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

LA MER


Sinfonieorchester Basel
Pekka Kuusisto,
violin
Aziz Shokhakimov, conductor

Anders Hillborg (*1954):
Sound Atlas (2018, Swiss Premiere)

Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowski (1840–1893):
Concert for violine and orchestra D major, op. 35 (1878)

Claude Debussy (1862–1918):
La Mer, trois esquisses symphoniques pour orchestre (1905)

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Sinfonieorchester Basel
Pekka Kuusisto,
violin
Aziz Shokhakimov, conductor

Anders Hillborg (*1954):
Sound Atlas (2018, Swiss Premiere)

Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowski (1840–1893):
Concert for violine and orchestra D major, op. 35 (1878)

Claude Debussy (1862–1918):
La Mer, trois esquisses symphoniques pour orchestre (1905)

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LA MER


Symphony Concert

19:30

Stadtcasino Basel

Stadtcasino Basel
Konzertgasse 1
4051 Basel

T +41 61 226 36 00

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6.30 pm: Concert introduction with Benjamin Herzog

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'Sound Atlas' is not only our season motto, but also the title of one of the latest orchestral works by our 'Composer in Residence' Anders Hillborg. His music stands for immersion in spherical sound worlds. After the 2019 premiere in London, one critic enthusiastically wrote: "If Stanley Kubrick came back to remake 2001 and needed a soundtrack, Hillborg would be his man."

With Debussy's La Mer, a musical work of art of seductive soundscapes awaits you after the interval. Debussy composed La Mer neither on the Atlantic nor on the Mediterranean, but in Burgundy.

Tschaikowski wrote his violin concerto with a view of the blossoming trees on Lake Geneva. He could not have guessed that after the premiere in Vienna, the music critic Eduard Hanslick would ask the malicious question, "Aren't there pieces of music that you can hear stink?

LA MER


Symphony Concert

19:30

Stadtcasino Basel

Stadtcasino Basel
Konzertgasse 1
4051 Basel

T +41 61 226 36 00

Website

 

 

Stadtcasino Basel
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6.30 pm: Concert introduction with Benjamin Herzog

Sold out