Battaglia

An unexpected encounter by night, moving between dream and reality. Sounds, word, contours emerge from the darkness. They shine as milestones on a tightrope walk between violence and sophistication, deadly threat and lust for life. Based on texts and music from around 1650, reflected in new forms. The central axis of the piece is music from around 1650, which sounds both in the realization of the musical text and in a permanent twist and turn, deconstruction and transformation of the same with compositional and improvisational means. With compositions by Kapsberger, Cazzati, Biber and others as well as improvisations by the ensemble.

With

Francesco Giusti (countertenor); Nick Dietrich (drama); Matthias Klenota, Eva Saladin (violin); Marc Pauchard (cornett); Giovanna Baviera (viola da Gamba); Rui Staehelin (theorbo); Mirjam Scheerer (costume); Matthias Klenota (concept, direction, stage)

Program

With works by Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger (1580-1651), Domenico Mazzocchi (1592-1662), Heinrich Biber (1644-1704), as well as compositions by Matthias Klenota (*1987) and improvisations by the ensemble.

Duration

75 minutes, no break

Prices

CHF 35.-/25.-/15.- (free choice at the box office or in advance)
Free admission applies to persons with residence permit N, F or S. / CHF 5.- students of the Hochschule für Musik FHNW and the Musicology Seminar of the University of Basel / CHF 10.- members Colourkey and children under 12 years.