Ballads und Dances

Familiar melodies meet unfamiliar sounds: «Ballads and Dances» takes folk music as its starting point for new musical perspectives. Featuring works by Bartók, Kodály, Ligeti, Roland Moser and Helena Winkelman, as well as a world premiere by Isabel Klaus.

With

Sini Simonen (violin); Alexandre Foster (cello)

Program

Béla Bartók (1881–1945): From 44 Duos for Two Violins, Sz. 98 (arr. Simonen/Foster)
Bohuslav Martinů (1890–1959): Duo No. 2 for Violin and Cello, H. 371 (1958)
Isabel Klaus (*1976): New work (world premiere)
Roland Moser (*1943): «Three Dedications» for violin and cello (2001–2010)
Iannis Xenakis (1922–2001): «Dhipli Zyia» (1952)
György Ligeti (1923–2006): «Ballads and Dances» (1950) (arr. Simonen/Foster)
Helena Winkelman (*1974): «Rondo with a Janus Head» (2000)
Zoltán Kodály (1882–1967): Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7

Duration

70 minutes, no break

Prices

CHF 35.-/25.-/15.- (free choice at the box office or in advance)
Free admission applies to persons with residence permit N, F or S. / CHF 5.- students of the Hochschule für Musik FHNW and the Musicology Seminar of the University of Basel / CHF 10.- members Colourkey, KulturLegi and children under 12 years.

Links

→www.alexandrefoster.com
→www.sinisimonen.com