Concert with the Ensemble Phœnix Basel at “Gare du Nord”, Basel. Works by Volker Heyn, Mauricio Kagel and Jochen Neurath

”Im Zentrum stand Meister Kagel” (The focus was on Master Kagel)
….A string quartet, a piano played by four hands and two percussionists. Richly equipped with instruments, illusive, commenting and with some irony, they present the texts in a colourful and witty way. Accompanied by Christmas bells, the piece ends with an “eye wink”. The musicians of the Ensmble Phœnix filled the music with an impacting life. Van Tassel’s interpretation of the texts was many faceted and done with fine humour.

Basellandschaftliche Zeitung, 9.3.2002, Alfred Ziltener


"...the seventh of March two thousand and….."
...Moreover, Van Tassel extended the anniversary hyper- illustrations on to the stage. He appeared as a diabolic Nô- actor, than again he was there with his sadistic “baritone-grin”. Jürg Henneberger and his Ensemble Phoenix Basel proved once again that they can match with the most impulsive interpreters in the genre.
And if, and when, the melancholic phases of this work reminds one of the pertinent idiomatic of the early 30ies, the nostalgic interior of the "Gare du Nord" seems to transform us onto the original stage.

Basler Zeitung, 9. 3.2002, Michael Kunkel


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