Ten years on from one of the defining political events of the 21st century – the referendum that sparked the UK’s decision to depart from the European Union – three new commissions reflect on what it means to be European today.

Featuring brand new works from British-Caribbean composer Elaine Mitchener; Irish composer Linda Buckley; and Estonian composer Krõõt-Kärt Kaev, exploring identity, isolation and connectedness, interspersed with wider reflections from across the continent about European identity and the political landscape we now inhabit.

Music of the era of Mary, Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I, interpolated with Brett Dean and James Weeks.

Performers: Mimi Doulton, Anna-Lena Elbert, Lotte Betts-Dean, Michael Butler, Daniel Vening, Brett Dean, Benedikt Celler

Sergej Newski (b.1972): Scene from The Relatives: Videoconference of a Crimean Family 1912–2025 (2025) for mezzo-soprano, baritone and piano

Sergej Newski: Tarussa (2020) for mezzo-soprano, piano and playback

The Engine Room at TAM

premiering a new solo voice work by Tim Cape

Jump-in with soloists from the BRSO for a Musica Viva performance of Widmann’s String Quartets I-V

with Korbinian Altenberger, Lorenz Chen, Benedict Hames, Jaka Stadler

conducted by Jonathan Berman

programme includes a world premiere by Arturo Fuentes

Schubert, Purcell and Faure arranged for voice and harp

Programme includes works by Jürg Frey, Francesco Filidei, Burkhard Stangl, Bernhard Lang and Bernhard Gander

Thomas Kessler – IS IT? für Saxophon und Stimme
Arsalan Abedian – ICH WARD MEIN LIED für Stimme, Tonband und Elektronik
Jannik Giger – I SING für Stimme, Saxophon und Elektronik (Uraufführung)

Mimi Doulton, Stimme; Arsalan Abedian, Elektronik
FX Kollektiv: Alejandro Olivàn López, Saxophon; Carlos Gil-Gonzalo, Klavier und Elektronik

At L’Abbaye, Lac du joux

Conducted by Dominic Ellis-Peckham

Part of the Walter Levin Tage at the Musikhochschule in Basel

conducted by Joerg Widmann

Johannes Boris Borowski (*1979) Dreh dich nicht um (2022) UA

Rolf Riehm (*1937) Framing Schwarze Pappeln Persephone (2020)

Elias Jurgschat (*1995) so-sein (II) (2020/24) UA

Kate Soper (*1981) Only the Words Themselves Mean What They Say (2010/11)

Johannes Boris Borowski (*1979) Dreh dich nicht um (2022) UA

Rolf Riehm (*1937) Framing Schwarze Pappeln Persephone (2020)

Elias Jurgschat (*1995) so-sein (II) (2020/24) UA

Kate Soper (*1981) Only the Words Themselves Mean What They Say (2010/11)

Unfortunately Mimi has had to withdraw from this event due to a respiratory infection. Plus Minus Ensemble and Arco will still be performing at Cafe Oto this evening.

Lutoslawski: Silesian Triptych and Lacrimosa

conducted by William Carslake

Sergej Newski: „Cansìon“ nach den Gedichten aus dem Buch „La nuova Gioventù“ von Pier Paolo Pasolini für Sopran, Saxophon und Ensemble (2019)

Claude Vivier: „Trois airs pour un opéra imaginaire“ für Sopran und Ensemble (1982)

œsterreichisches ensemble fuer neue musik
Conducted by Johannes Kalitzke.

Vivier Trois Airs pour un Opera Imaginaire with Nouvel Ensemble Modern in Montreal
Conducted by Jean-Michaël Lavoie

‘Death and Paradise’

A Kafka-inspired programme featuring Dvorak, Janacek, Kapralova, Mahler and Brahms

Music for voice and harp from the 11th to the 20th century with Héloïse Carlean-Jones (harp)

Songs by Faure, Ravel, L. Boulanger, and Chaminade alongside 11th century troubadour song, arranged for voice and harp. Performed by Mimi Doulton and Héloïse Carlean-Jones.

At Viitasaari Time of Music Festival, Finland