_dienamenlosesta https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuQ0FD29ZEM

FRITZ HAUSER

hatching

for gong and orchestra

2010

premiere

September 12, 2010
Culture and Convention Centre KKL, Lucerne
As part of the Lucerne Festival

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gF4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhUQZe7B1gM

MASAAKI HAYAKAWA

Concerto for Marimaphon and Orchestra

1964

Swiss premiere

St. Peter's Church, Zurich
, June 12, 1997

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_hayakawa_komplett

MASAAKI HAYAKAWA

Gen'ei

for shakuhachi, violin and string orchestra

1974/1996

premiere

June 12, 1997
, St. Peter's Church, Zurich

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_hayakawa_komplett

Steven Heelein

untitled II (… endless track)

2022

premiere

February 9, 2023
Don Bosco, Basel
As part of the Basel Composition Competition

SIMON HEGGENDORN

Horizons / Lava / Cascades

for string quartet and orchestra

2018

premiere

June 10, 2018
Old Power Plant, Basel

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/komplett_konzertprogramm_1718-6_panta_rhei_screen_ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCK-cWkfUCE

PAWEŁ HENDRICH

Absusurrus

for flute and orchestra

2019

premiere

September 22, 2019
Witold Lutoslawski Concert Studio, Warsaw
As part of the Warsaw Autumn Festival

Swiss premiere

November 3, 2019,
Dreispitzhalle, Münchenstein

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/190108_basel_sinfonietta_2019_programmheft_s02_pol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxSyCHIW1S8

PIERRE HENRY

Beethoven's Dixième Symphony

Version for two orchestras

1979/2001

premiere

September 1, 2001
Culture and Convention Centre Lucerne
As part of the Lucerne Festival

Mauro Hertig

Losing the Red Queen's Race

for orchestra

2022

premiere

November 6, 2022
Burghof Lörrach

Belgian premiere

November 30, 2022
DeSingel International Art Center, Antwerp

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programme_booklet_abo_2_-_screen_b810f883325396

MANUEL HIDALGO

Physics

for large orchestra

1991

Spanish premiere

September 24, 1994
Teatro Principal, Alicante

SUSANNE HINKELBEIN

The colorful character, the black sheep, and the scaredy-cat

Children's Opera

1990

premiere

November 24, 1990
Theater Basel

THRAINN HJALMARSSON

As heard across a room

for orchestra

2014

Swiss premiere

October 2, 2015,
Stadtcasino Basel

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/1_extracted_bs_konzertprogramm_epicycle_einzelseit

ADRIANA HÖLSZKY

To the night

for orchestra

1994

Swiss premiere

June 5, 1998
Riding School, Bern

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_la_nuit_etoil_e_komplett

ADRIANA HÖLSZKY

Keyboard of Myths

for 6 percussionists and string orchestra

1999

Swiss premiere

September 24, 2006,
Basel City Casino

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_auf_nach_darmstadt_komplett

TOSHIO HOSOKAWA

Wind from the ocean

for orchestra

2003, rev. 2006

European premiere

September 24, 2006,
Basel City Casino

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_auf_nach_darmstadt_komplett

DOROTHY HOWELL

Koong Shee (a ballet)

Adapted from the story of the Willow Pattern Plate

1921

Swiss premiere

June 6, 2021,
Stadtcasino Basel

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gS5

KLAUS HUBER

Tenebrae

for large orchestra

1967

Spanish premiere

September 24, 1994
Teatro Principal, Alicante

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1glH https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYVl3PAGkas

KLAUS HUBER

Humiliated – Enslaved – Abandoned – Despised

for vocal soloists, choir and orchestra

1982

French premiere

28 September 1991
Musée du Chemin de Fer, Mulhouse

LUKAS HUBER

Tzaudanne

for orchestra

2016

premiere

April 24, 2016,
Stadtcasino Basel

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_epicycle_5_komplett

GOTTFRIED HUPPERTZ / FRANK STROBEL

Metropolis

Film music by Gottfried Huppertz for the silent film of the same name by Fritz Lang from 1927, reconstructed and arranged by Frank Strobel

2010

Swiss premiere

October 26, 2013
Dreispitzhalle, Basel

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_metropolis_s1_online

TAKUYA IMAHORI

With mille fiori che sbocciano so belli

for orchestra

2019

premiere

February 21, 2019,
Oekolampad Parish Hall, Basel,
as part of the Basel Composition Competition

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gE8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-679rT5xn8&t=763s

MARTIN JAGGI

Moloch

for large orchestra

2008

premiere

January 24, 2009,
Stadtcasino Basel

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_areana

MARTIN JAGGI

Tarr

for traditional Bolivian instruments and orchestras

2021

premiere

October 2, 2021,
Stadtcasino Basel

Commissioned composition for the Basel Sinfonietta

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gYl https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programme_booklet_abo_2_-_screen

KEVIN JUILLERAT

Waves

for orchestra

2021

premiere

January 16, 2022,
Stadtcasino Basel

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gWl https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programme_booklet_abo_3_-_screen

STEFAN KELLER

A safe haven

for mezzo-soprano, speaker and orchestra

2024

premiere

September 22, 2024,
Polish Radio Studio, Warsaw,
as part of the Warsaw Autumn

Swiss premiere

September 29, 2024,
Stadtcasino Basel

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programme_booklet_abo_1_-_screen_083145e7482540

RUDOLF KELTERBORN

Musica luminosa

for orchestra

1983/84

Azerbaijani premiere

November 6, 2009
Azerbaijan State Philharmonic, Baku

Spanish premiere

September 24, 1994
Teatro Principal, Alicante

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1geb https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/182201_basel_sinfonietta_2019_progr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57aXNmgzXhc

RUDOLF KELTERBORN

Large relief

Orchestral music in five parts and some fragments

2002

premiere

May 23, 2003
, Concert Hall, Freiburg im Breisgau

Swiss premiere

May 25, 2003,
Basel City Casino

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gGy https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_neues_und_monumentales_-_kelterborn_u

Hannah Kendall

The Spark Catchers

for orchestra

2017

Swiss premiere

April 7, 2024,
Stadtcasino Basel

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programme_booklet_abo_4_-_screen_f022d649773f34

JUNGJIK KIM

Piece 3

for large orchestra

2018

premiere

February 21, 2019,
Oekolampad Parish Hall, Basel,
as part of the Basel Composition Competition

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gmL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqbOKK8Mhx0

Masato Kimura

~minus~IX

2022

premiere

February 9, 2023
Don Bosco, Basel
As part of the Basel Composition Competition

Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje

Considering Icarus

for solo trombone and orchestra

2021

Danish premiere

June 7, 2024
Black Diamond, Copenhagen
As part of Klang – Copenhagen Avantgarde Music Festival

Swiss premiere

June 9, 2024,
Stadtcasino Basel

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programme_booklet_abo_6_-_screen_42463b9b9db32f

ISABEL KLAUS

Dried

for orchestra

2007

premiere

January 24, 2015
L'Entrée trade fair, Basel

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gGN https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_musik_komplett

ISABEL KLAUS / WANJA ALOE

A music

for an orchestra

2014

premiere

January 24, 2015
L'Entrée trade fair, Basel

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gNM https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_musik_komplett

ALEXANDER KNAIFEL

Revelations of the Soul (Jeanne)

Passion for 13 instrumental groups (56 soloists)

1970–1978

premiere

August 23, 1992,
Alte Oper Frankfurt,
as part of the Frankfurter Feste festival

René Kuwan

Rien ne va plus

2025

premiere

January 31, 2025,
Music and Culture Centre, Don Bosco Basel,
as part of the Basel Composition Competition

ELENA LANGER / DAVID POUNTNEY

Figaro Gets a Divorce

Opera in two acts

Swiss premiere

September 14, 2017
Grand Theater de Genève

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSr1IkU6cD8

JOSH LEVINE

country

for 22 instruments

1996/97

Swiss premiere

October 21, 2001,
Dampfzentrale Bern

George Lewis

Memex

for orchestra

2014

Swiss premiere

June 11, 2023,
Stadtcasino Basel

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programme_booklet_abo_6_-_screen

Lukas Ligeti

suite

for Burkina Electric and Orchestra

2016

Swiss premiere

April 7, 2024,
Stadtcasino Basel

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programme_booklet_abo_4_-_screen_f022d649773f34

Liza Lim

Annunciation Triptych

2020

French premiere

January 26, 2025
Forum Jean-Marie Zoellé, Saint-Louis

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programme_booklet_abo_3_-_screen-1

MAGNUS LINDBERG

Marea

for orchestra

1989/90

Swiss premiere

March 14, 2021,
Stadtcasino Basel

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/210303_basel_sinfonietta_20_21_algorithmische_well https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYnalwGVrc4

ALEXANDER LOKSCHIN

Symphony No. 4, «Sinfonia stretta»

for orchestra

1968

Swiss premiere

October 21, 2018
Musical Theater Basel

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1ggv https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/182201_basel_sinfonietta_2018_konze_32574347a0bb22

GEORGE LOPEZ

Towards the flame!

Action for orchestra, spatial lighting design and objects

2000

premiere

September 14, 2002,
Brixen South Industrial Zone,
as part of the Transart Festival and Klangspuren Schwaz

Swiss premiere

September 19, 2002
Barracks, Basel

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_lopez_abramovic_hin_zur_flamme_komple

Qianchen Lu

Nine Odes to the Night

2025

premiere

January 31, 2025,
Music and Culture Centre, Don Bosco Basel,
as part of the Basel Composition Competition

Ylva Lund Bergner

down

for orchestra

2024

premiere

June 7, 2024
Black Diamond, Copenhagen
As part of Klang – Copenhagen Avantgarde Music Festival

Swiss premiere

June 9, 2024,
Stadtcasino Basel

Commissioned work of the Klang - Copenhagen Avantgarde Music Festival

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programme_booklet_abo_6_-_screen_42463b9b9db32f

GUSTAV MAHLER

Symphony No. 10

in the concert version by Deryck Cooke

1972

Swiss premiere

January 28, 1995
Salle Metropole, Lausanne

PHILIPP MAINTZ

Hanging Gardens

for large orchestra

2017

Swiss premiere

March 18, 2018
Musical Theater Basel

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/komplett_bs_konzertprogramm_1718-4_ha__ngende_ga__ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V11GLJz0qQ

CATCH MAN

Noir

for orchestra

2005

Swiss premiere

September 28, 2014,
Stadtcasino Basel

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/konzertprogramm_white-shadows_komplett_einzelseite

BERARDO MARIANI

A friend from afar

for soprano, choir and orchestra

2000

premiere

August 13, 2000
Amphitheater, Kleve
As part of the International Composition Competition "Music in European Gardens"

CÉCILE MARTI

Wave trip

for large orchestra

2011

Swiss premiere

June 6, 2021,
Stadtcasino Basel

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gS4

CÉCILE MARTI

Seeing Time I

for orchestra

2019

premiere

September 22, 2019
Witold Lutoslawski Concert Studio, Warsaw
As part of the Warsaw Autumn Festival

Swiss premiere

November 3, 2019,
Dreispitzhalle, Münchenstein

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gFd https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/190108_basel_sinfonietta_2019_programmheft_s02_pol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moAby-Rcvu4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yk0P55-AUC0

AREGNAZ MARTIROSYAN

Power

for orchestra

2022

premiere

May 26, 2022,
Stadtcasino Basel

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programme_booklet_abo_5_-_screen

ANDREA MATTEVI

Respiro sul lato dell'abisso

for symphony orchestra

2020

premiere

March 5, 2021,
Don Bosco Music and Culture Centre Basel,
as part of the Basel Composition Competition

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRgW06EH438

MISSY MAZZOLI

River Rouge Transfiguration

for orchestra

2013

Swiss premiere

June 10, 2018
Old Power Plant, Basel

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/komplett_konzertprogramm_1718-6_panta_rhei_screen_ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cETOy5axaFs

Missy Mazzoli

Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres)

2014

Swiss premiere

March 30, 2025,
Stadtcasino Basel

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_4._abo-konzert_saison_2024_25

HERMANN MEIER

Piece for large orchestra

1960

premiere

January 24, 2010,
City Casino Basel

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gKM https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_s03

HERMANN MEIER

requiem

for orchestra and two pianos

1967

premiere

November 29, 2012
, Culture and Congress Centre, Aarau

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gMK https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_herbstzeichen_s3

HERMANN MEIER

Piece for Orchestra for Werner Heisenberg

1968

premiere

January 24, 2010,
City Casino Basel

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gKN https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_s03

JOST MEIER

The End of Time – Visions of Revelation

a dramatic cantata for solo soprano, two speakers, choir and orchestra

1991

premiere

November 16, 1991,
Stadtcasino Basel

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_vom_ende_der_zeit_komplett

MELA MEIERHANS

Difference I: Beginning

for orchestra

2000

premiere

August 31, 2000
, Grevas school complex, St. Moritz

Commissioned composition for the Basel Sinfonietta

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_werner_b_rtschi__j_rg_wittenbach__tho

MELA MEIERHANS

Difference II: Network

for orchestra

2000

premiere

November 14, 2000,
Basel City Casino

Commissioned composition for the Basel Sinfonietta

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gFq https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_emmanuel_nunes_hugues_dufort_mela_me

MELA MEIERHANS

Différance III: Performance

for orchestra

2000

premiere

January 20, 2001
, Dampfzentrale, Bern

Commissioned composition for the Basel Sinfonietta

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gGo https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_anton_bruckner__gy_rgy_kurtag__mela_m

MELA MEIERHANS

Différance IV + V: Smiling tension + circulation

for orchestra

2000/2001

premiere

April 3, 2001,
Basel City Casino

Croatian premiere

April 1, 2001
Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall, Zagreb

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gG8 https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_joel_smirnoff_charles_rosen_komplett

THOMAS KJ MEJER

Sulphur

for 3 improvising soloists and large orchestra

2001/02

premiere

August 16, 2002
Culture and Convention Centre KKL, Lucerne
As part of the Lucerne Festival

LAURENT METTRAUX

Death on a pale horse

for orchestra

2007

premiere

May 31, 2008
Münster, Basel

German premiere

June 1, 2008
, Concert Hall, Freiburg im Breisgau

Commissioned work by the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia and the Basel Sinfonietta

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_verdi_requiem_komplett

JEAN-FRANÇOIS MICHEL / RAPHAEL URWEIDER

1918.CH – 100 Years of the General Strike

theater

2018

premiere

August 16, 2018
Old Main Workshop, Olten

Cathy Milliken

Earth Plays V: Ediacaran Fields

for orchestra and audience

2021

Danish premiere

June 7, 2024
Black Diamond, Copenhagen
As part of Klang – Copenhagen Avantgarde Music Festival

Swiss premiere

June 9, 2024,
Stadtcasino Basel

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programme_booklet_abo_6_-_screen_42463b9b9db32f

ROLAND MOSER

Premiere étude pour les disparitions

for orchestra

2013

premiere

December 7, 2013,
Stadtcasino Basel

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gf3 https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft__pdf__-_basel_sinfonietta__4__roland_

KURT MÜLLER KLUSMAN

The Oracle

for 4 soloists, mixed choir and large orchestra op. 52

2005

premiere

November 12, 2005,
City Church of Glarus

Isabel Mundry

Endless Sediments

for chamber orchestra

2018-19

Danish premiere

June 7, 2024
Black Diamond, Copenhagen
As part of Klang – Copenhagen Avantgarde Music Festival

Swiss premiere

June 9, 2024,
Stadtcasino Basel

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programme_booklet_abo_6_-_screen_42463b9b9db32f

HIROSHI NAKAMURA

New

for orchestra

2020

premiere

March 5, 2021,
Don Bosco Music and Culture Centre Basel,
as part of the Basel Composition Competition

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h-RwTFb51o

ONUTÉ NARBUTAITÉ

Metabolites

for chamber orchestra

1992

Swiss premiere

September 13, 1998,
Stadtcasino Basel

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_onut__narbutait__komplett

ONUTÉ NARBUTAITÉ

Sinfonia col Triangolo

for chamber orchestra

1996

Swiss premiere

September 13, 1998,
Stadtcasino Basel

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_onut__narbutait__komplett

SARAH NEMTSOV

Scattered ways

for orchestra

2015

Swiss premiere

March 18, 2018
Musical Theater Basel

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1g4g https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/komplett_bs_konzertprogramm_1718-4_ha__ngende_ga__ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb2b1DnFgcQ

SARAH NEMTSOV

Central Park/Manhattan or Peninsula/New Jersey

for piano with melodica, piccolo flute, viola and percussion

2011

Swiss premiere

August 30, 2020,
Stadtcasino Basel

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/190108_basel_sinfonietta_2020_programmheft_s01_dis

MARIUS NESET

Snowmelt / Math of Mars / The Storm is Over / Arches of Nature

for jazz quartet and chamber orchestra

2012/15

Swiss premiere

May 6, 2018
Volkshaus Basel

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/komplett_bs_konzertprogramm_1718-5_schmelzender_sc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTkiBWzJ5Do

OLGA NEUWIRTH

Photophorus

for two electric guitars and orchestra

1997

Swiss premiere

August 16, 2002
Culture and Convention Centre KKL, Lucerne
As part of the Lucerne Festival

SERGEY NEWSKI

Goddess of History

for mezzo-soprano and orchestra

2024

premiere

September 22, 2024,
Polish Radio Studio, Warsaw,
as part of the Warsaw Autumn

Swiss premiere

September 29, 2024,
Stadtcasino Basel

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta, Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln (WDR), Rundfunk-Sinfoniechester Berlin (RSB)

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programme_booklet_abo_1_-_screen_083145e7482540

THOMAS NIDECKER

Play

for 16 brass instruments and electric bass

2008

premiere

June 3, 2008
Messe Basel, Rundhof
As part of Art Basel

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta

THOMAS NIDECKER

Fanfare for Charles Ives

for wind ensemble and percussion

2020

premiere

August 30, 2020,
Stadtcasino Basel

Commissioned composition for the Basel Sinfonietta

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/190108_basel_sinfonietta_2020_programmheft_s01_dis

ALSU NIGMATULLINA

Alexithymia

for orchestra

2022

premiere

May 26, 2022,
Stadtcasino Basel

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programme_booklet_abo_5_-_screen

LUIGI NONO

No hay caminos, hay que caminar... Andrei Tarkovski

for seven choirs (orchestral groups)

1987

Italian premiere

June 15, 1993,
Chiesa San Stefano, Venice,
as part of the 45th Venice Biennale

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gEX

JESPER NORDIN

Wave

Concerto for Conductor and Orchestra

2021

premiere

March 14, 2021,
Stadtcasino Basel

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/210303_basel_sinfonietta_20_21_algorithmische_well https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7b632RFzL0

EMMANUEL NUNES

Transformations

five passacaglias for 25 instruments

1986

Swiss premiere

October 21, 2018
Musical Theater Basel

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1ggw https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/182201_basel_sinfonietta_2018_konze_32574347a0bb22

EMMANUEL NUNES

Quodlibet

for six percussionists, chamber orchestra and orchestra

1991

Italian premiere

June 15, 1993,
Chiesa San Stefano, Venice,
as part of the 45th Venice Biennale

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gEY

EMMANUEL NUNES

Musivus

for orchestra

2000

Swiss premiere

November 11, 2000
Tonhalle, Zurich

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gFr https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_emmanuel_nunes_hugues_dufort_mela_me

OTMAR NUSSIO

Divertimento

for contrabassoon and string orchestra

1951

Italian premiere

August 1, 1981
Tempio di San Biagio, Montepulciano
As part of the 6th Cantiere Internazionale d'Arte

JANIV ORON / OLIVER WAESPI

Data thief

for DJ and orchestra

2022

premiere

June 26, 2022
, Pfaffenholz Sports Centre, Saint-Louis (F)

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programme_booklet_abo_6_-_screen

DANIEL OTT

Docks I & II: Klang transshipment point

Concert installation for orchestra, architecture, light, ship, railway and container crane

2006

premiere

August 27, 2006
Rhine Port Basel

Commissioned composition for the Basel Sinfonietta

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gF9 https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft__klangaktion_im_rheinhafen_komplett https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9Y4_q3e1xk&t=28s

TIM PARKINSON

Orchestra Piece

for orchestra

2007

premiere

November 8, 2011,
St. Martin's Church, Basel

British premiere

November 20, 2011,
Town Hall, Huddersfield,
as part of the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gKl https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft__pdf__-_basel_sinfonietta__1__from_sc

HÈCTOR PARRA

In case of an accident

for orchestra

2011

Swiss premiere

January 16, 2022,
Stadtcasino Basel

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gWk https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programme_booklet_abo_3_-_screen

MICHAEL PARSONS

Paraphrase for orchestra

for orchestra

2011

premiere

November 8, 2011,
St. Martin's Church, Basel

British premiere

November 20, 2011,
Town Hall, Huddersfield,
as part of the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gKm https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft__pdf__-_basel_sinfonietta__1__from_sc

Alex Paxton

Od Ody Pink'd

2019

Swiss premiere

March 30, 2025,
Stadtcasino Basel

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_4._abo-konzert_saison_2024_25

MICHAEL PELZEL

Gravity's Rainbow

for Clex contrabass clarinet and orchestra

2016

premiere

June 5, 2016,
Stadtcasino Basel

Austrian premiere

June 8, 2016
Vienna Konzerthaus, Vienna

German premiere

August 5, 2016,
Sports Hall at Böllenfalltor, Darmstadt

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1g91 https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_epicycle_6_komplett

Michael Pelzel

Carnatic Pandora

for violin and orchestra

2023

premiere

May 5, 2023
Cologne Philharmonic Hall
As part of the festival Eight Bridges | Music for Cologne

Swiss premiere

May 7, 2023,
Stadtcasino Basel

hhttps://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programme_booklet_abo_5

ASTOR PIAZOLLA

Sinfonietta 1953

for chamber orchestra

1953

Swiss premiere

September 6, 1985,
Stadtcasino Basel

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gRo https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_bandoneon_komplett

ASTOR PIAZOLLA

Adiós Nonino

for bandoneon and orchestra

1959

Swiss premiere

September 6, 1985,
Stadtcasino Basel

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gRk https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_bandoneon_komplett

ASTOR PIAZOLLA

Concerto for Bandoneon and Orchestra

1979

Swiss premiere

September 6, 1985,
Stadtcasino Basel

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gRn https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_bandoneon_komplett

ASTOR PIAZOLLA

3 Tangos

for bandoneon and orchestra

1980

Swiss premiere

September 6, 1985,
Stadtcasino Basel

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gRm https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_bandoneon_komplett

PIGARRO PIFAR

Mambo(lero)?

for orchestra

2011

premiere

January 24, 2011,
Stadtcasino Basel

German premiere

February 15, 2011
Franciscan Concert Hall, Villingen-Schwenningen

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gMD https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/huapango__-_basel_sinfonietta

STEFANO PIFFARINI

Via del Paradiso

Sicilian Funeral March on a theme by Marin Marais

2012

premiere

January 26, 2014,
Stadtcasino Basel

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gMP https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_tod_..._s3

YURII PIKUSH

Domi Res Militaris

2024

premiere

September 22, 2024,
Polish Radio Studio, Warsaw,
as part of the Warsaw Autumn

Swiss premiere

September 29, 2024,
Stadtcasino Basel

Commissioned work of the Warsaw Autumn

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programme_booklet_abo_1_-_screen_083145e7482540

LEONID POLOWINKIN

Telescope II

for orchestra

1928

Swiss premiere

October 17, 2012,
Stadtcasino Basel

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_oktober_s2

FELIX PROFOS

Real Fire

four pieces for rapper and large orchestra

2011

premiere

May 13, 2011
Bern, Steam Central

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gEd https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/speaking_music_berg_eimert_profos_vogel_..._-_base

Gemma Ragués Pujol

Trust Me

for performance artist and orchestra

2024

premiere

June 7, 2024
Black Diamond, Copenhagen
As part of Klang – Copenhagen Avantgarde Music Festival

Swiss premiere

June 9, 2024,
Stadtcasino Basel

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programme_booklet_abo_6_-_screen_42463b9b9db32f

EINOJUHANI RAUTAVAARA

Symphony No. 8 “The Journey”

for orchestra

1999

Swiss premiere

October 26, 2017
, St. John's Church, Schaffhausen

FRANZ RECHSTEINER

Moses Requiem

for soloists, mixed choir and orchestra

1997-1998

premiere

January 31, 1998
Reformed Church Meilen

ELIA REDIGER / WILLIAM BRITTELLE

Oh Albert

LSD Oratorio as a live concert & film set

2016

premiere

October 7, 2016
Riding Hall, Basel Barracks

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta

http://www.beta.ohalbert.net/ https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/bs_konzertprogramm_1617-2_oh_albert_komplett

NIKI REISER

Swiss Klezmer

for Klezmer band and orchestra

1994

premiere

January 20, 1994
, St. Peter's Church, Zurich

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta

NIKI REISER

Lullaby

for clarinet, piano and string orchestra

1994

premiere

January 20, 1994
, St. Peter's Church, Zurich

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta

FRANK REIZENSTEIN

Concerto Popolare

A Piano Concerto to end all Piano Concertos

1956

German premiere

January 22, 1988
, Audimax, University of Freiburg im Breisgau

Swiss premiere

January 23, 1988,
Basel City Casino

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_hoffnung_komplett

SILVESTRE REVUELTAS

Planos

for orchestra

1934

Swiss premiere

January 16, 1997
, St. Peter's Church, Zurich

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_silvestre_revueltas_komplett

SILVESTRE REVUELTAS

Musica para Charlar

for orchestra

1938

Swiss premiere

January 16, 1997
, St. Peter's Church, Zurich

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_silvestre_revueltas_komplett

SILVESTRE REVUELTAS

La Noche de los Mayas

for orchestra

1939

Swiss premiere

January 16, 1997
, St. Peter's Church, Zurich

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_silvestre_revueltas_komplett

WOLFGANG RIHM

Rilke: Four Poems

for tenor and orchestra

2000/04

premiere

December 10, 2004,
Stadtcasino Basel

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_sturm_mendelssohn__rihm_und_sibelius_

ANTONIO ROBLEDO

El laberinto

1986

Version for chamber orchestra (instrumentation: Brenton Langbein)

premiere

April 25, 1986,
Basel City Casino

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_nina_corti_komplett

PIOTR ROEMER

Phantom

for orchestra and electronics

2019

premiere

September 22, 2019
Witold Lutoslawski Concert Studio, Warsaw
As part of the Warsaw Autumn Festival

Swiss premiere

November 3, 2019,
Dreispitzhalle, Münchenstein

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gFd https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/190108_basel_sinfonietta_2019_programmheft_s02_pol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQVKpI_HglA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik-29B6Ks90

FAUSTO ROMITELLI

The Nameless City

for strings and bells

1997

Swiss premiere

September 17, 2017
, Kunstmuseum Basel, new building

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/komplett_bs_konzertprogramm_1718-1_dienamenlosesta

FAUSTO ROMITELLI

Flowing down too slowly

for string orchestra, percussion and two samplers

2001

Swiss premiere

June 26, 2022
, Pfaffenholz Sports Centre, Saint-Louis (F)

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programme_booklet_abo_6_-_screen

KATHARINA ROSENBERGER

Pure

for orchestra

2019

premiere

September 15, 2019
Ship in the Rhine port, Basel
As part of the ZeitRäume Basel festival

Polish premiere

September 22, 2019
Witold Lutoslawski Concert Studio, Warsaw
As part of the Warsaw Autumn Festival

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1ghv https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/182201_basel_sinfonietta_2019_programmheft_s01_wir https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xNGYrS-CoI

NIKOLAI ROSLAVEZ

Komsomoliya

Symphonic poem for choir and orchestra

1928

Swiss premiere

October 17, 2012,
Stadtcasino Basel

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_oktober_s2

MICHEL ROTH

The last world

for percussion and orchestra

2018

premiere

October 21, 2018
Musical Theater Basel

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1g5j https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/182201_basel_sinfonietta_2018_konze_32574347a0bb22 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mH5gEYgf_-g&t=912s

HANS ROTT

Symphony in E major

for orchestra

1879/80

Swiss premiere

June 2, 2007,
Aula Cher, Sarnen

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_rott_0607

MATTHIAS RÜEGG

Naïma's Dream

for orchestra and tenor saxophone

1999

premiere

April 6, 2000
Tellspielhaus, Altdorf

Commissioned composition for the Basel Sinfonietta

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gFw https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_matthias_r_egg_komplett

Said Ruiz Salazar

Negra espalda del tiempo

2025

premiere

January 31, 2025,
Music and Culture Centre, Don Bosco Basel,
as part of the Basel Composition Competition

JORGE SANCHEZ-CHIONG

Cycle

Game for Clex contrabass clarinet, electric guitar, turntables, amplified orchestra and projection

2016

premiere

June 5, 2016,
Stadtcasino Basel

Austrian premiere

June 8, 2016
Vienna Konzerthaus, Vienna

German premiere

August 5, 2016,
Sports Hall at Böllenfalltor, Darmstadt

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_epicycle_6_komplett

ABNER SANGLARD

Concerto for piano and orchestra

2002

premiere

June 19, 2002
Arteplage, Neuchâtel
As part of Expo 02

JAMES SAUNDERS

Things whole and not whole

for large ensemble

2011

premiere

November 8, 2011,
St. Martin's Church, Basel

British premiere

November 20, 2011,
Town Hall, Huddersfield,
as part of the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gKn https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft__pdf__-_basel_sinfonietta__1__from_sc

ANDREA L. SCARTAZZINI

seal

for soprano and orchestra to a sonnet by Rainer Maria Rilke

2007

premiere

January 20, 2008,
Stadtcasino Basel

Commissioned work by the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia and the Basel Sinfonietta

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gKf https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_zemlinsky_lyrische_sinfonie_komplett

ANDREA L. SCARTAZZINI

Viaggiatori

for soloists, choir and orchestra

2010

premiere

November 18, 2011
Münster, Basel

ARTUR SCHNABEL

Symphony No. 2

for orchestra

1941-1943

Swiss premiere

March 11, 2005
, St. Peter's Church, Zurich

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gGF https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_piano-forte_mozart_und_schnabel_kompl

URS PETER SCHNEIDER

This III

Nine-part music for 6x9 individuals to a text by Thomas of Celano

2008

premiere

May 17, 2009,
Basel City Casino

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1ggO https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/hexensabbat_berlioz_schneider__ua__liszt_..._-_bas

ALFRED SCHNITTKE

Symphony No. 1

for orchestra

1974

Swiss premiere

January 26, 1996,
Stadtcasino Basel

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_alfred_schnittke__joseph_haydn_komple

ALFRED SCHNITTKE

Concerto for Piano and String Orchestra

1979

Swiss premiere

March 29, 1990
Aula de l'Université, Friborg

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_russische_musik_komplett

DANIEL SCHNYDER

Suite for four jazz soloists and symphony orchestra

1993

premiere

October 28, 1993
, Zurich, Volkshaus

JOHANNES SCHÖLLHORN

phosphorus

Concert piece for solo percussion and orchestra

2005

premiere

April 23, 2006,
Stadtcasino Basel

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta and the Paul Sacher Foundation

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gKc https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_halffter

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH

Odna (Alone)

Music for the silent film of the same name by Grigory Kosintsev and Leonid Trauberg, op. 26 (in the version restored by Mark Fitz-Gerald)

1931

German premiere

March 31, 2004
E-Werk, Freiburg im Breisgau

Swiss premiere

April 1, 2004
, Dampfzentrale, Bern

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_dramatisches_kino_schostakowitsch_kom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hkzdwa3qc0

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH

New Babylon

Music for the silent film of the same name by Grigory Kosintsev and Leonid Trauberg, Op. 18

1929

Swiss premiere

June 10, 1989,
Theater Basel

German premiere

June 25, 1989,
Graf Zeppelin House, Friedrichshafen

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_das_neue_babylon_komplett/1

Guang Shi Quan

Seven Days Fairy Tale

2025

premiere

January 31, 2025,
Music and Culture Centre, Don Bosco Basel,
as part of the Basel Composition Competition

Leonardo Silva

Lumen (kA)

2022

premiere

February 9, 2023
Don Bosco, Basel
As part of the Basel Composition Competition

NIKOS SKALKOTTAS

The Return of Odysseus

Overture for Orchestra

1942

Swiss premiere

November 12, 2017
Goetheanum, Dornach

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1goO https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/komplett_bs_konzertprogramm_1718-2_diewa__ndehaben/1

BETTINA SKRZYPZAK

Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra

1996

premiere

August 30, 1996
, St. John's Church, Schaffhausen

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_sonne_komplett

Derrick Skye

Prisms, Cycles, Leaps

2014

Swiss premiere

March 30, 2025,
Stadtcasino Basel

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_4._abo-konzert_saison_2024_25

ALEKSANDRA SŁYŻ

Suspended in Ratios

2024

premiere

September 22, 2024,
Polish Radio Studio, Warsaw,
as part of the Warsaw Autumn

Swiss premiere

September 29, 2024,
Stadtcasino Basel

Commissioned work of the Warsaw Autumn

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programme_booklet_abo_1_-_screen_083145e7482540

LINDA CATLIN SMITH

Memory Forms

for orchestra

1995

Swiss premiere

January 24, 2021
Don Bosco Music and Cultural Center Basel

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gES https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/210223_basel_sinfonietta_20_21_botschafter_der_err https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rG2VHby7Tk

Anna Sowa

Diversions

for orchestra and electronics

2022

premiere

January 15, 2023
Museum Tinguely, Basel

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programme_booklet_abo_3_-_screen_6f7a51927cb9cb

SIMON STEEN-ANDERSEN

Piano Concerto

for piano, sampler, orchestra and video

2014

French premiere

September 19, 2020
Palais de la musique et des congrès, Strasbourg

Swiss premiere

January 27, 2019
Z7 Concert Factory, Pratteln

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1geO https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/182201_basel_sinfonietta_2018_konze_2b76f6a46065da https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aQVUI3RNG4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tf29aEcr5Xo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPrIbMi9KMI

Simon Steen-Andersen

TRIO

for orchestra, big band, choir and video

2019

French premiere

October 1, 2023
, Pfaffenholz Sports Centre, Saint-Louis (F)

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programme_booklet_abo_1_-_screen_c12601232b4053

MATHIAS STEINAUER

Quasi idilliaco

for Hang and string orchestra op. 27

2012

premiere

September 26, 2012
, St. Martin's Church, Müllheim (Baden)

Swiss premiere

April 21, 2013,
Stadtcasino Basel

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft__pdf__-_basel_sinfonietta__3__am_hang

HERBERT STUPPNER

Capriccio viennese No. 2

for symphony orchestra

1983

Spanish premiere

September 25, 1994
Teatro Principal, Alicante

Robert Suter

Art for art's sake

Music for Orchestra

1979

Spanish premiere

September 25, 1994
Teatro Principal, Alicante

MIKE SVOBODA

Wittgenstein & Twombly

for saxophone and orchestra

2017

premiere

March 18, 2018
Musical Theater Basel

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1g4e https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/komplett_bs_konzertprogramm_1718-4_ha__ngende_ga__ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Igu2wD6OAc

TORU TAKEMITSU

Toward the Sea II

for alto flute, harp and string orchestra

1981

Swiss premiere

September 15, 2019
Ship in the Rhine port, Basel
As part of the ZeitRäume Basel festival

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1ghx https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/182201_basel_sinfonietta_2019_programmheft_s01_wir

TORU TAKEMITSU

Dreamtime

for orchestra

1982

Swiss premiere

June 12, 1997
, St. Peter's Church, Zurich

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_hayakawa_komplett

PETER THOMAS

Composers' Party

for orchestra

German premiere

January 22, 1988
, Audimax, University of Freiburg im Breisgau

Swiss premiere

January 23, 1988,
Basel City Casino

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_hoffnung_komplett

ANNA THORVALDSDOTTIR

Dreaming

for orchestra

2004/05

Swiss premiere

June 26, 2022
, Pfaffenholz Sports Centre, Saint-Louis (F)

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programme_booklet_abo_6_-_screen

ANNA THORVALDSDOTTIR

Aeriality

for orchestra

2011

Swiss premiere

October 2, 2015,
Stadtcasino Basel

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/1_extracted_bs_konzertprogramm_epicycle_einzelseit

OLIVIER TRUAN

Golem

symphonic poem for Klezmer band and orchestra

1994

premiere

January 20, 1994
, St. Peter's Church, Zurich

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta

BALZ TRÜMPY

Helios

Symphony for three solo voices, choir and large orchestra

1990-1996

premiere

April 17, 1997,
Basel City Casino

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_balz_tr_mpy._helios_komplett

NADIR VASSENA

Altri naufragi

for orchestra

2010

premiere

September 12, 2010
Culture and Convention Centre KKL, Lucerne
As part of the Lucerne Festival

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta

OLIVER WAESPI

Volatile Gravity

for drum set and orchestra

2021

premiere

June 27, 2021,
Stadtcasino Basel

Commissioned composition for the Basel Sinfonietta

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gTj https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/210222_basel_sinfonietta_20_21_s06_jojo_zappa_rock https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4v3SxS0dKo&ab_channel=BaselSinfonietta

ROLF WALLIN / JOSSE DE PAUW

Strange News

for speakers, large orchestra, video and surround sound

2007

Swiss premiere

February 18, 2017
, Löhrenacker Multi-Purpose Hall, Aesch

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gDN https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/komplett_bs_konzertprogramm_1617-4_strange_places

MICHAEL WERTMÜLLER

Time sphere

for piano, organ and orchestra

2010

premiere

September 12, 2010
Culture and Convention Centre KKL, Lucerne
As part of the Lucerne Festival

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta

Michael Wertmüller

Shlimazl

for symphony orchestra and big band

2023

premiere

September 22, 2023,
Jahrhunderthalle Bochum,
as part of the Ruhrtriennale – Festival of the Arts

French premiere

October 1, 2023
, Pfaffenholz Sports Centre, Saint-Louis (F)

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta and the Ruhrtriennale

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programme_booklet_abo_1_-_screen_c12601232b4053

STEFFEN WICK

Autobiography

for orchestra

2017

Swiss premiere

February 2, 2020
Musical Theater Basel

Commissioned composition by the Basel Sinfonietta and the Cottbus State Theatre

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1glK https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/190108_basel_sinfonietta_2019_tausendsassa_p_file_ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz0sPkb4Djk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3paxk4RnWkE

HELENA WINKELMANN

Towards the open

for orchestra

2008

premiere

March 9, 2008,
Stadtcasino Basel

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gKg https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_sibelius_-_berwald_komplett

JULIA WOLFE

My beautiful scream

for electronically amplified string quartet and orchestra

2004

Swiss premiere

March 19, 2010,
City Casino Basel

Dutch premiere

March 21, 2010
Concertgebouw de Doelen, Rotterdam

Commissioned by Radio France, Basel Sinfonietta and Brooklyn Philharmonic

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_s04

CHRISTIAN WOLFF

Spring Two

for chamber orchestra

2011

premiere

November 8, 2011,
St. Martin's Church, Basel

British premiere

November 20, 2011,
Town Hall, Huddersfield,
as part of the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gKo https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft__pdf__-_basel_sinfonietta__1__from_sc

CHRISTIAN WOLFF

Mountain Messengers

for piano and orchestra

2021

premiere

January 24, 2021
Don Bosco Music and Cultural Center Basel

Commissioned composition for the Basel Sinfonietta

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gET https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/210223_basel_sinfonietta_20_21_botschafter_der_err https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzGk1dVm764

HANS WÜTHRICH-MATHEZ

Network I

for large orchestra without conductor

1983-1984

premiere

September 15, 1988,
Rote Fabrik Zurich

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_w_thrich-mathez_komplett

HANS WÜTHRICH-MATHEZ

Network II

for large orchestra without conductor

1984-1985

premiere

September 15, 1988,
Rote Fabrik Zurich

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_w_thrich-mathez_komplett

JÜRG WYTTENBACH

… motive

2000

of 100 Swiss compositions of the last 100 years as quasi «silent passengers» on Honegger's locomotive «Pacific 231»

premiere

August 31, 2000
, Grevas school complex, St. Moritz

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_werner_b_rtschi__j_rg_wittenbach__tho

Jürg Wyttenbach

Cortège for violin, accompagné of “La Fanfare Harmonie du village”

for violin and orchestra

2013

premiere

June 2, 2013,
Stadtcasino Basel

Commissioned work by the Basel Sinfonietta

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gMN https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft__pdf__-_basel_sinfonietta_das_wyttenb

IANNIS XENAKIS

ST/48-1,240162

for 48 instruments

1959-62

Swiss premiere

March 14, 2021,
Stadtcasino Basel

https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/210303_basel_sinfonietta_20_21_algorithmische_well https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFfmIBjrsYA

IANNIS XENAKIS

Keqrops

for piano and 92 musicians

1986

Swiss premiere

August 16, 2002
Culture and Convention Centre KKL, Lucerne
As part of the Lucerne Festival

Jinhan Xiao

Gou Chen IV

2022

premiere

February 9, 2023
Don Bosco, Basel
As part of the Basel Composition Competition

WANG XILIN

Symphony No. 4, Op. 38

for orchestra

1999-2000

Swiss premiere

November 6, 2010,
Neues Theater Spirgarten, Zurich

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gMw https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_2010

WANG XILIN

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 55

2010

premiere

November 6, 2010,
Neues Theater Spirgarten, Zurich

Commissioned work for the CULTURESCAPES China 2010 festival

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gMv https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft_2010

ISANG YUN

Symphony II

for orchestra

1984

Swiss premiere

May 5, 2019
Pantheon Basel, Muttenz

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1ged https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/182201_basel_sinfonietta_2019_progr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZO5aeho4kM

YIQING ZHU

Deep Grey

for orchestra

2021

premiere

March 5, 2021,
Don Bosco Music and Culture Centre Basel,
as part of the Basel Composition Competition

German premiere

May 5, 2023
Cologne Philharmonic Hall
As part of the festival Eight Bridges | Music for Cologne

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7NIH7gqZ1g hhttps://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programme_booklet_abo_5

BERND ALOIS ZIMMERMANN

Fairytale Suite

for orchestra

1950

Swiss premiere

March 13, 2012
, Dampfzentrale, Bern

https://neo.mx3.ch/t/1gMJ https://issuu.com/baselsinfonietta/docs/programmheft__pdf__-_basel_sinfonietta__2__m_r_und

ALFONS KARL ZWICKER

The Infernal Machine

Opera in 4 acts after Jean Cocteau

1995-1998

premiere

August 22, 1998
, Huber + Suhner AG factory hall, St. Gallen

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