Basel Sinfonietta, conducted by Baldur Brönnimann
Also the Basel Sinfonietta is dedicated to Greek composers and Greek mythology. The intersec-tion of these two aspects is given by Nikos Skalkottas' overture ‹The Return of Odysseus› from 1942, a dramatic and serious work in post-Schoenberg style - and a Swiss premiere. This concert will precede a work of Georges Aperghis, born in Athens in 1945, with the title ‹The Walls Have Ears› (also a Swiss premiere!). In Alexander Skrjabin’s symphonic poem ‹Poem of fire›, in honour of Prometheus (Prométhée - Le Poème du feu), a ‹Colour Organ› adds an additional layer of per-ception to the acoustic sounds. Skrjabin, as a synaesthetic, saw tones as colours and added a voice for a Colour Organ into the score, the use of which will dip the Great Hall of the Goetheanum into changing colours.