The 2024/2025 season of Freunde Alte Musik Basel (FAMB) offers an extraordinary journey through early music, showcasing historically informed performances by exceptional ensembles and musicians. With a blend of subscription concerts and free special events, this season promises unforgettable experiences for all music lovers.

Concerts of the 2024/2025 Season:

Tuesday, October 22, 2024, 7:30 PM
Silva de Sirenas
Premiere – Inventions and arrangements for voice and two vihuelas inspired by Enríquez de Valderrábano's work.

Wednesday, December 4, 2024, 7:30 PM
Joyne Hands
Broken consort music from Elizabethan England.
Ensemble FLEET STREET REVIVAL

Friday, January 10, 2025, 7:30 PM
The Rite of Spring – Baroque Edition
Improvisations and compositions in Baroque style incorporating elements of Igor Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du Printemps.
Ensemble IL CONCERTO INTEMPESTIVO

Wednesday, January 15, 2025, 7:30 PM
Cor Europae
Choral singing and early polyphony from medieval Prague.
TIBURTINA ENSEMBLE

Wednesday, February 26, 2025, 7:30 PM
Al tavolino senza cimbalo
Sonatas by Alessandro, Domenico, and Francesco Scarlatti.
Ensemble LES RÉCRÉATIONS

Sunday, April 6, 2025, 5:00 PM
Johann Sebastian Bach
Mass in B minor.

Saturday, May 3, 2025, 7:30 PM
Musica Transalpina
Musical journeys across the Alps, featuring works by Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger, Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi Mealli, Giulio Caccini, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, and others, alongside historical and contemporary texts.
Ensemble HISTOIREFUTURE

Wednesday, June 4, 2025, 7:30 PM
Kourou – Music, Dream, and Reality
French Guiana, 1763–1765: Works by François-Joseph Gossec, Philippe Hinner, M. de Tremais, Giovanni Giornovichi, Adolphe Blaise, and André Ernest Modeste Grétry.
Ensemble ARLEQUIN PHILOSOPHE

Pre-concert lecture: Prof. Dr. Pedro Memelsdorff
6:00 PM at the Musicology Seminar, University of Basel, in collaboration with the Swiss Musicological Society (SMG).

Written by Xabi Keller
Photo by FAMB