In 2025, the 220th anniversary of Fanny Hensel‘s birth will be celebrated worldwide. She is one of the most important female composers of the 19th century. Born in 1805, she composed over 460 works, including piano pieces, songs, chamber music and orchestral and choral works. Her work is lyrical and expressive and has received great interest and recognition in recent years.
In preparation for the anniversary, the Basel Chamber Orchestra will perform the Overture in C major at several European venues in Scotland, Poland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland in August 2024. And the oratorio, the music for the dead of the cholera epidemic, will be heard on September 28 in Saarbrücken, performed by musicians from the Saarland State Orchestra and the Saarbrücken Oratorio Choir under the direction of KMD Annemarie Ruttloff. Particularly impressive: the funeral choir. Here you can listen to a CD recording.