Date / Place I
10 March 2018 Gare du Nord, BaselDate / Place II
11 March 2018 Gare du Nord, BaselSeries
PhoenixTitle
Serial musicProgram
Anton Webern (1883–1945) “Quartet” op. 22 for violin, clarinet, tenor saxophone and piano (1928–1930) Pierre Boulez (1925–2016) “Sonatine” for flute and piano (1946) Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928–2007) Nr. 1 “Kontra-Punkte” for 10 instruments (1952–1953) Jean Barraqué (1928–1973) “Concerto” for six instrumental formations and two instruments (vibraphone and clarinet) (1962–1968)Musicians
- Christoph Bösch
- flute
- Anja Clift
- alto flute
- Antje Thierbach
- oboe
- Kelsey Maiorano
- English horn
- Toshiko Sakakibara
- clarinet
- Donna Molinari
- bass clarinet
- Raphael Camenisch
- alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
- Kevin Juillerat
- baritone saxophone
- Aurélien Tschopp
- horn
- Jens Bracher
- trumpet
- Michael Büttler
- trombone
- Maurizio Grandinetti
- guitar
- Consuelo Giulianelli
- harp
- Daniel Stalder
- vibraphone
- Manuel Bärtsch
- piano, harpsichord
- Friedemann Treiber
- violin
- Alessandro D’Amico
- viola
- Martin Jaggi
- cello
- Jürg Henneberger
- conductor, piano
Program description
Jean Barraqué is one of the “great unknowns” of the French avant-garde, whohad a difficult time throughout his life alongside Pierre Boulez. This program places one of his most important late works next to two early works by Boulez and Karlheinz Stockhausen, who at the beginning of their compositional work were among the main representatives of “serialism,” a compositional technique that can be described as a consistent further development of the twelve-tone technique.
It is an exciting listening experience to hear a dodecaphonic work by Anton Webern, a representative of the “New Viennese School,” alongside strictly serial works in the same program.