The chamber orchestra I TEMPI opens this nature-inspired concert with Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy's “Hebrides Overture.” This energetic overture transports the audience to the rugged and mystical landscape of the Scottish Hebrides. Through powerful soundscapes and their dynamic development, Mendelssohn Bartholdy brings the majestic beauty of this landscape to life and takes the audience on a musical journey through an impressive backdrop.
In his work “Gesang der Geister über den Wassern” (Song of the Spirits over the Waters) for male choir, violas, violoncellos, and double bass, Franz Schubert sets the six-stanza poem of the same name by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe to music. The poem was written during Goethe's stay in Lauterbrunnen in the Bernese Oberland and describes the spirits that hover over a lake and merge with nature and the universe. While the male voices capture the mysterious and uplifting atmosphere, the strings complement the composition with a subtle, shimmering tapestry of sound.
Ralph Vaughan Williams' work “The Lark Ascending” for violin and orchestra captures the elegance and grace of an ascending lark and its song. Inspired by the poem about a lark by George Meredith, Vaughan Williams uses a pentatonic scale to free the violin from a strong tonal center, giving it a soaring feel. The cadenzas for the solo violin are written without bar divisions, which gives them a meditative quality.
In the Beethoven cycle of the I TEMPI chamber orchestra, it is already the turn of the sixth symphony this year: Ludwig van Beethoven captures a specific image of nature in each of the five movements of the “Pastorale.” In his masterful way, he describes his feelings on arriving in the countryside, scenes by the stream, the merry gathering of country folk, a gathering storm, and shepherds singing.
Tickets are CHF 30-85 for adults and CHF 10 for students.

Website
itempi.com/beethoven-update-nr-6

Where
Stadtcasino Basel
Konzertgasse 1
4051 Basel

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