It was a great pleasure for me and for the orchestra to rehearse and perform Alma Deutscher’s violin concerto with her as part of the Festival frauenkomponiert 2018.
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.
Evasion: Heidi Baader-Nobs’ work for viola and orchestra commissioned for the Festival frauenkomponiert 2018
As part of the Festival frauenkomponiert 2018 in Zurich, Basel and Bern from 7th–11th March we will be premiering the orchestral work commissioned for the festival by Heidi Baader-Nobs, Evasion.
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.
Festival frauenkomponiert 2018, 7th-11th March: Alma Deutscher’s Violin Concerto
One of the highlights of the frauenkomponiert Festival will certainly be Alma Deutscher’s performance of her own violin concerto.
frauenkomponiert 2018: the new committee has got off to an excellent start
Following on from its groundbreaking events of 2015 and 2016, the ideal and real planning of the third edition of frauenkomponiert in March 2018 is underway.
So much more than just a concert…
The event on International Women’s Day 2016 in the Martinskirche Basel with conductor Jessica Horsley and her orchestra, L’anima giusta, was so much more than just a concert.
frauenkomponiert Programme 2016
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?
frauenkomponiert the sequel: 8 March 2016
After the resounding success of frauenkomponiert 2015, a sequel is planned for 8 March 2016 with outstanding orchestral works by Emilie Mayer, Ethel Smyth, Junghae Lee, and Vítĕzslava Kaprálová.
Standing ovation for frauenkomponiert in Basel
On 8 March 2015, Jessica Horsley’s conducting debut in the Basel Stadtcasino ended with an extended standing ovation – no common occurrence in Swiss concert halls.