Concert Programmes
Performance on 8 January 2015, 20:00, Predigerkirche Am Totentanz (Basel)
‘PRENDRE FEU SANS CRI’ (G.S.)
Introduction with poems by Giacinto Scelsi (translated by Marianne Schroeder)
Thomas Tallis (1505-1585) Jesu, Salvator saeculi for choir
Giacinto Scelsi (1905 – 1988) In Nomine lucis (1974) for organ
Giacinto Scelsi Sauh II (1973) Liturgy for two female voices
Giacinto Scelsi Pater noster (1970) for soprano solo
Giacinto Scelsi String Quartet no 5 – pour Henri Michaux – (1984)
Interval
Giacinto Scelsi Un Adieu c. 1978 for organ
John Sheppard (1515-1558) Media Vita for solo voices
Giacinto Scelsi Ave Maria (1970) for soprano solo
Giacinto Scelsi Pranam I (1972) for soprano, 12 instruments and tape
Giacinto Scelsi Aleluia (1970) for soprano solo
Performers:
Solistenchor ZeroNove: Conductor Lukas Wanner (J. Camenzind, E. Soler Boix, M. Trösch – sopranos;
S. Widmer, C. Hutmacher – mezzo sopranos and altos; P. Marti, A. Stettler, A. Gonzales Ferri – tenors; T. Schmid, M. Bieri – basses);
Andreas Liebig, organ; Michiko Hirayama and Maki Ota, sopranos; Kornelia Bruggmann, mezzo soprano; Gudrun Sidonie Otto, soprano; Basler Streichquartett; Ensemble Pranam I: Leader – M. Schroeder
Performance on 9 January 2015 18:00 / 20:00 at Hans Huber Hall, Stadtcasino Basel
‘LA NAISSANCE DE CE CHANT’ (G.S.)
18:00
Lecture by Dr. Markus Bandur., Berlin.
Reading by Jürg Laederach: „Pythagoras von Samos – ein antiker Weiser zwischen Religion, Wissenschaft und Politik“ (in german) by Prof. Christoph Riedweg, Zürich.
Improvisation: Rohan de Saram, cello.
20:00
Giacinto Scelsi Chemin du cœur (1929) for violin and piano
Giacinto Scelsi Dialogo (1932) for violoncello and piano
Giacinto Scelsi Trio No. 1 (1936) for violin, violoncello and piano
Giacinto Scelsi Duo (1965) for violin and violoncello / improvisations with commentary
Franco Evangelisti Proporzioni (1958) for solo flute
(1926-1980)
Interval
Giacinto Scelsi Manto per quattro (1974) for voice, flute, trombone and violoncello
Giacinto Scelsi Kshara (1975) for two double basses
Giacinto Scelsi Tre Pezzi (1957) for trombone
Giacinto Scelsi Hô 1, 2, 3, 4 (1960) for soprano
Performers:
Rohan de Saram – cello and commentary; Michiko Hirayama, Kornelia Bruggmann and Maki Ota – sopranos; Georges-Emmanuel Schneider – violin; Marianne Schroeder – piano; Aleksander Gabrys and Arkadiusz Maciejski – double basses; Felix Renggli – flute; Mike Svoboda – trombone.
Performance on 10 January 2015 20:00 at Hans Huber Saal, Stadtcasino Basel
‘AVANT LE TEMPS’ (G.S.)
14:00 – 16:00
Masterclass with Michiko Hirayama
18:00
Giacinto Scelsi L’Âme ailée (1973) for solo violin
Henri Michaux Ideograms in China Readings and slides by Raphael Clamer, Basel.
Giacinto Scelsi Riti – I funerali d’Achilles (1962) for four percussionists, lead by Matthias Würsch.
20:00
Introduction by Marianne Schroeder with a poem for the evening
Giacinto Scelsi Taiagarù (1962) 4 evocations for soprano
Param Vir (*1952) Wheeling Past the Stars (2000) Text: Rabindranath Tagore, for
soprano and violoncello (written for Rohan de Saram and Patrizia Rozario)
Giacinto Scelsi L’Âme ouverte (1973) for violin solo
Interval
Benjamin Britten Suite No 1 (1965) for solo cello
(1913-1976)
Giacinto Scelsi Divertimento No 3 (1955) for solo violin
Giacinto Scelsi Sauh I (1973) for two voices
Performers:
Maki Ota, Michiko Hirayama – sopranos; Juliette de Massy – soprano, Rohan de Saram – cello; Dominik Stark, Hansheinz Schneeberger – violins.