GAIA Night of Music in the Bern Museum Quarter

Description

For our opening evening, we invite you to a promenade concert experience, attuned to this year’s festival theme, “TO LIFE – and the Stories Between its Beginning and End”. Set in three cultural or academic institutions in the Bern Museum Quarter, three concerts of 30 minutes each feature works that delve into diverse perspectives on this year’s existential theme. Saariaho’s composition inspired by the ephemeral nature of a butterfly intersects with the remoteness of Mahler’s world. Memory and transience meet as Schubert recognises himself in his Doppelgänger whilst elsewhere Casulana, Europe’s first woman to have her music printed and published, writes about love’s departure. Between these short concerts, visitors move from the Museum of Communication to the ALPS – Swiss Alpine Museum and the PHBern Media Library. The evening concludes with a reception at the Museum of Communication, to which the public is warmly invited to meet the artists. Startingpoint: 6:30pm, Museum für Kommunikation, Helvetiastrasse 16, 3000 Bern Concert with interval
Approx. 2 hours 15 minutes
Reception (apéritif) afterwards Musicians Clarinet: Damien Bachmann
Mezzosoprano and Guitar: Mirjam Fässler
Vocal ensemble: tempo d’affetto
Violin: Joanne Green, Miriam Helms Ålien
Viola: Patrick Jüdt, Julia Wawrowska
Cello: Alfredo Ferre Martínez, Samuel Niederhauser, Chiara Samatanga
Double Bass: Lina Humbel
Harp: Alexander Boldachev GAIA Musicfestival 2026 TO LIFE! And the Stories Between its Beginning and End https://www. gaia-festival. com/das-festival-2026/programm info@gaia-festival. com

Highlights

• Three concerts exploring the theme 'TO LIFE – and the Stories Between its Beginning and End'
• Reception with artists following the performances
• Features works by Saariaho, Mahler, Schubert, and Casulana

General Information

The GAIA Night of Music takes place in the Bern Museum Quarter, featuring a series of three 30-minute concerts. Attendees will experience diverse musical interpretations of existential themes, followed by a reception at the Museum of Communication.

Location

Helvetiastrasse 16, 3005 Bern, Switzerland

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