Sinfonieorchester Basel
Christian Schmitt, organ
Nils Mönkemeyer, viola
Fabien Gabel, conductor
Claude Debussy
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, L. 86 (1894)
Dieter Ammann
Concerto for viola and orchestra (2025), world premiere
Camille Saint-Saëns
Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Organ Symphony, op. 78 (1886)
It shimmers and flickers when Debussy has his faun play the flute, lost in a dream. The French composer's atmospheric tone poem is a milestone in music history and is still considered the epitome of musical impressionism today. While the viola is in the spotlight in Dieter Ammann's commissioned composition, the eponymous instrument plays a surprisingly subordinate role in Saint-Saëns' organ symphony. The 'queen of instruments' nevertheless provides phenomenal tonal colours in the work, which Saint-Saëns described as his best.
ORGELSINFONIE
Symphony Concert
Wednesday, 22 January 2025
07:30 PM
6.30 pm concert introduction in the Musiksaal
SRF 2 Kultur will broadcast the concert on 6 February 2025 in the programme 'Im Konzertsaal', 8-10 pm.