1 – 2 December

La Nuit Transfigurée

Contrechamps presents a program pairing a newly commissioned work by Dzovinar Mikirditsian for string trio with Arnold Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht arranged for string sextet. The concert explores themes of transfiguration and chromatic intensity, weaving intimate chamber textures with expansive harmonies. The performers engage in a dialogue between contemporary compositional voice and late-Romantic expression, highlighting timbral contrasts, meticulous phrasing and emotional transformation across the programme.

Cour de Saint-Pierre 10,
1204 Geneva
Photo Credit: Ferdinand Hodler, Die Nacht, 1890
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Photo Credit: Ferdinand Hodler, Die Nacht, 1890

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