Hebrew Melody

Wednesday, January 27

Pre-Concert

Basler Stadthaus

Stadthausgasse 13, 4001 Basel

08:00 PM

55 minutes

CH 35

In her work With a Broken Fidl for solo violin (world premiere), Hana Ajiashvili takes up the tradition of the solo violin sonata, which dates back to the Baroque era. Other, earlier works on the programme demonstrate that a single cello or a duo of violin and cello can also be fully at home in chamber music. Performing are Ilya Gringolts (violin), Enrico Dindo (cello), Dmitry Smirnov (violin), Ronny Spiegel (violin), and Benedek Horváth (piano).

Programme

Joseph Achron (1886–1943)
Shir Ivri (Hebrew Melody) Op. 33 for violin and piano (1911)

Mieczysław Weinberg (1919–1996)
Cello Sonata No. 4 Op. 140 (1986)
Swiss premiere

György Kurtág (b. 1926)
Ligatura – Homage à Yehudi Menuhin for two violins (1998)
Swiss premiere

Hana Ajiashvili (b. 1972)
With a Broken Fidl for solo violin (2026)
World premiere | Commissioned by the Mizmorim Chamber Music Festival

Yinam Leef (b. 1953)
T’filah (Prayer) for three violins (1977)
Swiss premiere

Ernst Toch (1887–1964)
Divertimento Op. 37 No. 1 for violin and cello (1925)
Swiss premiere

Fritz Kreisler (1875–1962)
Romanze Op. 4 for violin and piano (1910)

Hebrew Melody

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