Date / Place I
01 December 2018 Gare du Nord, BaselDate / Place II
02 December 2018 Gare du Nord, BaselSeries
PhoenixTitle
Force fields – elektronics 2018Program
Keitaro Takahashi (*1986) “foggiphonie” for ensemble (2018, WP, commission EPhB) Andreas Eduardo Frank (*1987) “Noise is a Common Sound” for ensemble with speakers, percussion and conductor (2018, WP, commission EPhB) Jonty Harrison (*1952) “Force Fields” for eight instruments and elektronics (2006)Musicians
- Jürg Henneberger
- conductor
- Christoph Bösch
- flute, alto flute, bass flute
- Toshiko Sakakibara
- clarinet, bass clarinet
- Jens Bracher
- trumpet
- Michael Büttler
- trombone
- João Pacheco
- percussion solo
- Daniel Stalder
- percussion
- Ludovic Van Hellemont
- piano, keyboard
- Friedemann Treiber
- violin
- David Sontòn Caflisch
- violin
- Martin Jaggi
- cello
- Aleksander Gabryś
- double bass
- Thomas Peter
- electronics
- Christof Stürchler
- sound engineer
Program description
Our strong interest in electronic music as an extension of the conventional instrumentarium brought us to the attention of the English composer Jonty Harrison. Since 1992 he has composed only a few works for ensemble with electronics in addition to his many acousmatic works – including “Force Fields”. Probably also due to the limitation to a few compositions, these are among the best that this genre has to offer.
Harrison’s work is flanked by two commissions to the composers Keitaro Takahashi and Andreas Eduardo Frank, who are currently still working in Basel and who have already made a name for themselves internationally during their studies, especially in the field of composed music with electronics – a “showcase” for electronics!