Festival Program at Kulturzentrum Don Bosco, Basel
 

Saturday, March 1, 2025

Concert III – Matinée 11:00 AM - 12:40 PM

"Au-dessus du monde fermé" (G. S.)
 

Introduction: Marianne Schroeder
 

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963): Ludus Tonalis (1942)
Esther Walker, piano
 

Intermission
 

Katharina Weber (1958): Révérence – Référence à Giacinto Scelsi (World Premiere)
Commissioned by the Giacinto Scelsi Festival
Katharina Weber, piano
 

"When memory brings forth a present that transforms the now into an indefinite horizon in view of the beyond, pathways suddenly appear toward a final destination."
— Giacinto Scelsi (Unburnable Poems)

 

Concert IV – 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM

"Le rire des visages décide de l’instant" (G. S.)
 

Claude Debussy (1881-1918): La cathédrale engloutie (1910)
Werner Bärtschi, piano
 

Werner Bärtschi (1950): Fünf Bagatellen (2014)
Ugualissimo, Varianten, Gerade und Kurven, Capriccioso, Pensando
Marianne Schroeder, piano
 

Giacinto Scelsi (1905-1988): Quattro Illustrazioni (1953)
Four Illustrations of Vishnu’s Transformations

Shésha – Shàyi
Vishnu

Vahara – Avatàra

Rama – Avathàra

Krishna – Avathàra

Werner Bärtschi, piano
 

Franz Liszt (1811-1886): Vallée d’Obermann (1855)
 

Werner Bärtschi: Frühmorgens am Daubensee (1988)
 

Intermission
 

György Ligeti (1923-2006): Six Bagatelles (1953) for wind quintet
Ten pieces (1968) for wind quintet
 

Werner Bärtschi: Groteske mit Refrain (2025) – World Premiere
Commissioned by the Giacinto Scelsi Festival
 

Giacinto Scelsi: Quattro Pezzi (1956) for horn in F, I-IV
Rucke di Guck (1957) for piccolo flute and oboe

Ensemble Azahar: André Cebrián Garea (flute, piccolo), Maria Alba Carmona Tobella (oboe), Antonio Legares Abeal (horn), Maria José Garcia Zamora (bassoon)

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