King David’s Lyre
Friday, January 29
Concert II
Zunftsaal im Schmiedenhof
Rümelinsplatz 4, 4001 Basel
12:15 PM
70 Minuten
CHF 35
Even the Hungarian avant-gardist György Ligeti began as a young composer cautiously exploring and carefully testing the possibilities of instruments and the human voice – as in his Sonata for solo cello and Kineret for voice and piano. The programme also features Swiss premieres of works by Viktor Ullmann, Minna Keal, and Hanoch Jacoby. Robert Schumann’s Six Songs, Op. 8, in a transcription by Aribert Reimann, brings the programme to a close. The works are performed by Anna Juniki (voice), Dmitry Smirnov (violin), Ronny Spiegel (violin), Guy Ben-Ziony(viola), Rafael Rosenfeld (cello), and Benedek Horváth (piano).
Programme
Hanoch Jacoby (1909–1990)
King David’s Lyre for viola and piano (1948)
Swiss Premiere
György Ligeti (1923–2006)
Sonata for solo violoncello (1948–1953)
György Ligeti (1923–2006)
Kineret for voice and piano (1941)
Minna Keal (1909–1999)
Ballade for violoncello and piano (1929)
Swiss Premiere
Viktor Ullmann (1898–1944)
Herbst (Autumn) for voice and string trio (1943). Text: Georg Trakl
Swiss Premiere
Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
Sechs Gesänge (Six Songs) op. 107, transcription for voice and string quartet by Aribert Reimann (1936–2024)
Artists
Anna Juniki Voice
Dmitry Smirnov Violin
Ronny Spiegel Violin
Guy Ben-Ziony Viola
Rafael Rosenfeld Cello
Benedek Horváth Piano