2017
28 October - 12 November in Basel
Artistic Director: Robert Kolinsky
Titular Patronage: Mariss Jansons, Conductor / Madeleine Albright, former U.S. Secretary of State / Alain Berset, Federal Councillor
Martinů – FAMILY CONCERT
The strange puppet
Bohuslav Martinů: The puppets
Taschenphilharmonie – Peter Stangel / conductor and narrator
„Great music for small ears" is called the prize-winning music format of the conductor Peter Stangel with whom children get into contact with demanding music in a playful and exciting manner.
SATURDAY 28 OCTOBER, 18:00 p.m., MUSEUM TINGUELY
Martinů – CHAMBER MUSIC
MAGALI MOSNIER / FLUTE
CHRISTIAN POLTÉRA / VIOLONCELLO
ROBERT KOLINSKY / PIANO
Carl Czerny Fantasia concertante für Klavier, Flöte und Cello, Op. 256
Bohuslav Martinů: Scherzo für Flöte und Klavier, H.174a
Nikolai Kapustin: Trio für Flöte, Cello und Klavier, Op. 86
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Nikolai Kapustin: Elegy, Bourlesque, Nearly Waltz für Cello und Klavier, Op. 96 - 98
Bohuslav Martinů: Trio für Flöte, Cello und Klavier, H.300
WEDNESDAY, 1 NOVEMBER, 19.00 p.m., VOLKSHAUS, UNIONSAAL
Martinů – JAZZ
GABRIELE MIRABASSI / CLARINET
ENRICO ZANISI / PIANO
SIMONE ZANCHINI / ACCORDION
Works by Martinů and Mirabassi
SUNDAY, 5 NOVEMBER, 19.00 p.m., bird’s eye jazz club
Martinů – CINEMA
„Bohuslav Martinů“
A film by Edmond Lévy about the life of Bohuslav Martinů, with Rudolf Firkušný, Francois Chaplin, Paul Sacher and others.
THURSDAY 7 NOVEMBER, 19.00 p.m., STADTKINO BASEL
Afterwards a talk with director François Lévy-Kuentz is taking place, moderated by Esther Keller.
Martinů – CHOIR
Feldmesse
Albert Roussel: Fanfare pour un sacre païen
Le Bardit des Francs
Paul Hindemith: Six Chansons nach Rainer Maria Rilke
Bohuslav Martinů: Drei geistliche Lieder, H.339
Die Jungfrau Maria wandelt durch die Welt
Paul Hindemith: Der Tod
Bohuslav Martinů: Feldmesse
Conductor - Howard Arman
Gaechinger Cantorey Stuttgart / Marc-Olivier Oetterli - Bariton / Ensemble Basilisk
SUNDAY, 12 NOVEMBER, 19.00 p.m., ELISABETHEN KIRCHE
Exhibition: «Bohuslav Martinů – Life and Work»
Concept: Sibylle Ryser and Gabriele Jonté
At all venues of the Martinů Festtage the exhibition will be shown.