‼️Concert cancelled‼️ Due to a technical malfunction, today's concert »40 Jahre Concerto Köln« unfortunately cannot take place. – To the detailed view
Sun 18:00 10.05. 2026
SUN 10.05.2026 | 18:00

Basel Sinfonietta

Dick | Messiaen | Thorvalsdottir
Kölner Philharmonie

Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Olivier Messiaen and Leo Dick – modern masterpieces

Contemporary music performed by a symphony orchestra is the speciality of the Basel Sinfonietta. This evening's programme takes listeners on a journey through extraordinary soundscapes, rugged landscapes and unknown universes.

In ARCHORA, Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir not only traces the icy landscapes of her homeland, but also finds fascinating sounds for alien galaxies, as if from a science fiction epic, while Olivier Messiaen commemorates the victims of the two world wars with an ensemble of woodwinds, brass and percussion. With music that is sometimes religious, sometimes inspired by nature – in a soundscape sharpened by the absence of strings. In between is music that is very much in tune with the times, with a new work by Leo Dick, who, like the Basel Sinfonietta, comes from Basel.

Sponsored by Kuratorium KölnMusik e, V.

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Programme
  • Anna Thorvalsdottir
    ARCHORA
    für Orchester
  • Leo Dick
    Foucault in Death Valley
    für Orchester und zwei Sprecher
  • - Break -
  • Olivier Messiaen
    Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum
    für 18 Holzbläser, 16 Blechbläser und Schlagzeug
Artists
  • Basel Sinfonietta
  • Titus Engel
    Dirigent
Promoter: KölnMusik

Tickets

Price € 12.- to 46.-
including booking fees

Part of the subscription series

Visitor information

Date
Sun 10.05.2026
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House opening
17:00
Start
18:00
Estimated break
18:45
Estimated end at
19:45
Venue
Kölner Philharmonie
Location
Bischofsgartenstraße 1
50667 Köln
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