Two women composers of the Romantic era hold the spotlight in this imaginative concert of 19th-century music. The ‘fantastic’ (The Guardian) Kammerorchester Basel performs under the direction of Julia Schröder.

Unfortunately, Hélène Grimaud is indisposed and will no longer be performing. We are delighted to announce that piano virtuoso, Seong-Jin Cho, will replace Grimaud.

Cho is a piano superstar. He made waves when he won the International Chopin Piano Competition in 2015, aged just 21, and is celebrated for his sensitivity and exceptional technical command. He will be performing Beethoven's moving and personal Piano Concerto No. 4.

Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel was the older sister of composer Felix Mendelssohn. Despite the discouragement of her family, Fanny never stopped composing. She wrote over 450 works in her lifetime, of which the sparkling Overture in C is her only purely orchestral work. The orchestra performs this alongside another rediscovered gem – the dramatic Fifth Symphony by prolific composer Emilie Mayer, who was described in her lifetime as ‘a female Beethoven’.

Supported by Edwin Fox Foundation in Memory of Jocelyn Fox

With additional support from Embassy of Switzerland in the United Kingdom