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)
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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)
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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)
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Concert review, ★★★★½, Ludovic Van Hellemont, Marco Blaauw, Roland Kluttig, Basel Sinfonietta @ Altes Kraftwerk, Basel, Date 2021-05-16 — Hans Werner Henze (1926 – 2012): Requiem — Nine Sacred Concertos for Piano Solo, Trumpet Concertante and large Chamber Orchestra
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Concert review, ★★★★½, Lin Liao, Basel Sinfonietta @ Stadtcasino, Basel, 2021-03-14 — Xenakis: ST/48-1,240162 (1962); Rebecca Saunders (*1967): “Traces” for orchestra (2006/2009); Jesper Nordin (*1971): “Wave” for conductor and orchestra (2021, world premiere); Magnus Lindberg (*1958): “Marea” for orchestra (1989) — a live streaming performance without physical audience.
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Concert review, ★★★½, Nicolas Hodges, Ilan Volkov / Basel Sinfonietta @ Paul Sacher Saal, Don Bosco, Basel, 2021-01-24 (ghost concert) — Tania Léon (*1943): “Ácana” for Chamber Orchestra (2008); Linda Catlin Smith (*1957): “Memory Forms” for Orchestra (1995); Christian G. Wolff (*1934): “Mountain Messengers” for Piano and Orchestra (2021)
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