Musica dal Cielo - Music from Heaven | Vilde Frang III
Overview
Intro
Vilde Frang | Anna Prohaska | Ilya Gringolts | Nils Mönkemeyer | Olli Mustonen | Domenico Melchiorre
Vilde Frang - Artist in Residence is characterized by an almost ethereal, fragile sensuality in her way of making music. She combines the supernatural in music with the reality of the finite in a special way. For her extravagant Heavenly Music program, Vilde Frang has invited a selection of the most interesting artistic personalities to Ascona.
The musical spectrum ranges from archaic rhythms to profound reflections on life and transience. Gérard Grisey's "Stèle" kicks things off: two drums create an unforgettable sound experience that makes time stand still. In "Reminiscence", Toshio Hosokawa uses the marimba to create an atmosphere that builds up between silence and sound according to the principle of Zen Buddhism. Hosokawa weaves delicate, Far Eastern threads of sound that echo in the silence.
In "...oder soll es Tod bedeuten", Mendelssohn's songs on texts by Heinrich Heine merge with instrumental intermezzi by Aribert Reimann to form a new, fragile whole. Reimann arranged eight songs and a fragment by Mendelssohn for soprano and string quartet.
Shostakovich's 15th Symphony is heard in an original arrangement for piano trio and percussion. His symphonic legacy is full of quotations from Rossini to Wagner. An intimate, highly exciting musical chamber play between irony and farewell.
Vilde Frang, violin
Artist in Residence 2026
Anna Prohaska, soprano
Ilya Gringolts, violin
Nils Mönkemeyer, viola
N.N., violoncello
Olli Mustonen, piano
Johannes Fischer, percussion
Domenico Melchiorre, percussion
Gérard Grisey (1946-1998)
"Stele" for 2 bass drums
Toshio Hosokawa (1955)
"Reminiscence" for marimba solo
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847) / arr. Aribert Reimann (1936-2024)
"...oder soll es Tod bedeuten", 8 songs arranged for soprano and string quartet with 6 intermezzi by Reimann
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) / arr. Viktor Derevianko (1937)
Symphony No. 15 in A major op. 141 (arr. for piano trio and percussion duo)
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| Contact address |
Fondazione Settimane Musicali Ascona
Viale Bartolomeo Papio 5 6612 Ascona +41 (0)91 759 76 65 info@classicascona.ch |
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| Location |
Collegio Papio Via delle Cappelle 1 6612 Ascona Switzerland |
| Event Homepage | https://classicascona.ch/de/ |
| Price |
CHF 85.00 / 70.00 / 55.00 / 40.00
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Event dates
- 01 October 2026