frauenkomponiert orchestral concert on Radio SRF2 Culture on 19th April 2018 at 8–10 pm.
Agnes Tyrrell’s Overture “Die Könige in Israel” c. 1880 – a milestone at the Festival frauenkomponiert 2018
According to the critic Sigfried Schibli in his review of the orchestral concert in Bern, the piece has, “the most important quality for an overture: it makes you want to hear more!”.
Festival frauenkomponiert 2018: a resounding success
It’s encouraging and impressive to see how the project has grown since 2014/15 and that Basel has become a centre of music by women composers.
World premiere of the Overture to Agnes Tyrrell’s “Die Könige in Israel” (c. 1880)
As part of the Festival frauenkomponiert 2018 in Zurich, Basel and Bern from 7th–11th March we will be premiering Agnes Tyrrell’s ouveture from the oratorio “Die Könige in Israel” (The kings in Israel), written around 1880.