All just my personal opinion
Concert review, ★★★★, Nicolas Hodges, Baldur Brönnimann, Basel Sinfonietta @ Burghof, Lörrach DE, 2022-11-06 — Ligeti: “San Francisco Polyphony” (1973/74); Mauro Hertig (*1989): “Losing the Red Queen’s Race” for Orchestra (2022); Julian Anderson (*1967): “The Stations of the Sun” (1998); Simon Steen-Andersen (*1976): Concerto for Piano, Sampler, Orchestra, and Video (2014)
Blog post #631 — #rolfsmblog •
Concert review, ★★★★½, Janiv Oron, Baldur Brönnimann & Laurent Zufferey / Basel Sinfonietta @ Sportzentrum Pfaffenholz, Saint-Louis/Basel, 2022-06-26 — Christophe Bertrand (1981 – 2010): Mana (2005); Anna S. Þorvaldsdóttir (*1977): Dreaming (2008); Courtney Bryan (*1982): Sanctum (2015); Fausto Romitelli (1963 – 2004): Flowing down too slow (2001); Janiv Oron (*1975) / Oliver Waespi (*1971): Datendieb (2022, World premiere)
Blog post #619 — #rolfsmblog •
Concert review, ★★★★½, Simone Zgraggen, Baldur Brönnimann, Basel Sinfonietta @ Stadtcasino Basel, 2022-05-26 — Aregnaz Martirosyan (*1993): “Kraft” (2022); Alsu Nigmatullina (*1989): “Alexithymie” (2022); Dieter Ammann (*1962): “Unbalanced instability” for violin and chamber orchestra (2013); “Core” (2002); “Turn” (2010); “Boost” (2002)
Pre-concert: Moser String Quartet performing Ammann’s String Quartet No.2, “Distanzenquartett” (2009); Álvaro Rodríguez Cabezas and Miguel Fernández de la Fuente performing Ammann’s “d’accord(s)” for two alto saxophones (2004)
Blog post #614 — #rolfsmblog •
Concert review, ★★★★★, Baldur Brönnimann, Basel Sinfonietta @ Stadtcasino, Basel, 2022-01-16 — Hèctor Parra (*1976): InFALL for Large Orchestra (2011); Kevin Juillerat (*1987): Waves for Orchestra (2021); Roberto Gerhard (1896 – 1970): Symphony No.1 for Orchestra (1952/53)
Blog post #594 — #rolfsmblog •
Concert review, ★★★★½, Joonas Ahonen, Baldur Brönnimann / Basel Sinfonietta @ Stadtcasino Basel, 2021-08-29 — György Ligeti (1923 – 2006): Lontano (1967); Unsuk Chin (*1961): Piano Concerto (1997); Rudolf Kelterborn (1931 – 2021): Symphony No.4 (1985/1986)
Blog post #586 — #rolfsmblog •
Concert review, ★★★★½, Jojo Mayer, Baldur Brönnimann / Basel Sinfonietta @ Stadtcasino Basel, 2021-06-27 — Frank Zappa: The Perfect Stranger (1984), Get Whitey (1992), Dupree’s Paradise (1984); Oliver Waespi: Volatile Gravity (2021)
Blog post #581 — #rolfsmblog •