Nox Illuminata

D.Kolack

When is a concert not a concert...

when it is a Nox Illuminata (Illuminated Night)!

morethanmusic presents its yearly extravaganza of early music with a modern twist to keep Basel on its toes...

2009
'Con:fuse-d' - a merging of music, dance, theatre and visuals ranging from medieval plainsong to baroque burlesque cabaret with a twist of the unexpected and a sprinkling of the enticing to tempt one and all to an event that is definitely more than music.

2008
'A Dance to the Music of Time' - a week of musical and cultural illumination where old and new music collide with dance, theatre and visual arts to create an event which is definitely more than music...
2007
A coming together of many worlds, a mixing of old and new, from chilled out minimal music in a medieval church to crazy medieval jazz in a disused printing press.
2006
Modern music for medieval instruments inspired by the beautiful chant of Hildegard von Bingen, wild medieval Italian dances, beautiful polyphony..performed one of Basel's finest pieces of modern ecclesiastical architecture!
2005
A magical evening of medieval music, food and dancing taking advantage of the many beautiful chapels in the Peterskirche.
2004
Music, images and live video footage of performers merged in this modern fantasty of medieval music from the time of Boccaccio.