The program of this concert with the Kammerorchester Basel is irresistible, with daring joie de vivre, bursting with energy, sophisticated and perfumed, fine and delicate. The program starts with Igor Stravinsky’s graceful neoclassical “Danses concertantes,” composed in sunny California in 1941, which tell little stories, including the entrance and exit of the dancers as well as, of course, the pas de deux, the duet between the prima ballerina and the first male dancer. This is followed by two works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart—sumptuous, comic, full of surprises and contrasts. They include the last of his five violin concertos, the longest, most demanding, and perhaps most beautiful one; and a symphony with which Mozart particularly impressed his audience. He employed more instruments than ever before: clarinets and timpani, trumpets, flutes, oboes, bassoons, and horns. Also on the program are lighthearted charm and piquant dance rhythms by Camille Saint-Saëns, the most famous master of the Belle Époque, the era of renewed joie de vivre that dawned in France precisely after the lost war against Prussia and the end of the Second Empire in 1871. And on top of that: something completely new, never before heard—the premiere of Mike Svoboda’s “Pas de Deux.”
Tickets are CHF 30-90, CHF 15-45 for students and members of Kulturlegi.

Website
kammerorchesterbasel.ch/de/konzerte/tanzt.html

Where
Don Bosco Basel
Waldenburgerstrasse 34
4052 Basel

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