„Ausflug in die Welt der Basler Musikhandschriften” or ‘Excursion into the world of Basel music manuscripts’

Participative workshop, Angélique Greuter
Presentation, Iris Lindenmann and Monika Studer
Concert, Ensemble Olla Vogala

Where ? Universitätsbibliothek Basel, Vortragssaal (1. Floor) Schönbeinstrasse 18-20, 4056 Basel

A participatory workshop will kick off the festival. On Friday evening, Basel University Library invites the public to its lecture theatre on the first floor and offers attendees the unique opportunity to see Basel music manuscripts from the Middle Ages with their own eyes and to immerse themselves musically in this fascinating period under expert guidance.

After a presentation of these treasures from the Kleinbasel Charterhouse by Iris Lindenmann, musicology specialist at the University of Basel, the workshop led by Angélique Greuter will be a moment of sound: the simple beauty of some of the selected songs will allow everyone to sing along under her guidance and discover the world of sacred monodies from the Middle Ages with her.

No special previous knowledge is required. The melodies are mainly learnt by ear and the projection of the manuscripts on the wall allows participants to discover the joy of the peculiarity of old notation at the same time.

In a subsequent musical performance, the Ensemble Olla Vogala (Caroline Sordia, Annelise Ellars and Aurore Gontard, students from the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis), and Iris Lindenmann will present a further selection of monodies and polyphonies from medieval and Renaissance Basel manuscripts, showing the audience just how diverse the sources of Swiss music are.

The workshop and concert will last around two and a half hours with a short break.

Musical intervention with ensemble La Panthera (Direction Raphaële Soumagnas), presenting reconstructed motets and ballatas attributed to Johannes Ciconia and composed around 1400 in Padua.

The reconstruction of these pieces is part of the larger research project “Lacuniae Ciconiae” directed by Niels Berensten, professors at the Haute Ecole de Musique de Genève.

This event is part of the conference “Reconstructing and resounding Early Music”, held at the HEM in Geneva from October 14th to 16th.

22. September 2024, 17:00 in der Martinskirche Basel
URLICHT

Brahms: Schicksalslied
Mahler: Urlicht
Brahms: Alt-Rhapsodie
Mahler: Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
Reger: Der 100. Psalm
Solistin: Seda Amir–Karayan
Konzertmeister: Dmitry Smirnov
Orchester: Kammerorchester Basel

Oratorienchor Baselland - Urlicht

Nicola Porpora: «David e Bersabea» (Oratorio, first created in London in 1734),

Orchester, Solists and Choir with students and professors of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis.

Staging and direction Deda Cristina Colonna

The oratorio tells the story from the Old Testament in which King David manipulates the course of the war in order to win the love of Bersabea and ultimately repents of his actions as he strives for forgiveness and peace. Despite its biblical inspiration, the work contains many elements that resemble a secular opera.

Erasmus klingt! – Festival Lab (erasmus-klingt.ch)

F.Schubert, R.Schumann, H.Berlioz, G.Bizet, P.I.Tchaikovski, H.Duparc, F.Lehar, K.Weil, L.Refice, Puccini (...)

Ensemble DécOUVRIR, chamber orchester with tenor (Frédéric Bayle) and mezzo-soprano (Océane Champollion).

With Eric Moncoucut (clarinette), Vincent Imbert, Romane Fleury, Aurore Gontard (violins), Astrid Bâty (cello), Etienne Champollion (piano and arrangements)

Evènements du Refuge | Font Turbat | Valjouffrey (refugefontturbat.com)

F.Schubert, R.Schumann, H.Berlioz, G.Bizet, P.I.Tchaikovski, H.Duparc, F.Lehar, K.Weil, L.Refice, Puccini (...)

Ensemble DécOUVRIR, chamber orchester with tenor (Frédéric Bayle) and mezzo-soprano (Océane Champollion).

With Eric Moncoucut (clarinette), Vincent Imbert, Romane Fleury, Aurore Gontard (violins), Astrid Bâty (cello), Etienne Champollion (piano and arrangements)

Evènements du Refuge | Font Turbat | Valjouffrey (refugefontturbat.com)