Date / Place

11 June 2020 Gare du Nord, Basel

Series

special concert

Title

“ad hoc: contemporary swarming”

Program

György Kurtág (*1926) “Bagatellen” op. 14/d (bagatelles) for flute, double bass and piano (1981) – 10’ Witold Lutosławski (1913–1994) “Dance Preludes” for clarinet and piano (1954) – 7’ Edgar Varèse (1883–1965) “Density 21.5”  for solo flute (1936, rev. 1946) – 4’ Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918–1970) “Sonata for solo violin” (1951) – 13’ Giacinto Scelsi (1905–1988) “Ko-Lho” for flute and clarinet (1966) – 7’ Morton Feldman (1926–1987) “Piece for Violin and Piano” (1950) – 1’50’’ “Piano” (1977) – 25’

Musicians

Christoph Bösch
flute
Toshiko Sakakibara
clarinet
Jürg Henneberger
piano
Friedemann Treiber
violin
Aleksander Gabryś
double bass

Program description

“ad hoc: zeitgenössisch schwärmen” (ad hoc: contemporary swarming)

 

György Kurtág (*1926): from “Bagatellen” op. 14/d for flute, double bass and piano (1981)
– Zorniger Choral (angry choral)

Witold Lutosławski (1913–1994): “Dance Preludes” for clarinet and piano (1954)

György Kurtág: from “Bagatellen”
– Hommage à J. S. B.

Edgard Varèse (1883–1965): “Density 21,5” for flute solo (1936, rev. 1946)

György Kurtág: from “Bagatellen”
– Wie die Blumen der Wiese (Like the flowers in the meadow) (In memoriam Ligeti Ilona)

Morton Feldman (1926–1987): “Piece for violin and piano” (1950)

György Kurtág: from “Bagatellen”
– Zank und Sanftmut

Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918–1970): “Sonate” for violin solo (1951)
– Präludium
– Toccata

György Kurtág: from “Bagatellen”
– Blumen die Menschen, nur Blumen (flowers the people, just flowers)

Giacinto Scelsi (1905–1988): “Ko-Lho” for flute and clarinet (1966)

György Kurtág: from “Bagatellen”
– La fille aux cheveux de lin – enragée (the girl with the flaxen hair – enraged)

Morton Feldman: “Piano” (1977)