Hèctor Parra (*1976)
InFALL for Orchestra (2011)
Kevin Juillerat (*1989)
New work for orchestra (2022)
Commissioned by the Basel Sinfonietta
Roberto Gerhard (1896-1970)
Symphony No. 1 for Orchestra (1952/53)
Baldur Brönnimann, Head of Department
In his music, Roberto Gerhard, a Catalan composer of Swiss descent living in exile in England, confronted compositional problems in a highly personal way. His first symphony opened the way for the composer, who had fled into exile before the Spanish Civil War, from neoclassicism to musical freedom.
With his gravity-inspired orchestral work InFALL, the Spanish composer Hèctor Parra paints a cosmological vision of human existence, which crystallizes in the awareness of the inevitable fate leading to death.
The impact and its resonance form the starting point for the new work for orchestra by the young Swiss composer Kevin Juillerat, who plays with timbres, contrasts and movements.
World premiere,
Swiss premiere,
program subject to change.
Program booklet
