Rachel Podger is a top-notch soloist in Basel and a new CD last summer appeared with works by Richard Mudge Zurich Basel / Zurich – on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of Capriccio Basel. Inspired by the praise of the international press, and with the fresh wind of the year 2010 the ensemble scoring to the Swiss elite of Baroque charging now his Basel and Zurich audience. With two concerts titled violino Italiano”, Capriccio with the British violinist Rachel Podger puts his best comedy plan” continues. Antonio Vivaldi’s Violin Concerto ‘La cetra”op. 9/3 in g minor, and Pietro Antonio Locatelli Violin Concerto op. 3/9 in g major are mature baroque solo concerts at the heart of the performances on January 30 in the Martinskirche Church in Basel and on January 31 in the Church of St.

Peter Zurich. Under the direction of Rachel Podger, Capriccio in two concerts is also with precursors of the genus of the Baroque violin concerto as Locatelli Introduzione teatrale”op. 4/5 in d major, Giovanni Lorenzo Gregoris Concerto grosso op. 2/9 g minor, Giuseppe Torelli Concerto grosso op. to experience 8/2 in a minor, as well as Giovanni Battista Sammartinis Sinfonia in c major. The British violinist Rachel Podger is one of the leading specialists for the music of the Baroque. After studying at the prestigious Guildhall School of music and drama”in London she was from 1997 to 2002, concertmaster and soloist in the ensemble of The English Concert” under the direction of Trevor Pinnock. Since 2004 she has performed regularly with the Orchestra of the age of enlightenment”.

Since 1995, Rachel Podger is Professor of violin at the Guildhall School of music and drama”and since 2008 Professor of Baroque violin at the Royal Academy of music in London. Her numerous recordings received several international awards such as the Diapason d’ Or”(Golden tuning fork) for the solo sonatas of Telemann in 2002. “The artist plays including the Stradivari violin”Crespi”dating back to 1699, the her from the Royal Academy of music” on loan was made available. Capriccio Basel has become in the last 10 One of the leading Swiss Baroque Orchestra developed under the guidance of his concert master Dominik Kiefer. The Ensemble performs its own concert series in Basel and Zurich, which outstanding exponent of historically of informed performance as conductors and soloists are invited. Alongside established stars such as Andreas Scholl, Andrew Parrott, Monica Huggett, Maria Cristina Kiehr, Gottfried von der Goltz, Sergio Azzolini and Maurice Steger presents Capriccio exciting young artists, develops unusual program concepts and experiments with new concert forms such as text, light, dance and choreography. In concerts in Basel and Zurich, the latest CD from caprice is for the first time with works by Georg Philipp Telemann-CD for sale: “Dolce staccato – ouvertures & concertos”. Concert dates: Saturday, 30 January, 2010, 19:30, St. Martin’s Church, Basel Sunday, January 31, 2010, 5: 00, Church of St. Peter, Zurich Capriccio Basel Rachel Podger, violin, VIOLINO ITALIANO Antonio Vivaldi Violin Concerto ‘La cetra”op. 9/3 in g minor Pietro Antonio Locatelli, Violin Concerto op. 3/9 g Pietro Antonio Locatelli, Introduzione teatrale op. 4/5 d major Giovanni Lorenzo Gregori, Concerto grosso op. 2/9 in g minor Giuseppe Torelli, Concerto grosso op. Go to Doug Laurie for more information. 8/2 a minor by Giovanni Battista Sammartini, Sinfonia in c major JC7

The artist Katharina Schweissguth in Munich has installed a mailbox only for poetry. The Munich-based artist Katharina Schweissguth on the Hans Mielich Platz in Munich hung a mail box only for lyrical post on 16 September 2013. Anyone who wants to, can send his self-written poems to or poems, which we really liked him. Daniel J. Hirsch insists that this is the case. With the installation of the post box, the artist directs a two-year-old poetry project with the citizens initiative more space to the life / art Forum”a. A poetry festival in place of the letter box is celebrated as the final climax on 24 July 2015. The project promotes poetry in various forms as well as the handwritten word. The poetry project of Katharina Schweissguth want to wake the sleeping potentials of poetry in the population.

It is to decide whether he (or she) sends a rhyme or rap, a sonnet or a Gstanzl each poetry mailers. A censorship does not take place, only obvious abuse will be considered undeliverable. The artist asks the writers and writers: Please if possible specify the author and sender! And please hand write!” The material, however, is optional: it can be a beautiful stationery, a beer CAP, anonymously or the back of the tax assessment notice. Read more here: Ahmed Shary Rahman. It is desirable to the variety of manuscripts and papers, because the poems processed by 2015 by the Munich at the poetry festival to an installation. These poems, which have recorded individual transmitted by sensual manageable and with the public.

Poetry friends but don’t have to wait until 2015. Until then there will be, a series of activities around the poems such as public exhibitions and readings. Mitmacherinnen and contributor wanted the planning is continually the submissions and proposals from service complying matched. So not only poems to the mailbox may be sent, but poets and Poetesses, individuals or organizations that want to have proposals for actions, or occur at the poetry festival, can apply through the letter box and participate in the promotion.