Kontraste

Programme

6.30 p.m.
Concert introduction with Benjamin Herzog Stadtcasino Basel

7.30 p.m.

Beginning

Samuel Barber Adagio für Streicher op. 11

Richard Strauss Duett-Concertino für Klarinette und Fagott mit Streichorchester und Harfe F-Dur, TrV 293

Edward Elgar Sinfonie Nr.1 As-Dur, op. 55

approx. 9 p.m.

Ending Duration ca. 1h 30min, without intermission

Participants

Rossana Rossignoli

Clarinet

Benedikt Schobel

Bassoon

Robert Treviño

Conductor

Sinfonieorchester Basel

Orchestra

Hearing Amplificaton Wheel chair accessible

Contrasts in perfect harmony

Richard Strauss's Duet Concertino is a kind of Beauty and the Beast story. The enchanting clarinet dances with the clumsy bassoon. Strauss compared the instruments to a princess and a bear. With clarinettist Rossana Rossignoli and bassonist Benedikt Schobel, Strauss was able to win two outstanding soloists from the ranks of the Basel Symphony Orchestra. Samuel Barber's emotionally intense Adagio for Strings, often used as a soundtrack since Stanley Kubrick's war film Platoon, has attained cult status today. Edward Elgar's solemn, stately, nobly marching 1st Symphony mediates between the deeply sad Barber Adagio and Strauss's tongue-in-cheek lightness. A testament to restrained passion.