Music before 1600
eRenaissance is Basel’s forum for early music, designing and premiering new concert programmes each month. A changing rotation of artistic directors create unique, newly-formed ensemble constellations built from a cast of musical stars from the world-renowned Basel region. Since its founding in 2020, ReRenaissance has welcomed more than 100 different musicians to its stage and created almost 50 concerts exploring music before 1600.
The forum supports musician networking, collaborations with academics, instrument makers, and cultural artists, and relationships with other institutions with ties to Renaissance Basel, such as the Historical Museum on Barfüsserplatz, where monthly concerts are held.
An enthusiastic audience has developed around the series, which continues to thrive thanks to a loyal public and the generous support of Swiss foundations.
Gala conzert, Renaissance Festival 2023
Concerts 2024
December
Nun singet und seid froh!
Rejoice and sing alongBarfüsserkirche
Concerts 2025
January
«Was ich euch singen thu!»
Die ganze Welt im NachrichtenliedIm 16. und 17. Jahrhundert konnten die Menschen nicht nur lesen, was in der Welt um sie herum geschah, sondern vor allem auch hören. Alle möglichen Nachrichten wurden von spezialisierten Druckern wie etwa dem Basler Johann Schröter auf den Markt gebracht, von Strassensängerinnen und -sängern auf der Gasse oder in der Beiz aufgeführt und als handliche Broschüre zum Mit- und Nachsingen an das Publikum verkauft. Solche Liedflugschriften sind ein bisher kaum beachtetes Newsgenre der Frühen Neuzeit, vor allem aber ein unglaublich reiches musikalisches Repertoire.
February
La Contenance françoise
A cappella in the time of BinchoisBarfüsserkirche
Historical Museum Basel
March
Daheim bei Milán & Galilei
Lute parcours IIHaus zum Kirschgarten
Historisches Museum Basel
September
Festival 2025 «ARCADIA»
2. ReRenaissance FestivalBasel, Martinskirche
Review
FELIX PLATTER – A LIFE IN MUSIC
Felix Platter’s research on anatomy, psychiatry and also his epidemiological reports on the time of the plague made him famous throughout Europe beyond his death in 1614. But Felix Platter was much more than just a physician; already during his studies in Montpellier he received the nickname “l’Alemandt du lut”…
Trailer Ad Narragoniam Premiere 31.08.2024 18:15
Live recording on 28 April 2024 in Basel, Switzerland as part of the ReRenaissance monthly concert series | Find out more about the “Ad Narragoniam” concert here.
Musicians: Korneel Van Neste – voice; Grace Newcombe – voice, harp, organ; Silke Gwendolyn Schulze – douçaine, pipe & tabor, double flute, bagpipes; Tabea Schwartz – Grossgeige, pipe & tabor, recorder; Julian Anatol Schneider – recitiation; Marc Lewon – lute, Grossgeige, voice; direction; Video, audio and editing by Andrew Burn
Jouissance vous donneray – Mai 2024
Johanna Bartz – Renaissancetraverso | Ryosuke Sakamoto – Renaissancelaute, Renaissancegamba | Ivo Haun – Renaissancelaute, Gesang, Rezitation; Leitung
Festival Basel 2023 – Rückblick
Highlights des ersten ReRenaissance Festivals zu den Musikwagenabbildungen aus Kaiser Maximilians Triumphzug. Moderiert von Holly Scarborough und Marc Lewon.
2024
November
October
Magnum opus musicum 1604
Tribute to Orlando di LassoMartinskirche
Basel
September
The Bassanos
Homage to the recorder familyBarfüsserkirche
Historical Museum Basel
May
Jouissance vous donneray
A picture comes to lifeBarfüsserkirche
Historical Museum Basel
April
Ad narragoniam
Music in the ship of foolsBarfüsserkirche
Historical Museum Basel
March
February
Lamentations
A Lenten Evensong with music by Thomas TallisKartäuserkirche
Basel
January
Dapoi nocte vien la luce
2023
September
Kurzweyl Konzerte
Short Concerts with Young EnsemblesGoing to Mass with Maximilian
Triumph 4; ReRenaissance CantereyMartinskirche
Martinskirchplatz, Basel
Pfyffer & Prosoner
Triumph 5: Ensemble I FedeliMartinskirche
Martinskirchplatz, Basel
Le Diamante & la Marguerite
Triumph 2: Ensemble PhaedrusSchmiedenhof
Rümelinsplatz, Basel
Triumphal Procession – Gala Concert
Triumph 3: Musica ReRenMartinskirche
Martinskirchplatz, Basel
Festival ReRenaissance 2023
Music and Power - Maximilian's Triumphal ProcessionBasel
Switzerland
Maximilian’s Songs
Triumph 1; Ensemble LeonesBarfüsserkirche
Historical Museum Basel
November
Gururiyoza!
With music across the seasBarfüsserkirche
Historical Museum Basel
October
Glickhaftig! (SO)
From Felix Platter's musical lifeCollegiate Church
Schönenwerd SO
Glickhaftig! (BE)
From Felix Platter's musical lifeCity of Bern
Burger Library
Glickhaftig! (BS)
From Felix Platter's musical life (Tour BS, SO, BE)Barfüsserkirche
Historical Museum Basel
December
Glickhaftig! (BS)
From Felix Platter's musical life (Tour BS, SO, BE)Barfüsserkirche
Historical Museum Basel
June
The donkey crown
Animals & Creatures inviteBarfüsserkirche
Historical Museum Basel
May
April
Dialogue of the keys II
Ammerbach with double m (and singing)Barfüsserkirche
Historical Museum Basel
March
Songs without words
The mystery of a textless chansonnier (c1473)Barfüsserkirche
Historical Museum Basel
February
Canti C
In the labyrinth of revolutionBarfüsserkirche Historical Museum Basel
January
Singing with Vicentino’s organ
An attempt to measure the soulBarfüsserkirche
Historical Museum Basel
2022
December
Noël normand Rouen 1474
LiestalLiestal
City church
Un Noël normand Rouen 1474
Berne/BerneBerne/Berne
French church
Noël normand Rouen 1474
BaselBarfüsserkirche
Historical Museum Basel
Un Noël normand Rouen 1474
Saint-UrsanneCollégiale
St.-Ursanne
November
Transeamus: to Bethlehem!
Spanish vocal polyphonyBarfüsserkirche
Historical Museum Basel
October
Freshly pinched
A Basel Lute CourseSmall and large Basel
House to the High Dolder
September
Sooner or later
Consort 1547Barfüsserkirche
Historical Museum Basel
August
Singing with the flute!
La Fontegara from GanassiBarfüsserkirche
Historical Museum Basel
July
June
Psalmy Dawida
Melodies for the Polish PsalterBarfüsserkirche
Historical Museum Basel
May
April
Grünewald’s great violin
Baptism of a special instrument for ReRenaissanceBarfüsserkirche
Historical Museum Basel
March
February
Canti B
Continuation of a clandestine revolutionBarfüsserkirche
Historical Museum Basel
January
Reopening Gaffurius’ Libroni
Motets at Milan CathedralBarefoot
Historical Museum Basel
2021
December
November
Un niño nos es naçido
Spanish Villancicos for the pre-Christmas seasonBarfüsserkirche
Historical Museum Basel
October
September
Canziones para menestriles
Wind music in northern SpainBarfüsserkirche
Historical Museum Basel
August
Keys dialog
Mundus mirabiliis domini amerbachiiBarefoot
Historical Museum Basel
July
Ite, sospiri …
The sounding poetry of Serafino of Aquila (1466-1500)Barefoot
Historical Museum Basel
June
Happy Birthday, Henry!
Royal music for the 530th anniversary BirthdayBarefoot
Historical Museum Basel
May
Misura, Memoria …
Guglielmo Ebreo, 600 years, the legacy of Italian dance mastersBarefoot
Historical Museum Basel
April
Pren de bon cuer
Chansons for transverse flute consort from the prints of P. Attaingnant (1533)Barefoot
Historical Museum Basel
March
Odhecaton
"One hundred songs" that changed the world.Barfüsserkirche
Historical Museum Basel
February
Paper, Ink, and Pen
The five tuning books of the calligrapher Robert Dow (1581/88)Barefoot
Historical Museum Basel
January
2020
December
Cantate!
Orlando di Lasso - For listening and singing alongBarfüsserkirche
Historical Museum Basel
November
Nowell, nowell
Advent Carols of the 15. and 16th centuryBarfüsserkirche
Historical Museum Basel
October
Il Capriccioso
Northern Italian instrumental music a commodo de virtuosiBarfüsserkirche
Historical Museum Basel
September
He who howls with wolves
Homage to the last proverb singer Michel BeheimBarfüsserkirche
Historical Museum Basel
August
Winds and Waves
In the footsteps of the ship trumpeter Zorzi TrombettaBarfüsserkirche
Historical Museum Basel
July
Unheard of from the Loire Valley
New music from the Leuven ChansonnierBarfüsserkirche
Historical Museum Basel
June
Frölich essence
The songbook of the Riehen reformer A. KettenackerBarfüsserkirche
Historical Museum Basel
May
Mary already
In tempore pestilencie - counterfactual for a given occasionOnline
