Swiss vocal and piano music by Duri Sialm (1891-1961), Heinrich Sutermeister (1910-1995) and the world premiere of the cycle "Art and Life" by Zurich composer Tullio Zanovello (*1962)

The Bernese vocal ensemble of Canto Classico under the direction of Willi Derungs presents Swiss music of the 20th and 21st centuries.

The first half of the concert is a tribute to the Grisons composer Duri Sialm (1891 - 1961). The composer from Segnas near Disentis studied organ and composition as well as piano with Otto Barblan in Geneva. He taught music at the Graubünden cantonal school for 20 years. He also worked as a concert pianist, cathedral organist at Chur Cathedral and director of various choirs. Alongside Gion Antoni Derungs, Sialm is one of the most important composers in Graubünden and Romansh. His musical language is reminiscent of late Romanticism. The concert will feature rarely performed piano pieces and solo songs as well as songs with solos and vocal ensembles, all in Romansh.

To mark the 30th anniversary of the death of Heinrich Sutermeister (1910 - 1995) this year, his vocal quartet "Max und Moritz" based on Wilhelm Busch, composed for Radio Bern in 1954, will be performed. In it, the composer shows how humor can be set to music. The piece is written for solo SATB, vocal ensemble and piano 4 hands.

The highlight of the concert is the world premiere of a work by Zurich composer and Gesamtkunstwerker Tullio Zanovello (*1962). For these concerts, he has reworked earlier stage music for soloists, ensemble and piano 4-hands and combined it into the 25-minute vocal cycle "Art and Life".

The program will be performed in Bern and Chur (14.9.).

Participants
Solange Sierro (soprano), Ambra Biaggi (mezzo-soprano), n.n. (tenor), Serguei L. Afonin (bass), Christoph Zbinden & Darina Gilmkhanova (piano), Vokalensemble Canto Classico, Willi Derungs (conductor)


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