Entdecker-Abo
Choose four from the following concerts (please mark with a cross):
Sinfonieorchester Basel
Katia und Marielle Labèque, piano
Krzysztof Urbański, conductor
Wojciech Kilar
Krzesany (1974)
Wolfgang Amadé Mozart
Concerto for two Pianos and Orchestra in E flat major, KV 365 (1779)
Igor Strawinsky
Le sacre du printemps (1913)
6.45 pm: Concert introduction with Lea Vaterlaus
Stravinsky was continuously inspired by Mozart's music and described him as an «extraordinary rhythmist». The way Mozart ‹grooves› is already audible in the introduction to the Concerto for two Pianos, but when the two sisters Katia and Marielle Labèque exchange the motifs of the final movement like imagined balls, the music takes off and you hear who the gods love.
Electrifying in a completely different, wild and archaic way are the «extraordinary rhythms» in Stravinsky's Sacre, which has evolved from a Parisian scandal piece to an ‹evergreen›.
Donnerstag, 26. Oktober 19:30
Stadtcasino Basel
Sinfonieorchester Basel
Daniel Hope, violin
Ivor Bolton, conductor
Edward Elgar
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in b minor, op. 61 (1910)
Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 8 in G major, The "English" Symphony, op. 88 (1889)
6.45 pm: Concert introduction with Hans-Georg Hofmann and Daniel Hope
After the concert critics' roundtable with Benjamin Herzog
None other than the world-renowned violin virtuoso Fritz Kreisler once said: "If you want to know who I think is the greatest living composer, I will say Elgar without hesitation." A little later he commissioned a violin concerto by Elgar, which Kreisler premiered in London in 1910. In the Stadtcasino Basel, one of the most prominent violinists of our time, the gentleman Daniel Hope, meets Ivor Bolton, who comes from near Manchester. An Anglo-Saxon evening awaits under the motto 'Very British', as Dvořák's 8th Symphony, nicknamed The "English" Symphony, is heard after the interval.
Mittwoch, 22. November 19:30
Stadtcasino Basel
Sinfonieorchester Basel
Mané Galoyan, soprano
Mädchenkantorei Basel
Marina Niedel, Rehearsal Mädchenkantorei Basel
John Fiore, conductor
Otto Nicolai
Overture to the opera The Merry Wives of Windsor (1849)
Aria Nun eilt herbei from the opera The Merry Wives of Windsor
Giacomo Puccini
Aria O mio babbino caro from the opera Gianni Schicchi (1918)
Bryan George Kelly
Improvisations on Christmas Carols (1969)
Giacomo Puccini
Aria Mi chiamano Mimì from the opera La Bohème (1896)
Charles Gounod
Aria Ah! Je ris de me voir from the opera Faust (1859)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
A fir forest in winter from the ballet The Nutcracker (1892)
Snowflake Waltz from the ballet The Nutcracker
Florian Walser
Christmas medley (2022)
We are looking forward to the renowned opera singer Mané Galoyan as well as the Mädchenkantorei Basel conducted by the American John Fiore, who already conducted the Adventskonzert of the 2021/22 season at the Stadtcasino Basel.
Sonntag, 03. Dezember 11:00
Stadtcasino Basel
James Bond 007: Skyfall (UK/USA, 2012) with Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes and Naomie Harris
Sam Mendes, direction
Thomas Newman, music
Sinfonieorchester Basel
Kevin Griffiths, conductor
James Bond 007: Skyfall (UK/USA, 2012) mit Daniel Craig, Judi Dench und Javier Bardem
Sam Mendes, Regie
Thomas Newman, Musik
Film in English, with German subtitles
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In Skyfall, Daniel Craig returns as the legendary secret agent in the most successful James Bond film to date. While the film plays on the big screen, the Sinfonieorchester Basel performs the film music live.
Mittwoch, 07. Februar 19:30
Stadtcasino Basel

Sinfonieorchester Basel
Allan Clayton, tenor
Zoltán Mácsai, horn
Ivor Bolton, conductor
Benjamin Britten
Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, op. 31 (1943)
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 7 E major, WAB 107 (1883)
6.45 pm: Concert introduction with Hans-Georg Hofmann
Shortly before the end of the Second World War, Benjamin Britten wrote his Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings on six texts by English poets from different centuries. The result is a touching piece of night music, which is turned into a special experience by the tender, gentle and pure tenor voice of the British Allan Clayton.
Bruckner achieved his breakthrough with the public with his 7th Symphony. It was the turning point for the better in his life.
Donnerstag, 16. Mai 19:30
Stadtcasino Basel