At the invitation of the Kunstmuseum Basel, Hans-Georg Hofmann, artistic director of the Sinfonieorchester Basel, has created a musical round dance on the works of the Fauves entitled "Belle Époque" in collaboration with musicians from the Sinfonieorchester Basel.

The Parisian composer Ernest Chausson was one of the most promising talents in French music, but died in 1899 at the age of 44 as the result of a bicycle accident. In 1892, he wrote his Violin Concerto for the chamber music instrumentation of a piano quintet. But it was not only the instrumentation, but also the opulence of the sound with its chromaticism and broad formal structure that caused enthusiasm at the premiere and astonishment at the modern musical language. Ravel's Piano Trio was written in times when the storm bells were already announcing the First World War. There is hardly a trace of this in the music - it is rather a (retrospective) view of a cheerful and relaxed era.