Mon, November 30, 2026
“Of Night and Light and the Half Light”
Concert title
“Of Night and Light and the Half Light”
Date
Mon 30.11.2026
Start of the concert
19:30
Contributors
Name of the ensemble
With artists from the GAIA Music Festival
Soloists
Vocal ensemble: tempo d'affetto (soprano: Emilie Inniger, Mirtó Kaitanidou, Julia Frischknecht, alto: Sarah Widmer, Lucrezia Lucas, tenor: Moritz Achermann, Joël Morand, bass: David Züricher, Ahmed Lüthi)
violin: Daniel Dodds, Audrey Doyle, Eoin Ducrot, Joanne Green, Padmé Gyetsa, Miriam Helms Ålien, Gwendolyn Masin, Gema Pastor Aller, Paulina Tomczuk
Viola: Arianna Ciommiento, Martin Moriarty, Julia Wawrowska
Cello: Nil Kocamangil, Alfredo Ferre Martínez, Chiara Samatanga, Hannah Stoellger
Double bass: Lina Humbel
Percussion: Zoi Argyriou
violin: Daniel Dodds, Audrey Doyle, Eoin Ducrot, Joanne Green, Padmé Gyetsa, Miriam Helms Ålien, Gwendolyn Masin, Gema Pastor Aller, Paulina Tomczuk
Viola: Arianna Ciommiento, Martin Moriarty, Julia Wawrowska
Cello: Nil Kocamangil, Alfredo Ferre Martínez, Chiara Samatanga, Hannah Stoellger
Double bass: Lina Humbel
Percussion: Zoi Argyriou
program
An ending that inspires new beginnings: The closing concert of the GAIA Music Festival 2026 focuses on the themes of hope, peace, and light. Following the emergence of life from darkness, Amy Beach and Arvo Pärt's settings of the Nunc dimittis direct our gaze toward a peaceful farewell, while Pärt's Cantus honors the 50th anniversary of Britten's death. The works of Peter Sculthorpe and Wojciech Kilar point the way from death to life and to the eternity of nature. Finally, the new also finds its place with the premiere performance of the commissioned work by Swiss composer Xavier Dayer. And so, the festival concludes with joyful hymns "to (new) life."
The concert is a through-composed work: Upon entering the Burgerratssaal (Citizens' Council Hall), the audience is greeted by a concert introduction and a soundscape of improvised sounds. The concert begins with a poem by Gwendolyn Masin, which flows seamlessly into the first musical piece. Between each subsequent work of the evening, the musicians build bridges by transitioning from one composition to the next through improvisation.
Dramaturgical concert with intermission.
Approx. 2 hours 15 minutes.
-concert talk at 7:15 pm by Moritz Weber, SRF 2 music journalist.
Refreshments available for individual purchase
during the intermission. Apéro to follow.
GAIA Music Festival 2026
TO LIFE! – On the beginning, the end, and the stories in between.
The concert is a through-composed work: Upon entering the Burgerratssaal (Citizens' Council Hall), the audience is greeted by a concert introduction and a soundscape of improvised sounds. The concert begins with a poem by Gwendolyn Masin, which flows seamlessly into the first musical piece. Between each subsequent work of the evening, the musicians build bridges by transitioning from one composition to the next through improvisation.
Dramaturgical concert with intermission.
Approx. 2 hours 15 minutes.
-concert talk at 7:15 pm by Moritz Weber, SRF 2 music journalist.
Refreshments available for individual purchase
during the intermission. Apéro to follow.
GAIA Music Festival 2026
TO LIFE! – On the beginning, the end, and the stories in between.
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