Date / Place I

20 January 2019 Gare du Nord, Basel

Date / Place II

21 January 2019 Gare du Nord, Basel

Series

Phoenix

Title

Rudolf Kelterborn & his students

Program

Andrea Lorenzo Scartazzini (*1971) “Kassiopeia” for ensemble (2008) Rudolf Kelterborn (1931–2021) “Erinnerungen an Mlle. Jeunehomme” for 9 instruments (2006) Lukas Langlotz (*1971) “Seiyû” quartet for flute, violin, viola and cello (2010/11) “Encore” music in four parts for mezzo soprano, speaker and instrumental ensemble (2016/17, WP)

Musicians

Silke Gäng
mezzo soprano
Lucas Rößner
speaker
Jürg Henneberger
conductor
Christoph Bösch
flute, piccolo
Antje Thierbach
oboe
Toshiko Sakakibara
clarinet
Mariella Bachmann
clarinet, bass clarinet
Aurélien Tschopp
horn
Jens Bracher
trumpet
Michael Büttler
trombone
Janne Jakobsson
tuba
Consuelo Giulianelli
harp
Daniel Stalder
percussion
Manuel Bärtsch
piano
Friedemann Treiber
violin
Petra Ackermann
viola
Stéphanie Meyer
cello
Aleksander Gabryś
double bass

Program description

This concert is a tribute  Rudolf Kelterborn. He was director of the Basel Music Academy from 1983 to 1994. His composition class included the two younger Basel composers in this program. We have enjoyed a creative collaboration with all three composers for many years. In the new composition “Encore” Kelterborn sets texts by Georg Rudolf Weckerlin, Georg Trakl, Erika Burkart and Johann Wolfgang Goethe as well as Japanese haikus to music. The cycle is dedicated to “Jürg Henneberger – in gratitude”.