ReRenaissance – Forum for Early Music - Switzerland

ReRenaissance is Basel’s forum for early music, designing and premiering new concert programmes each month. A changing rotation of artistic directors create unique, newly-formed ensemble constellations built from a cast of musical stars from the Basel region. Since its founding in 2020, ReRenaissance has welcomed more than 100 musicians to its stage and created 50 concerts Each of these signature programmes illuminate a specific time, place and story. Together, they begin to build a picture of “music before 1600”.

Did you know? ReRenaissance performs beyond Basel. Contact us to book a ReRenaissance concert at your series or festival.
 

Only at the beginning of the 16th century was the family of violin instruments born in Italy. But what a lasting success: in their form and construction, the violin, viola and cello, which are so important in the modern orchestra, still retain similarities to their forebears of the Renaissance.

On their travels to England, Northern Italian and Flemish musicians brought these new instruments to the courts of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I. What repertoire did they play and how did the so-called “violin band” develop there? ReRenaissance dedicates an entire concert to the fascinating historical ensemble once known as a “company of violins”.

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Free entry; donations at the door
Barfüsserkirche
Historisches Museum Basel

Maya Webne-Behrman – treble violin

Mischa Dobruschkin – alto violin

Marguerite Wassermann – alto violin

Johannes Frisch – tenor violin

Caroline Ritchie – bass violin; direction