As part of their first joint project, the ensembles Sinfonietta Bern and WorkshOpera Bern are tackling three operas at once: Kurt Weill's "The 7 Deadly Sins", Gian Carlo Menotti's "The Telephone" and the world premiere of Ricardo Acosta's "El perro perdido". These will be presented one after the other, a concept that ties in with the Italian tradition of trilogies such as "Il Trittico" by Giacomo Puccini.

Here, different languages and musical styles meet and merge into a fascinating synthesis of the arts. This artistic combination encourages reflection on connections, similarities and differences and at the same time offers a colorful and captivating entertainment experience for artists and audience alike.

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PROGRAM

Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007)

The Telephone ou L‘Amour à trois

Opera buffa in one act

Kurt Weill (1900-1950)

The Seven Deadly Sins / Die sieben Todsünden / Les Sept péchés capitaux

Ballet with Singing / Ballett mit Gesang / Ballet chanté

Text by Bertolt Brecht / Version for 15 players by HK Gruber and Christian Muthspiel

Ricardo Acosta (*1993)

El Perro Perdido (The Lost Dog)

Chamber opera in one scene

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Julia Frischknecht SOPRANO Luigi Chiaramonte TENOR Nuno Santos TENOR Arion Rudari BARITON

Leo Bachmann BASS Selina Sigrist DANCE

Igor Andreev CONDUCTOR Flurin Rüedlinger CONDUCTOR Ricardo Acosta CONDUCTOR

For our Bernese and Biel audience we have once again put together an atmospheric program full of Christmas spirit, which this time revolves around the composers and siblings Franz Joseph and Johann Michael Haydn: The program includes the Berne and Biel premiere of three orchestral pieces from the latter's "Mythological Operetta". 

The festive mood is also reflected in the promotion of young talents: the winner of our Open Call for young Swiss cellists will perform a cello concerto by Haydn at the concert in Bern, while the juror of the open call, Miriam Prandi, will give us the pleasure of enjoying her interpretation of the same concerto in Biel the day after.

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PROGRAM

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

Overture to "Acide e Galatea" (1763)

Cello Concerto no. 1 in C major (1765)

Johann Michael Haydn (1737-1806)

Three orchestral pieces from the "Mythological

Operetta" (1769) *

Miriam Prandi | cello

As well as the winners of the Open Call 2023

Samuel Niederhauser | cello

Michał Balas | cello

Igor Andreev | conductor

Gauthier Dupertuis | conductor

* Premieres in Bern and Biel

The varied concert evening takes the audience on a musical journey from the thoughtful and enchanting world in the minor key to a life-affirming finale in the major key.

Sinfonietta Bern invites the audience to experience the works of Mendelssohn, Sibelius, Martin, Françaix and Mozart in one breath. The focus of the program is the pavane «Couleur Du Temps», an iconic piece by the Swiss composer Frank Martin.

Under the direction of Igor Andreev, winner of the Frank Martin Society Prize at the Concours de Genève 2014 and versatile musician based in Bern, the young musicians of the ensemble dream, cheer and enjoy the free flight of their musical imagination, which all listeners will be carried away.

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PROGRAM

FELIX MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY

symphonia nr. 10 h-moll (1823)

JEAN SIBELIUS 

impromptu op. 5 (1894)

FRANK MARTIN 

pavane “couleur du temps” (1920)

JEAN FRANÇAIX 

symphonie d’archets (1948)

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART

serenade “eine kleine nachtmusik” (1787)

More infos: info@sinfoniettabern.ch

                     info@museum-franzgertsch.ch

ONLY MOZART!

For our audience, we offer a program full of Christmas spirit, all about the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The young violinist Chiara Sannicandro, winner of the Open Call of the Sinfonietta Bern, will interpret the Violin Concerto No. 5, which Mozart finished in 1775 just before Christmas. Ricardo Acosta will make his debut with the Sinfonietta Bern conducting Mozart's Symphony No. 15. The pre-Christmas concert will end with the famous serenade “Eine kleine Nachtmusik” conducted by Igor Andreev.

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):

Symphony No. 15 in G major | KV 124
Ricardo Acosta, Conductor

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Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major | KV 219
Chiara Sannicandro, Violin
Flurin Rüedlinger, Conductor

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Serenade in G major | KV 525 | Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Igor Andreev, Conductor