A wonderful programme, with excellent orchestral works by women composers from three centuries, played by professional musicians from Basel and the surrounding area on International Women’s Day in the Martinskirche Basel. Who could resist?
Programme
Emilie Mayer (1812–1883)
Symphony No. 5 in f minor (1862)
Allegro, Adagio, Scherzo, Finale
Junghae Lee (*1964)
poema ritmico (2014) for piano and strings
Swiss premiere
Piano: Stefka Perifanova
Ethel Smyth (1858–1944)
Concerto for Violin, Horn and Orchestra (1927)
Violin: Adelina Oprean; Horn: Olivier Darbellay
Vítĕzslava Kaprálová (1915–40)
Sbohem a šáteček (Waving farewell),
for Voice and Orchestra (1938)
Text: Vítĕzslav Nezval
Soprano: Olga Pavlu
Orchestra: L’anima giusta
Leader: Jiří Nĕmeček
Conductor: Jessica Horsley