2008
14th Internationale Musikfesttage B. Martinů 2008
Artistic director: Robert Kolinsky
Patronage: Federal Councillor Moritz Leuenberger, Ex-President of the Czech Republic Václav Havel, Josef Suk, violinist
opening concert
«Bouquet of flowers»
Sunday, 9 November, 7.00 p. m., Elisabethenkirche
Ensemble Basilisk – Prague Chamber Choir – Children's Choir SurseeCantorei
Gerd Albrecht/conductor – Petra Froese /soprano – Nina Amon/alto
Jaroslav Brezina/tenor – Marc-Olivier Oetterli/bass
Speaking: Iso Camartin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio and Fuga in C minor, K 546
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ballet music from "Idomeneo – Ré di Creta", K 357
Bohuslav Martinů: "Bouquet of Flowers" – a folk cantata
(This concert has been recorded by Swiss Radio DRS2 and broadcasted on 13 Januar 2009 at 10.30 p. m.)
cinema
OSCARPREISTRÄGER BERTRAND BLIER PRÄSENTIERT
Tuesday, 11 November, 7.00 p. m., Stadtkino Basel
"Notre Histoire" (French movie 1984)
Author and director: Bertrand Blier – Music: Bohuslav Martinů
César 1985: best leading actor (Alain Delon), best screenplay
Madeleine Hirsiger asks Bertrand Blier
PERFORMANCE
MARTINŮ PERFORMING ARTS PROJECT: «MANERIES»
Friday, 14 November, 2'9.00 p. m., Voltahalle
Luis Garay/choreography – Manon Bellet/visual arts
Florencia Vecino/dance – Sasha Rozhdestvensky/violin
(Co-production with Festival Internacional de Buenos Aires)
JAZZ
«MORAVIAN GEMS»
Sunday, 16 November, 7.00 p. m., Museum Tinguely
(Intrudaction wtith the musicians)
Georg Mraz/bass – Iva Bittova/vocal – Emil Viklicky/piano – Laco Tropp/drums
(Co-operation with bird's eye jazz club)
chamber music
TRIO
Friday, 21 November, 7.00 p. m., Münstersaal im Bischofshof
(6.15 p. m. intruduction by Rachel Eisenhut)
Sasha Rozhdestvensky/violin – Malwina Sosnowska/violin – Robert Kolinsky/piano
Darius Milhaud: Sonata for piano and two violins, Op. 15
Isang Yun: Pezzo Fantasioso for two violins
Bohuslav Martinů: Sonatina for two violins and piano, H. 198
Sergej Prokofiev: Sonata for two violins, Op. 56
Bohuslav Martinů: Sonata for two violins and piano, H. 213
FAMILy concert
checkmate!
Sunday, 23 November, 5.00 p. m., Schauspielhaus
Ballet School of Theater Basel – Richard Wherlock/director – Amanda Benett
Duncan Rownes/choreography – Istvan Hajdu/compositional complement
Concertino Basel – Olga Machonova-Pavlu/conductor
Gabriela Maria Zenhäuser/clown – Kurt Aeschbacher/speaker
Bohuslav Martinů: „Check to the King“, H. 186
Ballet comedy in one act
Libretto: André Coeuroy
