Symphony Concerts

Symphony Concerts

The symphony concerts of the Sinfonieorchester Basel bear the signature of the Principal Conductor and the Artistic Director. Guests include internationally renowned soloists, the concerts are conducted by Principal Conductor Ivor Bolton or by guest conductors. The symphony concerts take place in the music hall of the Stadtcasino Basel, which has been modernised by Herzog & de Meuron.

Symphony Concerts

Femmes fatales


Sinfonieorchester Basel

Alice Sara Ott, piano

Michał Nesterowicz, conductor

Wojciech Kilar: Orawa for string orchestras

Joseph Haydn: Concerto for Piano (Harpsichord) and Orchestra in D major, Hob. XVIII:11

Georges Bizet: Excerpts from the suites of L’Arlésienne and Carmen

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Sinfonieorchester Basel

Alice Sara Ott, piano

Michał Nesterowicz, conductor

Wojciech Kilar: Orawa for string orchestras

Joseph Haydn: Concerto for Piano (Harpsichord) and Orchestra in D major, Hob. XVIII:11

Georges Bizet: Excerpts from the suites of L’Arlésienne and Carmen

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Femmes fatales


Symphony Concert

19:30

Theater Basel

Theater Basel
Elisabethenstr. 16

CH-4051 Basel

Zentrale
T+41(61) 295 11 00

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6.30pm: Introduction to the concert (in German) in the Foyer of the Theater Basel.

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Joseph Haydn’s piano concerts have a tough time nowadays; they are always overshadowed by the works of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. However, it is a completely other story when it comes to the D major Concerto, which became a virtual hit with his Rondo all' Ungarese.

Nowadays, it is hard to imagine that Georges Bizet’s opera Carmen flopped during its premiere in Paris. The music was not at fault but rather the opera text, which was deemed controversial for that time. Bizet seems to have had a penchant for tragic female figures. Carmen drives a succession of men crazy; however, she prefers to keep her freedom, while in L’Arlésienne a young country lad is driven to take his own life as a result of his unrequited love for a young girl. In his work Orawa, the Polish composer Wojciech Kilar was thinking of the river of the same name and the mountains in the Carpathians – it is a type of pastoral symphony for strings from the late 20th century. A journey through Eastern European, Spanish and French sounds with the German-Japanese pianist Alice Sara Ott and conducted by Michal Nesterowicz.

Femmes fatales


Symphony Concert

19:30

Theater Basel

Theater Basel
Elisabethenstr. 16

CH-4051 Basel

Zentrale
T+41(61) 295 11 00

Website

close

6.30pm: Introduction to the concert (in German) in the Foyer of the Theater Basel.

Tickets