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, ★★★★★, 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, 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 •
Concert review, ★★★★, Festival “frauenkomponiert”: Jessica Horsley / Basel Sinfonietta @ Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 2021-06-07 — Grażyna Bacewicz (1909 – 1969): Uwertura na Orkiestrę (1943); Ruth Gipps (1921 – 1999): Symphony No.2 in B major (1945); Cécile Marti (*1973): Wave Trip (2011); Dorothy Gertrude Howell (1898 – 1982): Koong Shee (1921); Florence Beatrice Price (1887 – 1953): Ethiopia’s Shadow in America (1932)
Blog post #578 — #rolfsmblog •
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
Blog post #577 — #rolfsmblog •
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.
Blog post #567 — #rolfsmblog •