Tête à Tête

In «Tête à tête», the Camerata Variabile, together with tenor Jakob Pilgram and mezzo-soprano Kate Howden, looks through the keyhole of time and witnesses fantasies, confessions and confrontations of the amorous, eerie and confrontational kind. In addition to Verlaine's wonderful love poetry in «La bonne chanson», they also encounter the grimaces of the «Gargoyles» of Basel Cathedral or find themselves in the middle of a Beckett scene in Barry Guy's world premiere.

With

Jakob Pilgram (tenor), Kate Howden (mezzo-soprano), Barry Guy (double bass); Camerata Variabile: Karin Dornbusch (clarinet), Helena Winkelman (violin), Mirka Scepanovic (violin), Alessandro D'Amico (viola), Stéphanie Meyer (cello), Stefka Perifanova (piano).

Program

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924): «La bonne chanson» op. 61 (1892-94) (text: Verlaine) for tenor, string quartet (bass) and piano
Helena Winkelman (*1974): «Gargoyles» (2019) for tenor, violin, viola and piano
Witold Lutosławski (1913-1994): «5 dance preludes» (1954) for clarinet and piano
Barry Guy (*1947): «Premiere» after Beckett's «Rough» for mezzo-soprano, clarinet, piano and string quintet
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) /arr. Barry Guy: Chaconne for mezzo-soprano and strings

Info

Advance booking → www.kulturticket.ch

Duration

110 minutes, with break

Prices

Normal price: 40.-
Reduced (pupils and students): 20.-
Colourkey: 15.-
Music students: 15.-

Links

→ camerata-variabile.ch