October - November 2015
THE NEW SAPPHO
Exhibition 16.10. – 22.11.2015 | Concert series 18.10. – 03.12.2015
An interdisciplinary project by the Concert Gallery Maison 44 – Ute Stoecklin with Prof. Dr Anton Bierl (Greek philology, Department of Ancient Civilizations at the University of Basel) and Basel artists.
Concept and artistic director: Ute Stoecklin
Performance venues: Concert Gallery Maison 44, Basel; Skulpturhalle, Basel; Zurich University of the Arts, Toni-Areal; Mendelssohn House (Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Foundation), Leipzig (D); Archaeological Collection of the University of Freiburg i.Br. (D).
Exhibition:THE NEW SAPPHO
Artists from Basel reflect on Sappho and Penelope. Homer: Odyssey - James Joyce: Ulysses
Paintings, works on paper, objects, installation Krassimira Drenska, Anne-Dominique Hubert, Karin Käppeli von Bülow, Kitty Schaertlin, Nicole Schmölzer, Verena Schindler, Dadi Wirz
Fri 16.10.15, 18.00 – 20.00
18.15
Vernissage
Introduction and presentation of the project: Ute Stoecklin
Concerts in Basel:
Sun 18.10.15, 17.00
Concert I
Venue: Maison 44
THE NEW SAPPHO
Introduction: Prof. Dr Anton Bierl
Hans Adolfsen: THE NEW SAPPHO, world première
Anna Gschwend, soprano
Ulrike Andersen, contralto
Harry White, saxophone
Luca Barioli, percussion
Hans Adolfsen, piano
Andrea Scartazzini: Sappho-Lieder
for deep voice and piano, 2002
Concert introduction: Ute Stoecklin.
Duration: 65 mins.
Sun 01.11.15, 19.30
Concert II
Venue: Skulpturhalle Basel
THE NEW SAPPHO
Introductory lecture: Prof. Dr Anton Bierl
Concert introduction: Ute Stoecklin
Hans Adolfsen: THE NEW SAPPHO, world première
Anna Gschwend, soprano
Ulrike Andersen, contralto
Harry White, saxophone
Luca Barioli, percussion
Hans Adolfsen, piano
Marianne Schuppe: Sapphosongs after fragments by Sappho, world première
Marianne Schuppe, composition and voice
Duration: 70 mins.
Concert III Literary concert at the exhibition
Venue: Maison 44
Homer – Odyssey
Wake up, Penelope
Penelope fragments, sung and spoken
from books 2, 7, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23
Matthias Schuppli, recitation
Miriam Wettstein, singer
Alfred Knüsel, composition
Duration: 65 mins.
Finissage and reading at the exhibition
Venue: Maison 44
in collaboration with the James Joyce Foundation, Zurich
From Ulysses by James Joyce: Penelope's final monologue
(for the exhibition of Verena Schindler)
Ursula Zeller – German-language introduction
Reading (German/English)
Duration: ca 60 mins.
Further concerts will be held in :
Concert IV
Venue: Leipzig (D), Mendelssohn-Haus
THE NEW SAPPHO
Introduction: Prof. Dr Anton Bierl
Concert introduction: Ute Stoecklin
Andrea Scartazzini: Sappho-Lieder
for deep voice and piano, 2002
Hans Adolfsen: THE NEW SAPPHO, world première
Anna Gschwend, soprano
Ulrike Andersen, contralto
Harry White, saxophone
Luca Barioli, percussion
Hans Adolfsen, piano
Marianne Schuppe: Sapphosongs after fragments by Sappho, world première
Marianne Schuppe, composition and voice
Duration: 75 mins
Concert V
Ort:
Freiburg im Breisgau (D),
Archaeological Collection of the University
Tennenbacherstrasse 4
THE NEW SAPPHO
Introduction: Prof. Dr Anton Bierl
Concert introduction: Ute Stoecklin
Andrea Scartazzini: Sappho-Lieder
for deep voice and piano, 2002
Hans Adolfsen: THE NEW SAPPHO, world première
Anna Gschwend, soprano
Ulrike Andersen, contralto
Harry White, saxophone
Luca Barioli, percussion
Hans Adolfsen, piano
Marianne Schuppe: Sapphosongs after fragments by Sappho, world première
Marianne Schuppe, composition and voice
Duration: 75 mins
Concert VI
Venue: Zurich, University of the Arts, Toni-Areal
Toni-Areal, Konzertsaal 3, Pfingstweidstr. 96, Zürich
THE NEW SAPPHO
Introduction: Prof. Dr Anton Bierl
Concert introduction: Ute Stoecklin
Andrea Scartazzini: Sappho-Lieder
for deep voice and piano, 2002
Hans Adolfsen: THE NEW SAPPHO, world première
Anna Gschwend, soprano
Ulrike Andersen, contralto
Harry White, saxophone
Luca Barioli, percussion
Hans Adolfsen, piano
Marianne Schuppe: Sapphosongs after fragments by Sappho, world première
Marianne Schuppe, composition and voice
Duration: 75 mins
Thu 3.12.15, 19.30
Concert VII: Literary concert
Venue:
Freiburg im Breisgau (D),
Archaeological Collection of the University
Tennenbacherstrasse 4
Homer – Odyssey
Wake up, Penelope
Introduction: Prof. Dr Anton Bierl, Basel
Penelope fragments, sung and spoken
from books 2, 7, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23
Matthias Schuppli, recitation
Miriam Wettstein, singer
Alfred Knüsel, composition
Duration: 65 mins.