Some voices disappear from history. Others only seem to fall silent, until they are suddenly heard all the more clearly. With a symphony by Pieter Van Maldere, the Terra Nova Collective brings such a voice back to life. The Brussels composer was by no means a marginal figure in the 18th century, but rather a musician present throughout Europe whose works were printed, performed, and collected. Today, his music is at the heart of the Quartbuch project: the rediscovery of a repertoire that was once an integral part of European musical life. Mozart, too, appears in this program from an unusual perspective. His Symphony in G minor, K. 550, is performed in its original version without clarinets. This apparent absence sharpens the perception: the sound becomes more transparent, the musical language more immediate. Thus, one of the most famous symphonies reveals a different facet. Only in the Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622, does the previously missing voice emerge—no longer as a color within the orchestra, but as a soloist. Played on period instruments and with basset clarinet, the expanded soundscape that Mozart envisioned for this work unfolds. The fact that Vlad Weverbergh conducts the concert and performs as a soloist on the basset clarinet gives the program its own dramaturgy: The voice does not come from the outside, but develops from within the orchestra. Thus, “The Voice That Is Missing” becomes an evening of rediscovery—of a forgotten composer, a familiar Mozart in a new guise, and an instrument that speaks at the end as if it had never fallen silent. Terra Nova Collective plays on historical instruments.
Tickets are CHF 36.60-52.10.

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Stadtcasino Basel
Konzertgasse 1
4051 Basel

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